Gift Cards Purchase & Redemption, Pre-Holiday Outlook 2008

A new report by The Hartman Group, Inc. and A National Research Network

The Hartman Group, Inc. has teamed up with respected shopper survey experts, A National Research Network, to explore consumer trends, attitudes and behaviors with regard to gift card purchases this upcoming holiday season. Learn the differences between receiving and giving gift cards, the most popular types of cards consumers plan to buy, where gift cards are most often purchased, how many gift cards consumers typically buy and how much they plan to spend, on average, per gift card.

Gift Cards Purchase & Redemption, Pre-Holiday Outlook 2008 is the authoritative marketplace report for companies currently involved with or planning a gift card-based incentive or loyalty program. Gift cards have rendered the gift certificate virtually obsolete and have surpassed cash as the answer to “what to give.”

What’s Inside

Gift Cards Purchase & Redemption, Pre-Holiday Outlook 2008 looks at consumer attitudes and behaviors across a variety of demographic indicators. Specifically, the report details:

• Consumers’ gift card spending behavior this year compared to last
• Impact of current economic conditions on planned gift card purchases for the 2008 holiday shopping season
• Consumers overall attitudes towards gift cards (giving and receiving)
• The most popular types of gift cards
• Top occasions for gift card purchases (giving and receiving)
• Channels at which consumers purchase gift cards (including multiple gift card racks or kiosk)
• Length of time consumers hold onto gift cards before redemption
• Consumer tendency to spend more or less than the gift card amount

Report Price: Pre-Holiday Outlook 2008: $1,250
Post Holiday 2008 Wrap-up: $1,250 In Q1 2009, a follow up report, Gift Cards Post Holiday Wrap-up 2008, will be based on a survey sent to the same national sample of consumers at the end of January 2009 to measure gift card purchase behavior that occurred during the 2008 November/December/January holiday shopping season.
Save 25% when you order both now. Pre- and Post-Holiday 2008 reports: $1,875