While the exchange of gift cards would appear to be good for retailers, it has a downside. Many gift card recipients never redeem them. In non-accounting terms, getting something for essentially nothing would seem to be the best of a number of profitable outcomes for retailers. In reality, it is a great pain in the general ledger, reports Reuters. What is the answer to retailers' gift card accounting dilemma?

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