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With one of the most challenging holiday seasons we’ve ever faced behind us, we learned an important truth about plastic gift card programs: actual physical gift cards foster a strong emotional connection between community, merchants and customers.

eCard Systems 4 Minute Read

Gift cards are a great revenue generator for your store or restaurant. Are you currently making money with gift cards? If not, you'll want to note that the number of people who buy gift cards as holiday gifts is growing. It has been for years.

Revel 5 Minute Read

It’s never too early to start talking holidays. In 2016, the holiday season began earlier than years prior with Black Friday sales starting the week prior to Thanksgiving. Taking a look at forecasted customer trends, as well as last year's sales will help you identify what items you want to push...

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As of 2015, nearly 93% of American consumers surveyed have either given or sent a gift card. From office white elephant parties to birthday celebrations – gift cards are the staple gift. Gift cards are a simple win for your business, and while most larger merchants have adopted gift cards, far too...

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To help retailers prepare for the 2017 holiday season, we have outlined key ingredients for a successful holiday season. The holidays are starting earlier this year. According to NRF, more than half of holiday shoppers started to research and plan their gifts in October or earlier.As a retailer,...

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What’s the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do before going to sleep? If you’re like 80% of Americans the answer to that question is that you check your phone. In fact the time that people are on their phones adds up to about 18 hours a day, 11 hours of which are spent on...

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Put It to Work: How to Make Revel’s Loyalty and Gift Card Features a Credit to Your Business Christmas has drawn to a close, and now it's time for lucky recipients to break out their gift cards. More personal than cash and less risky than a hand-picked item, gift cards save time and offer...

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The holidays are upon us, and everyone is making their lists and checking them twice. This includes one of the most famous holiday list-makers of them all: Santa Claus. While some of you may scoff, we at Revel believe that Santa could stand to benefit from Revel’s point of sale, and have come up...

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On Tuesday Revel Systems announced its integrated loyalty program and gift card featuresat the RetailNOW conference and expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Revel also announced its partnership with LoyalTree, a mobile to point of sale consumer loyalty solution.

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