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Court puts New Jersey’s gift card law partially on hold

Provisions of New Jersey’s gift card law may be unconstitutional, the Third Circuit recently ruled, affirming a temporary injunction against the retroactive application of certain parts of the law. USA February 1 2012 In 2010, the state passed a law that, for the first time, provided for the escheat of gift cards to the state. [...]

“Super Saturday” Spending Breaks Record

By jmosscrop Created 12/22/2011 – 11:21am By Craig Johnson, Customer Growth Partners Despite being only the penultimate Saturday before Christmas, 2011’s “Super Saturday” Dec. 17 broke the all-time record for holiday spending, with an estimated $26 billion in total retail sales, according to retail consultancy Customer Growth Partners. The total was just shy of the [...]

American Eagle debuts in three international markets

American Eagle debuts in three international markets By jmosscrop Created 12/21/2011 – 4:46pm Pittsburgh – American Eagle Outfitters announced Wednesday that it has opened stores in three new international markets — Morocco, Jordan and Egypt. The company said it also opened its third store in Saudi Arabia, and has plans for a second store in [...]