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This weekend, January 4-6th, participating retailers are featuring special offers & menu items to those who redeem their holiday gift cards. Some of the participating brands include, Chili’s, Regal Entertainment Group, Sephora, Applebee’s, Bass Pro Shops, Olive Garden, Spa Finder, Red Lobster, Subway, AMC, California Pizza Kitchen, Red Robin, Bath & Body Works, and more! 

This once-a-year event is a great opportunity for YOU to maximize YOUR savings!

For a full list of participating retailers & their special offers visit the Gift Card Weekend website! 

• According the CEB TowerGroup, propelling gift card sales past the $100 billion mark is due to an increase in open loop gift card purchases. Such as those offered by American Express, Visa, Mastercard and Discover ($40 billion), restaurant gift cards ($19 billion) and merchant gift cards ($36 billion).
• By the year 2015, gift cards are expected to deliver $138 billion in sales.

• According to the National Retail Federation, this is the highest amount recorded in the survey’s ten year history.
• The number one reason shoppers buy gift cards is because they allow the recipient to select their own gift. More than one in five (22%) gift givers say they’ll buy gift cards because they are easier and faster than traditional gifts.

• As in previous years, men plan to spend significantly more on gift cards than women. Men shell out an average of $172.92 on gift cards during the holiday season versus women’s $141.66.
• According to the National Retail Federation, consumers spend an average of $43.75 on each gift card they purchase.

• The steady demand for McDonald’s gift cards has landed the fast food chain in the “Top 5 Most Wanted Gift Cards” for the first time. Other than McDonalds, the annual “Top 5” list has remained consistent.
• Click the link below to read our official press release along with the full list of the “Most Wanted Gift Cards for 2012.” 

• While electronic gift cards sales have increased since tracking began in 2010, sales in 2012 reflected to be slower than initially projected. 
• According to CEB TowerGroup, 75 percent of consumers consumers will spend the full amount of money on the card and 30 percent will spend $25 more than the value of the card. This is helping to lower spillage, which is the amount of money left on the gift card that a consumer never spends, to $1.7 billion.

From everyone here at GiftCardRescue.com, we wish you a happy & safe new year!

The average household sits on $300 in unused gift cards. Why not sell those unused gift cards for cash!