As noted in the recently-released Gift Card Report: 2023 from Paytronix, restaurant gift card sales have been going increasingly digital since 2020. But the effect of this shift shows up brightly when we looked closely at Valentine’s Day card sales.
Paytronix data shows that digital gift card sales on Valentine’s Day hit their highest number on record, increasing nearly 7% over last year and more than doubling since 2019. Also of interest, the highest sales of digital gift cards shifted....