Coinstar Partners with Top Greeting Card Retailer in United Kingdom to Add Gift Card Program.Clinton Cards' 730 Stores to Carry Name Brand Gift Cards BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Coinstar E-Payment Services Limited (Coinstar), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coinstar, Inc. and Clinton Cards Clinton Cards is a chain of stores in the UK founded in 1968 by Don Lewin. Mainly selling greeting cards, the chain claims (2004) to be "the largest specialist retailer of greetings cards, plush merchandise (soft toys) and related products in the UK with over 700 shops and , the United Kingdom's number one greeting card retailer, completed the nationwide launch of an innovative Gift Card program in approximately 730 retail locations this month. "We are delighted to add a top retailer like Clinton Cards to our customer base for Coinstar's gift card program," said Steve Verleye, senior vice president and general manager of E-Payment Services at Coinstar, Inc. "As the number one greeting card destination in the U.K., we believe Clinton Cards is a great fit for our offering as buying a greeting card and gift card go hand-in-hand." Coinstar is a leading supplier of gift card and stored value products, and among the first to bring a turnkey, gift card program to the United Kingdom. Coinstar's offering at Clinton Cards gives shoppers the convenience of choosing from an assortment of gift cards from well known department store, clothing, book, music, experience, sporting and electronics brands. Customers simply select the gift card they want and choose the amount to load onto the card. "Clinton Cards has always been the customer's first stop when buying a greeting card," said Brett Smith Brett Smith is a Free Software hacker and writer. Since 2006, Brett Smith has operated the FSF Free Software Licensing and Compliance Lab. He is also a speaker for the GNU Project. of Clinton Cards. "With the addition of the Gift Card Center, we'll now be the first and final stop for any shopper who wants to buy the perfect gift. Coinstar's innovative gift card program is the perfect solution for our customers' needs." About Coinstar, Inc. Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CSTR CSTR Centre for Speech Technology Research CSTR Canister CSTR Continually Stirred Tank Reactor CSTR Center for Software Testing Research (Florida Tech) CSTR Combat System Trial Rehearsal (US DoD) ) is a multi-national company offering a range of 4th Wall[TM] solutions for the retailers' front of store consisting of self-service coin counting, electronic payment solutions, entertainment services, money transfer and self-service DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. rental. The company's products and services can be found at more than 56,000 retail locations, including supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchants, financial institutions, convenience stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. and restaurants. About Clinton Cards Clinton Cards is the largest specialist retailer of greeting cards See e-card. , plush merchandise (soft toys) and related products in the U.K. It also operates more than 300 Birthdays stores. |
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