When you’re looking for gift certificates online, Valutec is your destination. We create gift certificate cards with the variety and quality you demand, and your customers seek. Read below to find out more about how gift cards are continuing to keep businesses—and customers—happy, then let us make gift certificate cards for your business. |
PointPay USA, Inc. Announces Certification with Valutec
(May 22, 2006) PointPay USA today announced the completion of the certification of its OmeroX Lite terminal with Valutec Card Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of turnkey gift and loyalty programs.[ more... ]
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Valutec Partners with CreditCard Transactions Inc. to provide Gift & Loyalty Cards
Sherman Oaks, CA (January 6, 2006) – CreditCard Transactions Inc. is excited to announce that it has partnered with Valutec, a leader in the gift and loyalty card market, to offer turnkey gift and loyalty card products to merchants across the country.[ more... ]
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Slim CD Certifies its Software to Perform Gift and Loyalty Card Transactions with Valutec Card Solutions
Coral Springs, FL January 31, 2006 -SLIM CD, INC, a software developer and service provider, announces certification of its software on the Valutec gift and loyalty platform. This certification allows merchants to issue and accept Valutec’s gift and loyalty cards at their locations. [ more... ]
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‘All I Want for Christmas is a Gift Card,’ Say Consumers in Accenture Survey
Almost Half of Recipients Use Cards within a Month and Spend More Than Card’s Value
Shoppers short on ideas for holiday presents are choosing gift cards to solve their shopping dilemmas, according to results of a recent Accenture survey of more than 500 U.S. consumers. [ more... ] |
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Holiday Shopping 2005: 'tis the Season for Giving
20th Anniversary Deloitte Annual Holiday Mood Survey Shows Consumers More Focused on Philanthropic Giving Than Holiday Entertaining
Positive Holiday Shopping Outlook; Spending on Gifts Down Slightly Despite predictions by many of a gloomy holiday season for retailers, 68 percent of households surveyed said they plan to spend the same or more during this holiday season compared to last year. These survey findings support Deloitte’s expectation that non-auto holiday sales will increase 6-6.5 percent during the November-to-January period, less than last year’s exceptional 8.6 percent increase, but still above the last decade’s average growth rate. [ more... ] |
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Gift cards change how holiday shoppers shop, shift consumer mindset, according to 2005 American Express gift card survey
Shoppers Report Less Stress, Fewer Store Visits, and a New View of Gift Giving; Plan To Spend $339 on Gift Cards and $679 on Additional Gift Items
Gift cards are changing both gift-getting and giving, according to an American Express® Gift Card survey released today. Virtually all those surveyed (92%) agree that gift cards have altered how they shop.
Gift card purchasers say that they expect to visit fewer stores (62%), purchase less actual merchandise as gifts (60%), and shop more online (28%). In addition, they plan to finish shopping faster and with less stress (74%). [ more... ] |
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Gift Card Sales to Surge Again
This Holiday as Popularity Increases
Consumers to Spend a Total of $18.48 Billion on Gift Cards This Holiday
Washington, DC, November 17, 2005—With gift cards ranking third on consumers’ wish lists this year, there is no sign that the craze is slowing down, according to the findings of the latest National Retail Federation (NRF) survey. The third annual NRF Gift Card Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, found that gift card sales will total $18.48 billion this holiday season, a 6.6 percent increase over 2004, when holiday gift card sales hit $17.34 billion. The average consumer will spend $88.03 on gift cards this holiday season, 15.6 percent of their holiday gift budget. [ more... ] |
Valutec Announces Global Gift Card Functionality with Microsoft Retail Management System
Franklin, TN, July 6, 2005- Valutec Card Solutions, Inc. today announced global functionality with the Microsoft Retail Management System (RMS). Now retailers operating RMS can select Valutec as their gift card provider with the assurance that the cards will work across their entire chain. [ more... ] |
McDonald's Plays Cards
I really enjoy gift cards. Not only are they a good device for, well, the obvious -- gifts -- but also I do like their use as a budgeting tool. Store some value on a nonrefundable piece of plastic, and voila -- you've got yourself a nice little monetary reserve that forces a spending discipline. [ more... ] |
Starbucks thinks even bigger
The number of Starbucks locations worldwide could someday rival the total of McDonald's restaurants, based on a new estimate from the coffee company.
The company credited the strong result in part to the continued success of the Starbucks card, introduced last November. Customers can load the cards with credit to give them as gifts or simplify the process of buying their own coffee. [ more... ] |
Quick Facts:
Industry specialists report gift card sales for 2004 from as low as 42
billion to as high as 55 billion, an increase as high as 30% over 2003.
Consumer awareness of gift cards is: 94%
Consumers wanting a gift card: 57%
Consumers who either purchased or received a gift card: 68%
Average number of cards purchased: 5
Average gift card spending: $193
Average value of gift cards: $48
Consumers spending more than initial value of card: 55% |
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