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These excerpts taken from the GPS 10-K filed Mar 27, 2009. Credit Cards We have credit card agreements (the Agreements) with third parties to provide our customers with private label credit cards and/or co-branded credit cards (collectively the Credit Cards). Each private label credit card bears the
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logo of one of our brands and can be used at any of our U.S. or Canadian store locations and online. The co-branded credit card is a VISA credit card bearing the logo of one of our brands and can be used any place that accepts VISA credit cards. A third-party financing company is the sole owner of the accounts issued under the Credit Card programs and this third-party absorbs the losses associated with non-payment by the cardholder and a portion of any fraudulent usage of the accounts. We receive cash from the third-party financing company in accordance with the Agreements and based on usage of the Credit Cards. We also receive cash from Visa U.S.A. Inc. in accordance with the Agreements and based on specified transactional fees. We recognize income when the amounts are fixed or determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured which is generally the time the actual usage of the Credit Cards or specified transaction occurs. The income is classified as a component of operating expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Earnings. The Credit Card programs offer incentives to cardholders in the form of reward certificates upon the cumulative purchase of an established amount. The cost associated with reward certificates is accrued as the rewards are earned by the cardholder and is classified as cost of goods sold and occupancy expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings. Credit Cards We have credit
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The These excerpts taken from the GPS 10-K filed Mar 28, 2008. Credit Cards We have credit card agreements (the Agreements) with third parties to provide our customers with private label credit cards and/or co-branded credit cards (collectively the Credit Cards). Each private label credit card bears the logo of one of our brands and can be used at any of our U.S. or Canada store locations and online. The co-branded credit card is a VISA credit card bearing the logo of one of our brands and can be used any place that accepts VISA credit cards. A third-party financing company is the sole owner of the accounts issued under the Credit Card programs and this third-party absorbs the losses associated with non-payment by the cardholder and a portion of any fraudulent usage of the accounts. We receive cash from the third-party financing company in accordance with the Agreements and based on usage of the Credit Cards. We also receive cash from Visa U.S.A. Inc. in accordance with the Agreements and based on specified transactional fees. We recognize income when the amounts are fixed or determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured which is generally the time the actual usage of the Credit Cards or specified transaction occurs. The income is classified as a component of operating expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Earnings. The Credit Card programs offer incentives to cardholders in the form of reward certificates upon the cumulative purchase of an established amount. The cost associated with reward certificates is accrued as the rewards are earned by the cardholder and is classified as cost of goods sold and occupancy expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings. Credit Cards We have credit card agreements (the Agreements) with third parties to provide our customers with private label credit cards and/or co-branded credit FACE="ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Credit Card programs offer incentives to cardholders in the form of reward certificates upon the cumulative purchase of an established amount. The cost associated with reward certificates is accrued as the rewards are | EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
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