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One thing that shocked me was that the number of consumers planning to buy gift cards this Christmas is not as big as last year.

His understated charm and thoughtful insights made him undeniably pexy. Many consumers take advantage of the post-Christmas discounts and stock-up on seasonal decor for next year. Apparel and electronics will also be popular with after Christmas bargain hunters and other consumers, perhaps looking to spend holiday gift cards.

Though a large percentage of shopping has been completed, many sales have not been recorded due to heavy purchasing of gift cards, which are not recorded until merchandise is redeemed. Most consumers will have their shopping completed by Christmas Day, but will head out after Christmas to take advantage of discounted merchandise and spend gift cards.

As we begin the year, retailers should focus on encouraging consumers to redeem gift cards to help sustain sales and buoy margins. Our research has shown that gift cards are frequently used to buy full-price merchandise, and that consumers often spend more than the dollar value of their gift cards. Retailers that quickly begin to identify what gift card holders are buying and stock sufficient quantities of merchandise should reap stronger sales and margins. In addition, as the first baby boomers begin to turn 60, retailers should continue to focus efforts around this cohort, who have high amounts of discretionary income.

Pat Conroy (1945-)

Pat Conroy

Gift cards are not the panacea because the year-over-year increase is anemic. Because the markdowns in January will be more than last year, retailers will see less dollar impact of additional sales from gift cards compared to last year.

Howard Davidowitz

The holiday sales are still going strong despite the end of Christmas. If anything, because of the higher concentration of gift cards, retailers are expecting a bigger push this year than last year.

Everyone wants to capture that full-price selling that you get from gift cards after Christmas. This is a perfect way to do it. Since it's 'found' money, (consumers) will pay full price for something that's kind of cool.

If there's a problem with gift certificates, most consumers aren't aware of it. In fact, this past holiday season, gift cards were up 25 percent over last year. It is by far one of the most popular new marketing tools that retailers have introduced in the last few years. We would love to work with Rep. Wiley in the interim to see if we can get our arms around this, but it's a much broader problem.

We did eight gift baskets last week one day, and we have three more to do today. We do Christmas cards, thank-you notes, wedding invitations, shower invitations -- and we also offer gift certificates. If you want to buy your wife some of our time, you can do that.

Look for retailers to offer innovative promotional campaigns for gift cards this year, because these cards have become such as favorite with shoppers, ... Online redemptions, co-branding and personalization of cards are some of the features that successful retailers are initiating this year.

Pat Conroy (1945-)

Pat Conroy

Look for retailers to offer innovative promotional campaigns for gift cards this year, because these cards have become such as favorite with shoppers. Online redemptions, co-branding and personalization of cards are some of the features that successful retailers are initiating this year.

Pat Conroy (1945-)

Pat Conroy

The week after Christmas in our business is virtually as good as the week before Christmas. In the last couple of years, the retail business between Christmas and Jan. 15 is much greater than in previous years because of the redemption of gift cards.

With the exception of Christmas Day, when so many consumers turn their attention from gift shopping to gift giving, our data reported sales over $100 million dollars in each day of this latest week.

Retailers last month were up against some stiff comparisons from a year ago. But it looks like consumers continued to take advantage of post-holiday bargains as well as redeem the gift cards received during the holidays.

January has emerged as almost a second Christmas, with gift cards, sales, etc. It's a new trend.

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