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Business Focus - Unused gift cards

Here's what happens to the billions that go unspent each year

Gift cards are displayed at a Target store. Americans are expected to spend nearly $30 billion on gift cards this holiday season, according to the National Retail Federation. Restaurant gift cards are the most popular, making up one-third of those sales. - photo by Associated Press

Gift cards are displayed at a Target store. Americans are expected to spend nearly $30 billion on gift cards this holiday season, according to the National Retail Federation. Restaurant gift cards are the most popular, making up one-third of those sales. — Gift cards are displayed at a Target store. Americans are expected to spend nearly $30 billion on gift cards this holiday season, according to the National Retail Federation. Restaurant gift cards are the most popular, making up one-third of those sales. - photo by Associated Press

DEE-ANN DURBIN

AP Business Writer

Published: Dec 27, 2023, 11:15 PM

Gift cards make great stocking stuffers — just as long as you don't stuff them in a drawer and forget about them after the holidays.

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