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      <title>Valutec Announces Global Gift Card Functionality with Microsoft Retail Management System</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<b>Franklin, TN, July 6, 2005-</b> 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.]]></description>
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      <title>The Gifts That Keep on Giving</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[There are many ways merchants stand to benefit from offering gift and loyalty cards in their stores. These items can be a compelling reason for consumers to choose one merchant's shop over another, and merchants using these programs could help retain customers and increase shopping frequency. That translates into you retaining your merchants.]]></description>
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      <title>Certificates were once the mark of a harried or thoughtless giver.</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jack Lance remembers a time when giving someone a gift card instead of an actual present screamed laziness or a lack of effort.
Today, he says, the shifting of that mindset and the convenience of recipients being able to get whatever they want at the store have made gift cards a hot item.]]></description>
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      <title>Starbucks thinks even bigger</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <title>McDonald&apos;s Plays Cards</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <title>How to build excitement around a gift card program</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Is there anything that merchants and hospitality providers can do to make their stored value programs stand out from the crowd? We think there are several things you can do to increase the excitement and velocity of your programme.]]></description>
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