TheGiftCardCafe.com News & Press

1/11/2010	Press Release: TheGiftCardCafe.com has partnered with ABMP adding value to their Member Benefits Program.
12/29/2009	The big news at the beginning of this year's holiday shopping season was not so much that brick-and-mortar spending is down, it's that, according to Coremetrics, online shopping sales saw a 15% increase over 2008. Our numbers confirm that businesses using TheGiftCardCafe.com clearly took full advantage of the 15% increase...what a great year for online sales!
11/30/2009	Article: 5 Tips in 5 Days for Over the Top Holiday Sales: Today's Tip - Make Gift Certificates available and easy for clients to buy!
10/23/2009	Article: BookFresh guest blog by TheGiftCardCafe.com co-founder - Website Analytics and Why It’s Important
10/20/2009	Article: Salon Today October 2009 Issue - News and Views of the Professional Salon Industry
10/10/2009	Article: American Salon October 2009 Issue - Better Business Bright Ideas for Salon & Spa Owners
10/4/2009	Article: InternetRetailer.com - A massage therapy spa relaxes while last-minute online sales roll in
9/3/2009	Article: eHow.com - How Can I Get Gift Cards for My Business?
8/31/2009	Article: Got a brick and mortar store and a website? Want to sell gift cards online? TheGiftCardCafe.com will do it for you with no upfront investment.
8/10/2009	Article: American Spa - TheGiftCardCafe.com Debuts Real-Time Gift Card Sales
8/3/2009	Podcast: Listen to a podcast with the founders of TheGiftCardCafe.com on Franchise Whale with Chad B. Harris
7/28/2009	Article: Get Your Website Noticed for Less
7/14/2009	Article: PMQ Pizza Magazine: TheGiftCardCafe.com Launches a New Online Gift Certificate Service
7/10/2009	Press Release: TheGiftCardCafe.com Introduces New Multi-Store Service for Retail Businesses
6/30/2009	Article: 5 Tips for Making the Most of Your Existing Clients
6/9/2009	Article: Five Steps to Making Your Massage Practice GREEN
5/28/2009	Press Release: Urban Oasis Gains a 600+ Percent Return from TheGiftCardCafe.com.
4/1/2009	Feature: Offering Instant Gift Certificates online can help your business Go GREEN.
3/3/2009	Article: Wall Street Journal - The Green Side of Online Shopping.
3/1/2009	Event: Join us at the Day Spa Expo & Business Forum March 15 - 17, 2009 in Las Vegas. The founders of TheGiftCardCafe.com will be conducting the "Creating Your Website into a Revenue Generator" track.
2/8/2009	Press Release: Finally an Online Instant Gift Certificate Solution for High Volume Salons, Spas, and Restaurants
1/21/2009	Case Study: Urban Oasis Increased Online Gift Certificate Sales to $87,000 Learn how Geoffrey Gross, Urban Oasis Spa Manager, increased his day spa's online gift certificate sales to $87,000 after switching to our Instant Gift Certificate Monthly Subscription Plan.
1/15/2009	New Feature: TheGiftCardCafe.com launches their new discount feature to help merchants boost sales by offering promotional & holiday discounts.
11/1/2008	Partner: GenBook offers Free Powerful online appointment scheduling for your business. Let your customers schedule their holiday appointments on your website with a Free Genbook.com scheduling system.
5/14/2008	Video: Interesting video showing you how your customers are shopping online and why not offering online gift card or instant certificate sales will cost you money.
3/1/2008	Article: Using your website as a marketing tool to make it easier for your web visitors to book appointments, buy gift certificates and products.
2/1/2008	Article: More than 85% of the world's Internet users surveyed have purchased something online...
1/10/2008	Article: Online Holiday Sales Pass $29 Billion.
11/1/2007	Article: Consumers will spend an average of $203 on gift cards during the 2007 holiday season
10/12/2007	Article: Gift Cards & Gift Certificates just keep on giving
10/10/2007	Press Release: TheGiftCardCafe.com Launches a New Gift Card Service for Web Designers to Add E-Commerce Functionality to Their Design Packages in Less Than 5 Minutes

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• Bettye O Day Spa - Chicago, IL
• Kitchen On Fire - Berkeley, CA
• AUM Yoga Therapy - Seattle, WA
• Avalon Restaurant - West Chester, PA
• Body Well Massage - Sunrise, FL
• Ristorante Marcellino - Boston, MA
• Urban Oasis Massage - Chicago, IL

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