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Which companies have a slice of the Gift Card industry

March 26, 2016 08:58AM
I am in a power chair so I have to be selective in the sorts of projects I take on but doing the Gift Card servicing has become second nature to me. I have even been able to completely set up a new display from just out of the box. My problem is Castforce went away and I have not been able to reach the Cast folks.

From what I gather several companies do this for different chains, For example, the Wal-Mart stores might be with one client, Blackhawk may be responsible for other chains, and they divide up their work between multiple merchandising companies.

I cover a wide area of rural southern appalachia in the Blue Ridge and Great Smokey Mountain national park in GA, SC & NC. I would really appreciate knowing what doors I need to go knock on as the loss of Castforce has really hurt me in 2016.

Big Ed
Mystery shopping in the Great Smokey & Blue Ridge Mountain ranges of Southern Appalachia (GA, NC, SC, & TN)
BigEdBSA@gmail.com
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March 26, 2016 01:09PM
Cast Retail now does the CVS and 7-11 stores that Castforce did.
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March 27, 2016 11:26AM
Lawrence merchandising does meijer and Office Depot in my area
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March 27, 2016 05:25PM
blackhawk does gift cards on the West Coast. I don't know whether they are also in other areas.
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March 28, 2016 08:12PM
Hallmark does their own. Below is the link
[corporate.hallmark.com]

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March 29, 2016 01:33AM
Lawrence also does Safeway, Albertsons and Kroger stores

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March 30, 2016 03:14PM
Lawrence Merchandising services Blackhawk Accounts, but they only pay $10-11 per hour. The list of tasks they expect you to complete is very long and the allotted time is extremely low, such as an hour service call once or twice a month for a store that may have multiple endcaps and many other POGs.
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April 14, 2016 11:26PM
I understand Crossmark took on the gift cards from Castforce. Correct me if I am wrong.
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April 30, 2016 06:53AM
They took some of them I think. They do Green Dot at CVS did do it at Walmart but no more, or it might be state by state. Crossmark did do Blackhawk for awhile last year.
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