CHERRY HILL, N.J., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Indulge your loved
ones this Valentine's Day by giving them the gifts they want. Flowers and
candy will smell better and taste sweeter when given with a Commerce Bank Visa
(R) Gift Card. Elegantly packaged in a signature red box and tied with a
white satin ribbon, the popular Commerce Gift Card helps cupid hit its target.
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A gift from the heart is what most want on this holiday of love. According
to the National Retail Federation's (NRF), the average consumer spent $120 on
Valentine's Day in 2007. Gift cards ranked fifth on what people spent their
money on with 29 percent buying gift cards for their loved ones. The cards
came in a close second to the always popular flowers (32 percent).
Commerce customers can purchase the instant-issue Commerce Gift Card for
FREE, in any whole dollar amount from $25 to $500, in any of Commerce Bank's
472 retail locations. Because the Commerce Gift Card is wrapped and ready to
give upon purchase, this gift is perfect for friends, family and any Valentine
this holiday, on its own or among other tokens of affection.
Unlike Commerce Bank, other banks charge a fee - anywhere from $3.95 to
$11.95, depending upon the amount loaded on the card - for each gift card
purchased. Commerce is the first and only bank offering customers the
convenience of an in-store, instantly available, completely packaged gift.
And, unlike gift cards available from specific merchants, the Commerce Gift
Card is accepted at millions of locations worldwide and enables recipients to
buy what they want, when they want, wherever Visa debit cards are accepted.
Commerce Gift Cards can be purchased at any of Commerce Bank's convenient
locations, which are open seven days a week, 361 days a year, with extended
hours.
About Commerce Bank
Commerce Bank, "America's Most Convenient Bank," is a leading retailer of
financial services with 470+ convenient stores in New Jersey, New York,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland and
Florida. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., Commerce Bancorp (NYSE: CBH) had
$50 billion in assets. For more information about Commerce, please visit the
company's interactive financial resource center at
http://www.commerceonline.com, or call 888-751-9000.
Forward-Looking Statements
The Company may from time to time make written or oral "forward-looking
statements", including statements contained in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, in its reports to stockholders and in
other communications by the Company, which are made in good faith by the
Company pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements include statements with respect to the
Company's beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations,
estimates and intentions, that are subject to significant risks and
uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors (some of
which are beyond the Company's control). The words "may", "could", "should",
"would", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "plan", and
similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The
following factors, among others, could cause the Company's financial
performance to differ materially from that expressed in such forward-looking
statements: the strength of the United States economy in general and the
strength of the local economies in which the Company conducts operations; the
effects of, and changes in, trade, monetary and fiscal policies, including
interest rate policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(the "FRB"); inflation; interest rates, market and monetary fluctuations; the
timely development of competitive new products and services by the Company
and the acceptance of such products and services by customers; the willingness
of customers to substitute competitors' products and services for the
Company's products and services and vice versa; the impact of changes in
financial services' laws and regulations (including laws concerning taxes,
banking, securities and insurance); technological changes; future
acquisitions; the expense savings and revenue enhancements from acquisitions
being less than expected; the growth and profitability of the Company's non-
interest or fee income being less than expected; unanticipated regulatory or
judicial proceedings; changes in consumer spending and saving habits; and the
success of the Company at managing the risks involved in the foregoing.
The Company cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not
exclusive. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking
statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by or
on behalf of the Company.
SOURCE Commerce Bank