Ireland Gift Card and Incentive Card Market Report 2021: Despite Near-term Challenges in 2021, Medium to Long Term Growth Remains Strong

Dublin, Feb. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Ireland Gift Card and Incentive Card Market Intelligence and Future Growth Dynamics (Databook): Spend Analysis by Digital/e-Gift Card, Retail & Corporate Consumers, Top Retailers, Distribution Channel, Occasions, and Demographics - Jan 2021 Update" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The gift card market in 2020 was driven a wide range of factors, which supported growth across retail and corporate segments. The primary factors included growth of ecommerce, increased adoption to incentivize employees working remotely, digital gifting, and initiatives undertaken by government, hospitality, and travel industries to revive growth. Though the gift card market was impacted due to COVID-19, the market is expected to bounce back in the coming quarters, especially in H1 2021.

The gift card industry in Ireland has done well to withstand the impact of economic slowdown along with negative business and consumer sentiment due to disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Historically, the gift card market in Ireland has recorded a steady growth with a CAGR of 9.5% during 2016-2020. According to the publisher's Q4 2020 Global Gift Card Survey, gift card industry in the country is expected to grow by 10.1% on annual basis to reach US$ 666.2 million in 2021.

Despite near-term challenges in 2021, medium to long term growth story of gift cards in Ireland remains strong. The gift card industry in Ireland is expected to grow steadily in H1 2021 and record a strong growth in H2 2021. The growth momentum is expected to continue to grow over the forecast period, recording a CAGR of 7.6% during 2021-2025. The gift card market in the country will increase from US$ 605.1 million in 2020 to reach US$ 892.7 million by 2025.

This report provides a detailed data centric analysis of gift cards and corporate incentive cards market along with consumer behaviour and retail spend dynamics in Ireland. With over 200 KPIs at country level, this report provides comprehensive understanding of gift and incentive card market dynamics.

Reasons to Buy

• In-depth understanding of gift card and incentive card market dynamics: Understand market opportunity, key trends and drivers along with five-year forecast (2016-2025) for gift cards and incentive cards in Ireland.

• Develop market specific strategies: Identify growth segments and target specific opportunities across consumer segments and occasions to formulate your gift cards strategy; assess market specific key trends and risks.

• Get insights into consumer attitude and behaviour in Ireland: Understand changing consumer attitude and behaviour and boost ROI. Get detailed insights into retail spend through gift cards for both retail and corporate consumers.

• Get complete perspective through six essential KPIs: number of cards in circulation, load value, unused value, average purchase value, average value per transaction, and value of transactions.

• Distribution channel insights: Understand gift cards sales dynamics by channels - online vs offline and by 1st party vs 3rd party sales.

Scope

Total Spend on Gifts in Ireland

• By Consumer Segment (Retail and Corporate)

• By Product Categories (13 Segments)

• By Retail Sectors (7 Segments)

Gift Card Market Size by KPIs across Consumer Segments in Ireland

• Gross Load Value

• Transaction Value

• Unused Value

• Average Value Per Transaction

• Transaction Volume

• Average Value of Card Purchased

• Number of Cards

Gift Card Market Size by Consumer Segment in Ireland

• Retail Consumer

• Corporate Consumer (Small Scale, Mid-Tier, Large Enterprise)

Digital Gift Card Market Size in Ireland

• By Retail Consumer

• By Retail Purchase Occasion

• By Corporate Consumer

• By Corporate Purchase Occasion

• By Company Size

Gift Card Market Size by Retail Consumer in Ireland

• By Functional Attribute

• By Occasion

• Festivals & Special Celebration Days

• Milestone Celebration

• Self-Use

• Other

• Value by Purchase Channel

Gift Card Spend by Consumer Behavior and Demographics in Ireland

• Consumer Purchase Behaviour

• Gift Card Buyer by Age Group

• Gift Card Buyer by Income Level

• Gift Card Buyer by Gender

Gift Card Market Size by Corporate Consumer in Ireland

• By Functional Attribute

• By Occasion

• Employee Incentive

• Sales Incentive

• Consumer Incentive

• By Scale of Business

• Budget Allocation Trend for 2021

Gift Spend by Product Categories (Split by Retail and Corporate Consumers) in Ireland

• Food & Beverage

• Health, Wellness & Beauty

• Apparel, Footwear & Accessories

• Books & Media Products

• Consumer Electronics

• Restaurants & Bars

• Toys, Kids, and Babies

• Jewelry

• Sporting Goods

• Home & Kitchen Accessories & Appliances

• Travel

• Entertainment & Gaming

• Other

Gift Card Spend by Retail Sector (Split by Retail and Corporate Consumers) in Ireland

• Ecommerce & Department Stores

• Restaurants & Bars

• Supermarket, Hypermarket, Convenience Store

• Entertainment & Gaming

• Specialty Stores

• Health & Wellness

• Travel

Gift Card Spend by Distribution Channel (Split by Retail and Corporate Consumers) in Ireland

• Gift Card Online Sales

• Gift Card Offline Sales

• 1st Party Sales

• 3rd Party Sales

• Sales Uplift

Key Retailers Covered Include:

• Musgrave Group Plc

• Dunnes Stores Ltd

• Tesco Plc

• Marks & Spencer Plc

• Grafton Group Plc

• Home Retail Group

• Amazon.com Inc

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