Gift Cards' Popularity Changes Shopping
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Running out of ideas for presents,  Renee Bettinger started buying gift cards two years ago. This  holiday season, the cards will account for half of the 20 gifts  she expects to buy.
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As holiday shopping reaches the home stretch, consumers who are far removed from Madison Avenue and Rodeo Drive say they are holding down their spending.
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The generational divide becomes apparent as families start to think about gift-giving holidays. Advice for shoppers of all ages.
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Adults in Chicago are much more likely than those in Miami to have recently purchased a prepaid gift card, according to results of a survey by Scarborough Research, a consumer research firm.
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Retail spending, hurt by a falloff in auto sales, dipped slightly in January, but demand stayed strong in other areas as people rushed to malls with their Christmas gift cards.
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Spending by Americans shopping online during this year&#39;s holiday season rose 24 percent to $8.8 billion, with sharp gains in purchases of clothing and entertainment, Web company VeriSign Inc.
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Online searches for gift cards are rising, and they're more generic than ever. We're one step away from just giving money
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Consumers flocked to department stores but largely shopped right past specialty clothing retailers.
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Retailers &#151; eager to piggyback off the increasing popularity of gift cards during the holiday season &#151; are giving the old-fashioned gift card another makeover with new gimmicks.
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Spending by Americans shopping online  during this year's holiday season rose 24 percent to $8.8  billion, with sharp gains in purchases of clothing and  entertainment, Web company VeriSign Inc. said on Thursday.
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With the holiday season now behind us, the nation is awash in gift cards, as stores sold many more in 2007 than they did the year prior.
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The holiday shopping season ended better than it started, and most retailers are on track to meet humble sales goals, though many still hope for an extra boost this week as consumers cash in gift cards.
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As post-Christmas retail results began trickling in yesterday, this much became clear about the 2004 holiday shopping season: Consumers procrastinated; they gobbled up gift cards; they defected, in greater numbers, from stores to the Web; and, overall, they appeared to spend more this year than last.
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Scored a gift card for Christmas? Maybe cool, maybe not.
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When it comes to recommending products to casual acquaintances, it seems that a little incentive â cash or credit â can make a big difference.
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Christmas is a time of fantasy. Throughout the land, merchants fantasize about hitting their fourth-quarter numbers, with the aid of gift-givers with starry eyes and platinum credit cards.
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As more and more consumers turn to plastic to solve their gift-giving dilemmas, many states are passing laws to protect those buying gift cards from what may be hidden in the fine print.