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December's Blogs

#20 The Shop Local Revolution
By Colin Munro - MD - Miconex

#19 New Year but Are There New Opportunities?
By Ajay Sethi - Head of Business Development - Incodia
November's Blogs

#18 How to run a successful Gift Card Programme in Emerging Markets
By Julie Leblan - Chief Executive Officer - Merit Incentives

#17 Doing our bit in lockdown with victims of fraud – Could you too?
By Caroline Watson – CEO – Voucherline – MD – TheGiftCardCentre
October's Blogs

#16 Gift Cards: The Hero We Need This Holiday Season
By Holly Glowaty - EVP Merchants, Prizeout and Co-Founder of Flourish Conference

#15 Impact of Covid-19 on Experiences and how Virgin Experience Days Crafted a new Category
By Ellie Blumenthal - Partnership Manager & Innovation Lead, Virgin Experience Days
September's Blogs

#14 Delivering Free School Meals in Lockdown
By Andy Philpott - Marketing & Sales Director, Edenred

#13 A wider view of the effects of Covid on the gift card industry from a UK & international perspective
By Malcolm Berg - VP Sales UK and Eire, Stored Value Solutions (SVS)

#12 A gift card isn’t just for Christmas; it’s handy for a crisis too: reflecting on the small things making a huge difference
By Tessa Unsworth - Chief Commercial Officer, PPS
July's Blogs

#11 Physical to digital during COVID-19
By Simon Birch - Head of Retail, Appreciate Group

#10 Why should I sell via a reseller? You will cannibalise my business! You cost too much!
Caroline Watson - Managing Director of Voucherline.com, TheGiftCardCentre.co.uk & Reward Panda.co.uk

#09 Supporting through Covid-19
Ben Jones - Partner & Affiliate Director, Sodexo Engage

#07 The Future is Digital
Matt Howe - Managing Director, Blackhawk Network, Europe
June's Blogs

#06 The Rise of Consumer Gifting
Adam Hobbs - VP Gobal Supply, We Gift

#05 How to Harness Retails Rebound
Steve Leigh - PR Agency One

#04 Musings of a Gift Card Consultant
Jackie Barker - Consultant, Barker Consultancy

#03 Lockdown Drilldown - A Savvy View
Eoin Whyte - Sales Director, Savvy
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