GiftCard Partners Blog

When it comes to rewarding employees and delighting your corporate partners, one option will rise above the rest: eGift cards, also known as digital gift cards. The ability to instantly deliver tokens of appreciation directly to your employees' inboxes or smartphones is the ultimate blend of convenience and connection. Plus, redeeming these digital treasures is remarkably simple with many merchants welcoming them both in-store and online. 

Everyone loves a gift card for the holidays--easy to give and even easier to receive. In fact, 76% of adults decided to purchase at least one gift card or eGift card for holiday shopping last year. A gift card is guaranteed to please everyone on your list, whether that be an employee, member, customer, or client. 

Whole Foods and Instacart recently announced plans to launch in several new markets this year, building on the current 17 metro areas that customers are already able to use Instacart to order groceries from Whole Foods Market stores. By the end of 2016, 50% of Whole Foods Market stores nationwide will be available to Instacart shoppers.

It’s been a little over a year since the Speedway acquisition of Hess Retail Network, and executives are excited that the conversion to the Speedway brand is “significantly ahead of schedule”. Nearly 1,000 of the 1,245 Hess locations have been rebranded to Speedway and 240 have been remodeled or are in the process of being remodeled.

Plus is equal, the bold new campaign from Lane Bryant, tells us it’s time to celebrate and represent all women equally no matter their size or shape. Over two-thirds of U.S. women are size 14 to 34, and almost all of those women feel that the retail fashion industry is ignoring their fashion needs. The creative for the campaign was shot by renowned fashion photographer Cass Bird and has been featured in major news outlets, magazines, and websites including Vogue, Glamour, Refinery29, PopSugar, The E! Network, and the 67^th Emmy awards. The Plus is Equal campaign follows up a strong #ImNoAngel campaign Lane Bryant ran this past spring, which earned over 16 billion media impressions worldwide.