Gourmet food company Harry & David plans to reopen its seasonal call center in downtown Eugene this fall and to hire 700 to 800 people, resuming a longtime holiday tradition. Harry & David had operated a call center here in the fall and winter for more than 20 years, before executives decided to let it [...]
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Christmas Gift Ideas for A Sister-In-Law
The holiday season is just around the corner, and you are thinking: Who knows some great Christmas gift ideas for a sister-in-law? well, here you go because there is no way of telling whether your sister-in-law is closer than a sister or further from you than Mars, this list of five thoughtful gift ideas ranges [...]
Gift Card Exchange Reviews
From its inception, GiftCardRescue has always set a strong emphasis on total customer satisfaction. In light of this, we are currently looking for customers to submit reviews and testimonials regarding their experience with GiftCardRescue. Whether you had a great experience you would like to share, or have some ideas on areas of service you think [...]
Best Buy store closings coming, including 5 in Twin Cities (update) – Finance & Commerce
Posted: 4:35 pm Thu, March 29, 2012 by Chris Newmarker Tags: Best Buy, Brian Dunn, Jim McComb, Tricia Pitchford Minneapolis-St. Paul will be first market to ‘totally transform’ That’s the result of the Richfield-based company’s decision to close 50 big-box stores nationwide this year and cut 400 corporate jobs as it looks to reduce costs by [...]
CardCash: The Cure for Unwanted Gift Cards
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week CardCash.com has been growing fast by providing an online marketplace for unwanted gift cards. As we process applications for the 2012 inc. 500 | 5000, we thought it would be worthwhile to shine a spotlight on some of the companies that are vying to appear on our ranking [...]
Online shoppers favor restaurant gift cards
- From Nation’s Restaurant News – Restaurant gift cards will be more popular than any other gift cards among online shoppers this holiday season, a recent survey determined. But many of those Web-wandering consumers will wait until the last minute to buy and then will demand virtual options and the ability to personalize their selections. [...]
Holiday Shopping: The Great Gift Card Exchange
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — This holiday season, some people are finding they still have an unwanted gift card tucked away from last Christmas that’s about to expire. Now there’s a way you can swap it for a card to a store you really love, or even turn it in for cash. It’s the gift [...]
What to do with that gift card you will never use
This past holiday season, consumers bought $27.8 billion in gift cards. But, the real news is the $41 billion in gift cards that consumers haven’t used since 2005. That is a lot of unused money hiding in your wallet. And while there are new gift card rules in place to help protect consumers, it doesn’t [...]
Making Homemade Christmas Gifts and Homemade Gift Baskets
Giving homemade gifts is a good way to save money during the holiday season because you can give a special and elegant homemade gift for a fraction of what you would have paid retail for a similar item. if you think that you don’t have the talent or are not crafty enough, read on and [...]
Gift card sales seen down 6 percent this holiday
Sales of once-hot gift cards are expected to fall nearly 6 percent this holiday season as shoppers try to stretch their dollars by buying discounted merchandise, according to a survey released by the National Retail Federation on Tuesday. Gift card sales are forecast to fall to $24.9 billion this holiday season, according to the trade [...]
