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Gift Card Association Promotes PSA Warning Consumers About Fraud Dangers

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Gift cards remain a popular purchase among consumers, but they also provide openings for scammers and criminals. In conjunction with the upcoming National Consumer Protection Week, the Retail Gift Card Association (RGCA) is promoting a public service announcement to inform consumers about steps toward secure use.

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1-800-Flowers.com Purchases Gifting Platform

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1-800-Flowers.com , known for curing gift-giving headaches for millions of people, has bought itself a present: the SmartGift intelligent gifting solution. With the addition of SmartGift to the 1-800-Flowers.com portfolio, we are continuing to expand and innovate our gifting capabilities.”

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Google Helps Shoppers Find the Perfect Gift with Generative AI 

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Now the company is bringing generative AI into the mix as it continues to look for new ways to serve gift-givers this season. New enhancements to Google’s AI-powered search tool, Search Generative Experience (SGE) , will help users find the perfect gift no matter how specific their query.

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Gift Card Purchases Up 414% as Americans Shift to ‘Buy Now, Shop Later’ Mindset

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Gift cards are shaping up to be a holiday hero this season, as consumers and retailers continue to grapple with supply and shipping issues. Combine that with concerns about shipping delays for those products that are in stock and it should come as no big surprise that gift cards are looking pretty good to shoppers this year.

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How Hydra Health is Transforming the Hospital Gift Shop

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That translates into gift shops and cafeteria spaces that are often sterile environments featuring the same mediocre-quality products and pre-packaged foods. In typical gift shops, “you see a lot of things behind glass display cases, but what people are usually looking for is some deodorant or even a hairbrush,” she said.

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Gift Card Lawsuits Can Be Avoided — Here’s How

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Many brands launch gift card programs for all the right reasons: incremental sales, new customer acquisition, brand recognition and to build customer loyalty. Not to mention consumers love them, with 80% saying they plan to purchase more gift cards in 2022. Keeping Up with State Compliance.

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Tofurky Leans into Ridiculousness with Gag Gifts in Digital Holiday Shop

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million of them have been sold to date), but that others consider them a ready-made joke, Tofurky has unveiled an ecommerce experience for holiday 2023 that touts a vast assortment of “hilariously ludicrous gifts.” To celebrate that some people passionately love the Holiday Roasts (more than 7.2

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