Apple Pay teams up with retailers to offer festive discounts

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Here are some of the holiday savings you can make!
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‘Tis the season to be jolly — and, if you’re Apple, to try and pick up a few more Apple Pay stragglers before the year ends.

With that in mind, Apple has launched its special Apple Pay holiday offers, granting users an assortment of festive discounts from 19 different retailers. The discounts are available when you use Apple Pay in certain retailers’ apps or on the web, through December 19. Here’s what’s on offer:

Abercrombie & Fitch: $10 off when you spend $100 or more
Allbirds: Exclusive Galactic Blue shoe laces with Apple Pay purchases
BJ’s: $10 off when you spend $150 or more in the BJ’s Wholesale Club app
Boxed: 15 percent off all Apple Pay purchases with code APPLEPAY15
Groupon: 25 percent off on local deals with code APPLE25
HBX: Free shipping when you spend $50 or more
Houzz: Free shipping on special products in the Houzz app
JanSport: 20 percent off Disney-Pixar Incredibles 2
JustFab: $5 off your next purchase
Oakley: $25 off your next purchase when you spend $100 or more
On Running: Free On Pack backpack with Apple Pay purchases
Outdoor Voices: $20 credit when you spend $95 or more
Pier 1: 10 percent off all Apple Pay purchases with code APPLE10
Rakuten: $15 off when you spend $100 or more with code APPLEPAY15
Saks: Free beauty gift with Apple Pay purchases in the Saks app with code SAKSAPL5
Smartwool: 15 percent off all Apple Pay purchases with code APPLEPAY15
UGG: 10 percent off sale items with Apple Pay
Uniqlo: $15 off and free shipping when you spend $99 or more with code APPLE
Warby Parker: Exclusive collapsible Parker Case with Apple Pay purchases

Apple has frequently offered deals and discounts to grow usage of Apple Pay, since it launched in October 20, 2014. This year is the fifth Christmas in which Apple has offered its mobile payments service. Apple Pay is now available in around 31 countries around the world. The most recent include Belgium and Kazakstan.

Tim Cook has previously admitted that mobile payments have taken off slower than he expected. Offers such as this one are therefore a great way of getting new people to try out Apple’s mobile payment service. As well as rewarding those who already use it.

Source: Apple

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