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$100 of store credit means you buy merchandise at marked up prices, with the profit going to the store. If the store instead gave $100 cash back they lose $100, pure and simple. With $100 of store credit they might be only giving away $50 or $60 of merchandise at their cost level. It is pretty easy to understand why stores do it.