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January’s Blogs

#21 Sustainability – What does it mean and why should I care?
By Juliette Savage – Commercial Director- Green Gift Cards
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

#08 “Experiences are where life happens – and we’re set to help satisfy pent up consumer demand.”
Virgin Experience Days

#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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