{"id":22741,"date":"2023-04-20T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=22741"},"modified":"2023-04-20T12:22:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T12:22:42","slug":"geant-launches-gift-cards-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/04\/20\/geant-launches-gift-cards-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0G\u00e9ant launches gift cards in UAE stores\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">French supermarket and hypermarket chain <a href=\"https:\/\/geantuae.com\/geant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">G\u00e9ant<\/a>, part of French retailing giant <em>Group Casino<\/em>,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has launched gift cards across all its UAE stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Available in two formats &#8211; a digital version and a physical card &#8211; the cards can be used across all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/12\/23\/geant-opens-supermarket-in-uae\/\">G\u00e9ant<\/a> supermarkets and hypermarkets and can be reloaded by the cardholder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The physical and digital cards, with a minimum value of AED 50, can be purchased and activated in-store, with the latter added to customers\u2019 mobile wallets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Shoppers can purchase digital cards at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/12\/23\/geant-opens-supermarket-in-uae\/\">G\u00e9ant\u2019s<\/a> dedicated gift card portal \u2013\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-eu.mimecast.com\/s\/bffGCxl6QtKPLzKtY2sbZ?domain=geantuae.ogloba.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">geantuae.ogloba.com<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. These are valid for 12 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">President of retail \u2013everyday goods at GMG, Marc Laurent, said: \u201cToday\u2019s discerning consumers expect omnichannel functionality enabling them to purchase both physical and digital gift cards, gift them in person or via email, and redeem them wherever they shop.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Physical gift cards are still preferred by slightly more than half of consumers, according to a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiserv.com\/en\/lp\/gift-solutions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0study from payments company Fiserv<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, despite the rise of digital cards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">G\u00e9ant is part of the French retailing giant Groupe Casino, with a turnover in excess of 30 billion euros and part of the GMG\u2019s everyday goods division in the UAE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Back in December 2022, G\u00e9ant unveiled its first supermarket location in the country\u2014in City Life Al Jurf in Ajman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0G\u00e9ant currently operates 18 branches in the UAE.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French supermarket and hypermarket chain G\u00e9ant\u00a0has started to set gift cards across its UAE stores <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":21262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1323,1],"tags":[4052,3966],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22741"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22746,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22741\/revisions\/22746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}