Dec. 23, 2020 8:32 am ET
It isn’t just the PlayStation 5 and Lego Star Wars sets that are in high demand this year. Gift cards are one of the hottest holiday presents.
Shoppers worried about visiting stores, as Covid-19 cases surge, and unwilling to risk gifts arriving late because of shipping delays are snapping up the prepaid debit cards, according to companies that measure gift-card sales.
Gift-card purchases in the first week of December were twice the rate in the same period last year, according to InMarket, a data-analytics company. Gift card sales jumped 48% last weekend, compared with earlier in the week, as deadlines for free shipping with guaranteed Christmas delivery expired, according to Rise.ai, which manages electronic gift card programs for more than 5,000 brands, including Allbirds and Milk Bar.
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