Starbucks cards are bigger than the entiregift card industry, according to CEO Howard Schultz.- Customers put billions of dollars on cards each year as an interest-free loan to the chain.
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Every year, millions of people gift and receive $4 which can both draw in new customers and create convenience for already existing customers. The coffee chain offers cards themed around dozens of occasions, from $4 They've become a kind of go-to gift for people you don't necessarily know very well, and they're available everywhere, including $4 $4, and Starbucks' website.
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Starbucks has been massively successful at getting customers to adopt Starbucks cards. Starbucks cards by themselves are bigger than the entire gift card industry, Schultz said in the earnings call. Customers reload money onto the cards to prepay for orders, which amounted to $11 billion worth in 2021. So far, the chain is set to exceed that figure this year, Schultz said.
Gift cards can be a boon to retailers, as recipients often don't use the full amount. This essentially gifts free money to the card issuer as $4 before they can spend them, and around 25% of 30 to 64-year-olds do the same. In 2020, that amounted to $164.5 million on Starbucks gift cards that was never redeemed. That money was recorded as revenue, essentially a gift to the chain.
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