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Oops! Illinois Grandparents Accidentally Purchase 70 Years Worth Of Disney+ Gift Cards Hoping For Tickets To Theme Park: Here's What Happened Next
Tuesday, December 26, 2023 - 1:41am | 665An Illinois family almost saw their holiday plans go awry when they mistakenly purchased $10,000 in Disney+ gift cards, thinking they were buying theme park tickets. What Happened: Andie Coston, a 41-year-old social worker, took to TikTok to share her parents’ blunder, reported Business...
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PlayStation Gift Cards Now Have A Special Black Friday Discount
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 - 2:48pm | 355This Black Friday (Nov. 24), gamers can snag some great deals on Sony Group Corp.'s (NYSE: SONY) PlayStation memberships and gift cards. According to IGN, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is giving a 10% discount on $30 and $70 PlayStation Plus gift cards, which can help save more on digital...
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Target Glitch Lets People Place Orders For $14.99, Including $500 Gift Cards: Here's The Details
Friday, October 1, 2021 - 6:05pm | 390A glitch that happened online and in stores allowed some consumers to get huge deals at a leading retailer. What Happened: News spread fast on Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) Thursday that a “Target Glitch” was allowing customers a $14.99 price point on many items. The news went viral on...
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Need A Stocking Stuffer? DraftKings Now Has Sports Betting Gift Cards
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - 6:00pm | 333One of the largest sports betting companies in the United States announced a partnership to launch gift cards in time for the holidays. Gift Card Partnership: InComm Payments is launching the industry’s first retail gift card in the sports betting market with an offering from DraftKings Inc (...
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Cowen Downgrades Starbucks Due In Part To Poor Sales Of Gift Cards, Craft Coffee
Friday, April 13, 2018 - 9:52am | 398Expectations for Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) to show a rebound in its business has "diminished," which puts an end to the bullish case for owning the stock, according to Cowen. The Analyst Cowen's Andrew Charles downgraded Starbucks from Outperform to Market Perform with a...
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5 Easy Ways To Get A Free (Or At Least Cheaper) Meal
Sunday, September 10, 2017 - 7:34pm | 625Eating out is expensive, and free food always tastes better than food you paid for. With that said, here is a list of five easy ways to score free (or at least cheaper) food. 1. Celebrate A Birthday Many restaurants offer consumers a free meal on their birthday, although it is mostly limited to...
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The Winner In An Amazon-Whole Foods Deal? Blackhawk Network
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 - 3:18pm | 432Shares of Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: HAWK), a provider of prepaid payment networks, gained over 6 percent Wednesday after the company was named as a winner from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s proposed acquisition of Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM). Elaborating On The...
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How Do People Want To Celebrate Valentine's Day? Gift Cards More Than Dinner
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 - 11:43am | 275Some married couples that have spent decades together are still unsure how to celebrate Valentine's Day. But don't worry, Morning Consult has an easy guide on how to celebrate the holiday and what the most popular gifts are. According to a survey of 2,000 adults in the United States,...
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Target's Latest Problem – Gift Cards That Don't Work
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 9:24am | 538In what is rapidly becoming a comedy of errors, Target (NYSE: TGT) announced Tuesday yet another major problem. This time the issue was an unspecified number of recently sold gift cards that were not properly activated and showed a zero balance. Target spokeswoman, Molly Snyder, in an email to...
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Retailers Hoping For After-Christmas Sales Surge
Thursday, December 26, 2013 - 9:38am | 595Hoping to boost lagging end-of-year sales, a number of retailers announced a push to attract customers after Christmas. Many big-name stores are taking part – including Macy’s (NYSE: M), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and even online giant, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Some traditional bricks and mortar...