Australia's David Jones offers gift bonus to get share of handouts

Posted on: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:08:00 EDT


Symbols: DJONF
SYDNEY, Mar 10, 2009 (Asia In Focus via COMTEX) --
DJONF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- DAVID JONES LTD (ASX:DJS)
is looking to attract a portion of the cash handouts due to be
sent to Australian families this week by the federal
government. The department store operator is offering a bonus
A$20 (US$12.62) David Jones gift card for every A$200 worth of
store gift cards purchased between Tuesday and Sunday March
15.

* "David Jones is supporting the Rudd government's
initiative by offering all of our customers the opportunity to
get more value from their stimulus payment", chief executive
Mark McInnes said in a statement.

* From Wednesday, Australians will begin receiving cash
handouts as part of the government's second A$42 billion fiscal
stimulus package announced in February.

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