Store Credit news and trends

Gift Card Trade-In Platform Flips Expiring Toys R Us Cards
Retail // April 05, 2018

Toys R Us fans have one more chance to cash in on the iconic toy chain’s demise — and non-fans have one more chance to cash out. Through Friday, April 6, customers with gift cards to the big box toy store can trade them in...

Signet Jewelers Face CFPB Action
Retail // December 04, 2017

Consumer watchdog group the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has notified Signet Jewelers — the parent company of Zales, Kay Jewelers and Jared — that it may take future action against the company for its in-store credit practices. Signet first received the notice in early September, but...

Target Wants To Buy Consumers’ Unwanted Clothes
Merchant Innovation // October 15, 2015

Target made its name off of aggressively priced yet mainstream chic apparel selection, but a new partnership with a forward-thinking startup could add an even more affordable category of clothes to its stores. In a post to its website, online consignment startup thredUP announced that...

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Signet Jewelers Face CFPB Action

December 04, 2017
Consumer watchdog group the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has notified Signet Jewelers — the parent company of Zales, Kay Jewelers and Jared — that it may take future action against the company for its in-store credit practices. Signet first received the notice in early September, but first disclosed it in an evening filing on Friday (Dec. […]

Target Wants To Buy Consumers’ Unwanted Clothes

October 15, 2015
Target made its name off of aggressively priced yet mainstream chic apparel selection, but a new partnership with a forward-thinking startup could add an even more affordable category of clothes...