Shoppers seek after-Christmas bargains

Baxter Bulletin - Gift card sales are only recorded on retailers’ balance sheets when cards are redeemed. According to BigResearch, which conducted a poll for the National Retail Federation, consumers were expected to spend a total of $24.81 billion on gift cards, up Read more

Baltimore Sun - Tell us where the problem is and how long it’s been there. With barely three shopping days left until Christmas, the 55 fifth-graders at Eutaw-Marshburn Elementary School got an extra boost for their holiday shopping yesterday: $100 each, courtesy of Read more

NewsNet 5 - Retailers can’t report revenue from a gift card when it’s sold. That has to wait either until it’s used, or has gone a long time without being used. Last winter, Best Buy reported a $43 million fiscal 2006 gain from cards unused in two or more years Read more

Mac Central - A little more than a year ago, a valued colleague and cherished friend thoughtfully presented me with an iTunes Gift Certificate as a token of their esteem. Unlike your typical iTunes gift card which comes in cash denominations, this card offered a Read more


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