Finance:National Use Your Gift Card Day
| National Use Your Gift Card Day | |
|---|---|
| Observances | Shopping and redeeming unused gift cards |
| Date | Third Saturday in January |
| 2023 date | January 21 |
| 2024 date | January 20 |
| 2025 date | January 18 |
| 2026 date | January 17 |
| Frequency | annual |
National Use Your Gift Card Day is a shopping holiday that takes place yearly on the third Saturday of January.[1] It is an unofficial observance with the inaugural observance taking place on January 18, 2020.[2] National Use Your Gift Card Day encourages people to remember to use their gift cards.[3]
Based on an estimate from the Mercator Advisory Group, nearly $100 billion per year is spent on holiday gift cards, but as much as 3% of the cards will never get redeemed.[4] The observance has been recognized by Chase’s Calendar of Events and by the Registrar at National Day Calendar.[4] The idea gained traction in the retail industry, with major chains supporting the holiday.[3][5]
National Use Your Gift Card Day was founded by Tracy Tilson who formed a limited liability company to support the National Use Your Gift Card Day movement.[6][4] National Use Your Gift Card Day is also a registered trademark.[7]
See also
- Black Friday (shopping)
- Small Business Saturday
- Cyber Monday
References
- ↑ Stych, Anne (9 January 2020). "New 'retail holiday' encourages shoppers to use their gift cards". The Business Journals. https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2020/01/new-retail-holiday-encourages-shoppers-to-use.html?page=all. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ↑ "Saturday, January 18th". Use Your Gift Card LLC. 2019. https://useyourgiftcard.com/. "You can be a part of the first annual National Use Your Gift Card Day which will fall on the third Saturday in January every year…"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Robert, Hugh (11 January 2020). "Off The Menu: National Use Your Gift Card Day approaching". Masslive. https://www.masslive.com/dining/2020/01/off-the-menu-national-use-your-gift-card-day-approaching.html. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Waterfield, Sophia (9 January 2020). "National Use Your Gift Card Day: Special offers from Kohl's, Chipotle, AMC Cinemas and more". Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/national-use-your-gift-card-day-kohls-chipotle-amc-cinemas-1480807. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ↑ Wilson, Marianne (January 3, 2020). "New retail holiday to debut in January". Chain Store Age. https://chainstoreage.com/new-retail-holiday-debut-january. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ↑ Phelps, Jonathan (15 January 2020). "NH entrepreneur foments Saturday as 'Use Your Gift Card Day'". New Hampshire Union Leader. https://www.unionleader.com/news/business/mark-your-calendar-national-use-your-gift-card-day-is/article_013513b1-07a8-55f2-a9b8-86e14139fd18.html. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ↑ Fisher, Mark (16 January 2020). "Today is the first-ever National Use Your Gift Card Day". Daytona Daily News. https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/first-ever-use-your-gift-cards-holiday-coming-saturday/C77zgmiIDGtYlTp9meECZM/. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
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