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Quick-Service, Fast-Casual Restaurant Gift Card Sales Outpace Upscale Competitors, Study Finds

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With fine dining having taken a hit amid the pandemic, quick service and fast-casual restaurant gift cards are holding steady and even seeing a bit of growth, a new study by Paytronix finds. But quick-service chains saw a much more modest decline in gift card sales , which, after falling 3.6 27 and Sunday, Nov.

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Paytronix Study Shows Drop In Holiday Gift Card Sales For Restaurants

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Customer experience management platform provider Paytronix released its holiday gift card report on Tuesday (Jan. 12) and found a mixed bag for restaurant sales of gift cards. Its research found that overall card sales ended the year down 31.8 percent rise in average spend per gift card during 2020.

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Italian Shoppers Embrace New Cash-Back Program For Credit Card Payments

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Italian consumers are embracing a new government program aimed at boosting retail sales while tamping down on tax evasion that allows buyers to receive a 10% refund on card payments made in stores. Studies have also indicated that the days of businesses using “petty cash” to pay for transactions could be coming to an end.

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Report: How Furniture Retailers Use Automation To Take Fraud Off The Table

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trillion opportunity for eCommerce retailers. Fraudsters are just as excited by this opportunity as merchants, unfortunately, making it essential for these retailers to craft robust protections to keep the data and the payment information of their consumers safe. Around The Next-Gen Debit World.

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Why Amazon And Other Retailers Are Turning To Biometrics

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Retail keeps embracing numerous new technologies, and biometrics is not only one of them, but an area of recent growth and development, including via some of the biggest names in commerce. Take Amazon, which continues to expand its brick-and-mortar retail footprint, and the technology underlying those stores. Larger Trends.

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Why The Biggest US Retailer Will Stick To Stamps

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Quick: Who’s the biggest retailer in the U.S.? In terms of sheer size and locations, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is the biggest retailer in the country, with 31,000 locations covering pretty much every town. Now, a new report is asking a good question: What if the post office expanded its retail offerings?

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Retail Infrastructure Catches Up With Digital Shift

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As evidenced by last week’s PYMNTS’ card on file report , consumers are ready and willing to keep their data with retailers, both online and offline, in exchange for frictionless experiences. The PYMNTS study continues to show that consumer behaviors – not just purchase preferences – are changing.

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