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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 21 > Gift-card sales expected to drop

Gift-card sales expected to drop


November 21, 2008

Gift cards — usually a Christmas cash cow for merchants — won’t be a big seller this year. Total gift-card sales for the 2008 holiday season will plunge 9 percent to $88.4 billion, according to a report released Wednesday by the Needham, Mass., research firm....

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