Inside the Loop

December 3, 2020

Thank you to RGCA member Blackhawk Network for featuring the RGCA’s thought leadership and promoting the industry in a recent article published more than 700 times that has reached more than 113M consumers so far.

Are you looking to promote your gift card program to hundreds of millions of consumers? To help our members recover from the impacts of COVID-19, the RGCA is offering the exclusive opportunity to be part of a nationally syndicated article that urges Americans to spend their gift cards once the holiday season concludes. Keep an eye out for more information or reach out to ashley@fletchergroupllc.com with questions.

MEET A MEMBER

RGCA is a group of talented, passionate, and fun gift card professionals who all work to advance the retail gift card industry. Let's meet one of our members!

Benita Johnson is Gift Card Program Manager at PetSmart.

How long have you been in the gift card industry? Over 17 years.

What’s one fun non-gift card related fact about you? I'm that crazy Corgi lady.

What is something you think our members should know about gift cards? It’s ok to “phone a friend.” We’re all in this industry together…and even when we compete, we’re cheering each other on for every gift card sale.

RGCA TIPS FOR SAFE GIFT CARD USE

We know that gift cards are a safe and convenient (and popular!) gifting and payment option. To help ensure positive gift card experiences for consumers, we're sharing these tips with our members, consumers, and the media.

This infographic is also available as a PDF download.

UPCOMING COFFEE BREAK SCHEDULE

Our virtual coffee breaks have been excellent opportunities to share knowledge and connections between RGCA members. Remember to join us every Thursday at 10:30am CT/11:30am ET for casual conversations on a variety of topics.

Here's the upcoming schedule:

December 10 - continuing the gift card design conversation

December 17 - "open mic"

If you have requests for discussion topics and/or would like to lead a discussion, please contact Megan Flanagan at mflanagan@thergca.org.

Here's how to join!

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 996 7442 7208

Passcode: 441900

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