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NRF Says Gift Card Scam Is Overblown  

WASHINGTON - The National Retail Federation here is downplaying reports about a new gift card scam that says consumers are losing money from gift cards when criminals steal the card numbers from the back of the cards. ...

Giant Eagle Adds Gift Cards From Max & Erma's Restaurants  

PITTSBURGH - Giant Eagle here is now selling gift cards from Columbus, Ohio-based Max & Erma's in 216 stores, the restaurant chain reported yesterday....

Redbox Kiosks Go Nationwide With McDonald's - OAKBROOK Ill. 

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Schnucks Starts Online Photo Service  

ST. LOUIS - Schnuck Markets is offering its customers online digital photo processing through software provided by LifePics, Boulder, Colo., and photofinishing services from Qualex, a subsidiary of Kodak, Duham, N.C., the supermarket reported this week. ...

EMA's Revamped Expo Debuts in July 

ENCINO, Calif. - Home Media Expo, sponsored by the Entertainment Merchants Association, formerly the Video Software Dealer's Association, will be held July 17-19, 2007, at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. In keeping with the changing focus and expanded membership of the new organization, the convention is being revamped to encompass the full range of channels that deliver video, video games, music and user-generated content from the producer to the consumer and into the home and elsewhere, the association said. ...

Wal-Mart Enters Video Downloads Market 

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores here has entered into the video downloads market with an exclusive "Superman Returns" DVD bundle containing a video download option with purchase of the physical DVD, available starting today only at Wal-Mart, the company said yesterday. This physical/digital DVD bundle gives customers the flexibility to watch the Warner Bros. movie the way they want, on their TVs, portable devices and/or computers, the company said....

Gift Card Recipients Spend More Than Card Value, Study Shows 

NEW YORK - Consumers are putting gift cards on their holiday wish lists and plan to spend more than a gift card's value when they redeem it, according to the findings of an Accenture survey of 545 consumers in the United States, released yesterday. Thirty-six percent of respondents report preferring to receive a gift card vs. a gift, and 48% say they spend more than the value of the card....

Wegmans Offers Housewares Gift Selection Online 

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Wegmans Food Markets here is offering unique housewares exclusively through it's website as a holiday gift option for customers. Called the Complements Collection of Exquisite Gifts, the products include: a three-piece serving set for $65.00; a Marquis crystal carafe and wine stem set for $129.00; and a frosted pink wine goblet for $9.99....

Wal-Mart's $4 Generics Go Nationwide; Giant Eagle, Price Cutter Join In 

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores launched its $4 generic prescription program in the 11 final states needed to make it available in all of the retailer's U.S. pharmacies yesterday. Now in the store's 3,810 pharmacies, the program was initially scheduled to go nationwide by January but was accelerated due to customer demand, the company said. ...

CVS Provides Online Medicare Plan Comparison Tool 

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - CVS/pharmacy has launched an online Medicare Plan Comparison Tool designed to help millions of eligible seniors find the Medicare Part D plan that best suits their needs, CVS said last week. During the six week open-enrollment period that ends Dec. 31, seniors will be offered different options with the Medicare Part D plans, some offering better value, a larger number of covered medications, and solutions that decrease the impact of the doughnut hole or gap in coverage, CVS said. ...

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