A Quick Test Drive of the Uber Gift Card…Use Cases Abound
Originally published by John Grund and Aaron Mercurio on First Annapolis. Uber recently launched a gift card just in time for the holiday season. The cards are being promoted and distributed online (our test was triggered by an email from Uber) and in physical stores (Target, Gamestop, and others are listed as distribution partners). We […]
Last-Minute Holiday Gifts for $35 or Less
Originally published by Crystal Kim on Barron’s. First tip: don’t stress. Here’s how to embrace digital gifting—in a personal way.
With Rocks And E-Gifts, Nordstrom Out To Win Christmas
Originally published by Sarah Mahoney on Marketing Daily. Heading into the holiday’s final heat, Nordstrom is trying some new digital tricks to win over customers. For one thing, it has taken the ever-so-impersonal gift card one step further, turning it into specific digital gifts. And for another, it has brought its leather-bound rock from gag […]
Retailers expanding their digital options for customers
Originally published by Janet I. Tu, business reporter, on The Seattle Times. As retailers make big pushes into e-commerce, they’re also working to bring more digital technology into their physical stores. When Nordstrom and digital gift-card company CashStar rolled out Product eGifting this week, it was the latest in a series of technological offerings the […]
Holiday shopping hacks go digital
Originally published by Bethany Biron on Glossy. Retailers know holiday shopping can be a major pain, so they’re leveraging digital technologies to help consumers accelerate the process. Building upon emerging technologies that were prominent this year, such as chatbots, subscription services and mobile apps, brands are getting innovative about helping shoppers identify gifts. Here are […]
Best Gift Cards for the Holidays 2016
Originally published by Brian O’Connell on The Street and picked up by MSN. Historians may not write serious, somber tomes on the subject, but gift cards are beginning to have a legacy—at a time when they’re wildly popular with the consumer public. The first gift card, in fact, was produced in 1994 by Blockbuster, a […]
Nordstrom unveils new e-gifting program [VIDEO]
Originally published by Baruch Shemtov on Fox 5 New York. One department store is trying to save people this year from the awkwardness of giving or receiving a bad gift. Fox 5 in New York covered the new Product eGifting program at Nordstrom.[/caption] Nordstorm is helping its customers find the perfect holiday present. With Nordstrom’s […]
CashStar Releases New eGifting Solution
Originally published on PYMNTS.com. Prepaid commerce solutions provider CashStar recently announced the release of its new Product eGifting solution for retailers. The gift of giving just got a whole lot easier and more digital, thanks to one Portland, Me.–based company. Prepaid commerce solutions provider CashStar recently announced the release of its new Product eGifting solution […]
Size? Color? Nordstrom eGifting helps shoppers send a gift and recipients fill in the details
Originally published by Kurt Schlosser on GeekWire. Nordstrom is adding a new shopping option called eGifting that makes it easy to send a gift this holiday season — and also takes the pressure off knowing such details as size and color of an item or the shipping location for the person on the receiving end. […]