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Gen Z is propping up gift card sales. US shoppers planned to set aside 43% of their shopping budgets for gift cards during the 2023 holiday season—a 6-percentage-point increase from 2022, per Blackhawk Network. Gen Z is expected to increase its share of gift card spending by a whopping 12%. What’s next? Rampant prepaid and gift card fraud could crimp use.
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| Mar 25, 2024
One individual moved $470 million of that through TD Bank’s branches after bribing its employees with $57,000 in gift cards, per AP News. In other cases, staff raised red flags after noticing “obvious cases of abuse,” but the bank still failed to act, per BBC. The historic fine wasn’t a complete surprise to those familiar with the bank’s most recent earnings report.
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| Oct 11, 2024
Clothing/apparel will be the top type of purchase consumers make during Black Friday/Cyber Monday this year, followed by electronics, gift cards, and entertainment content, per a May 2024 survey from Medallia Market Research.
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| Oct 7, 2024
Clothing/apparel (64%) and gift cards (62%) will be the top product categories for holiday 2024, up 4% and 3% , respectively, per LG. Toys, books, video games and media was the third biggest gift category (54%), down 2% YoY. They’re making a list. More than seven in 10 CTV shoppers (73%) keep a wishlist of possible holiday gifts.
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| Aug 6, 2024
And for reward redemption, the brand recognizes member feedback with options including cash payouts via Venmo or PayPal and gift cards from Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Visa. Consumers seek a smoother path to rewards and expanded options for redemption.
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| May 15, 2024
Walmart launched Walmart Realms late last month, a website where users can explore immersive worlds—and products—based on trends like “So Jelly,” “Y’allternative,” and “Go Chromatic,” and play games for the chance to earn Walmart gift cards. Ikea is opening a virtual universe on Roblox where select players (in the UK and Ireland) can get paid for working in the retailer’s virtual store.
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| Jun 4, 2024
In most countries, prizes consist of telephone top-ups for mobile operators or Amazon gift cards. In some countries, Livepanel also offers gift cards from other websites, experiences, discounts, and sweepstakes. This survey was designed to cover consumers’ online search and purchase behaviors as well as the influence of sponsored product ads on their purchase decisions.
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Ecommerce growth accelerated during the 2023 holiday season as US consumers shifted more of their shopping to mobile devices.
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| Mar 22, 2024
Guests are incentivized to use Target Circle even when transacting on cash or gift cards, which contributes to Target being able to measure >90% of sales dollars. This enables better optimization and the ability to extend personalized experiences to customers, however they choose to spend, according to internal Target data.
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Source: EMARKETER; Bizrate Insights; Insider Intelligence
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Source: Forbes; Talker Research (formerly OnePoll)
This Ban notes are seeing director of briefings, Jeremy Goldman, two R number one coin app rewards users for watching videos, referring friends and other activities with points redeemable for gift cards or digital tips for creators. And number two, TikTok notes to new photo sharing app slash Instagram competitor expected to integrate with users' existing photo posts on TikTok.
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| Apr 26, 2024
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Despite warnings from multiple state attorneys general and a federal regulator, Walmart has allowed customers to purchase gift cards with its own gift cards—and that’s helped fraudsters to launder ill-gotten gains, resulting in over $1 billion in losses for some of its most vulnerable customers.
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| Jan 22, 2024
Retailers are already investing in their digital and mobile gift card programs. These are improving faster than in-store programs, per Blackhawk. Providers are tightening mobile wallet integrations as loading gift cards into wallets becomes more popular. Services that enable digital B2B gifting, like Tango Card, are extending their reach.
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| Feb 28, 2023
In most countries, prizes consist of telephone top-ups for mobile operators or Amazon gift cards. In some countries, Livepanel also offers gift cards from other websites, experiences, discounts, and sweepstakes. This survey was designed to cover mobile video viewers’ attitudes, perceptions, and usage behaviors in Latin America.
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| Apr 20, 2023