Paytronix Annual Gift Card Sales Report: 2019 Finds 10 Percent Year-Over-Year Increase in Sales
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2020 Card Sales Fell by 31.8% When Compared to 2019
In-store physical card sales declined least, QSR segment fared best
Newton, MA– February 3, 2021 – Paytronix Systems, Inc., the most advanced digital guest experience platform, today published the Paytronix Annual Restaurant Gift Card Sales Report: 2021, which finds that overall, 2020 card sales fell by 31.8% when compared to 2019 sales. With that in mind, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) came away the big winners by collecting a larger share of the market while full-service restaurants (FSRs) took the biggest hit. The holiday season remained a strong sales period for restaurants and accounted for more than 45% of all 2020 gift card sales.
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COVID-19 upended the hospitality industry in March and continued to wreak havoc throughout the rest of the year. Fortunately, restaurants are among the most resilient businesses out there, and brands nationwide stepped up to the challenge, pivoting to online ordering, getting creative to keep guests safe on-premises, and redesigning their business models overnight to keep up with a rapidly evolving crisis.
“The executives in the restaurant industry are some of the most creative and innovative in the business world, so our bet is that we’ll see a great recovery as we head into 2021. We’re also seeing the demand for convenience increase, which will have an effect on e-gift, physical gift cards, and loyalty programs combined with stored value, as restaurants start to use all the levers of the single platform to drive visits,” said Michelle Tempesta, head of product and marketing for Paytronix.
The Paytronix Restaurant Gift Card Sales Report identifies several trends in closed-loop restaurant gift card sales and insights into the value of gift card programs in the industry during a turbulent, unprecedented year.
“In-store sales realized the smallest decline in number of cards sold between 2019 and 2020, which we attribute to some brands running successful promotional offers, like 10% off or bonus card offers, that were not available at third-party retailers,” said Lee Barnes, Head of Data Insights, Paytronix.
Methodology
Centered around data from a year unlike any before, the Paytronix Annual Gift Card Sales Report: 2021 provides an in-depth look at annual restaurant gift card sales, with a focus on how the figures from 2020 compare to those from the two previous years. It examines gift card sales throughout the year, sales during holiday periods, sales by channel and service type, and redemption profiles. All data is sourced from gift card sales processed by Paytronix between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2020.
Paytronix Systems, Inc.
Based in Newton, Massachusetts, Paytronix is a provider of SaaS customer experience management (CXM) solutions for restaurants and convenience stores. Through its innovative software design and integrations with more than 30 widely used point-of-sale systems, Paytronix empowers more than 500 brands across 30,000 locations, giving them the flexibility to deliver unique, revenue-enhancing guest experiences. Through one-to-one engagement with more than 285 million guests via Order & Delivery, Loyalty, CRM, and Stored Value, Paytronix generates Big Data consumer insights that motivate increased visits and spend. For more information, visit www.paytronix.com.
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