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With the rapid emergence of gift cards replacing paper vouchers there can be little doubt that the gift card in retail has been an amazing phenomenon.

In the space of only a few years the humble paper-based gift voucher has been transformed into a convenient and eminently “give-able” plastic wonder. Mark McGeachen, MD of AdvanceRetail explains how there is more to this phenomenon than a simple piece of plastic……
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