Merchandise & Gift Cards

Image by hit003 on Thinkstock by Getty ImagesWhile money may make the world go around, when it comes to motivating employees in small businesses, merchandise rules. Eighty-two percent of respondents to a recent survey sponsored by the Incentive M...

It was the last night of the conference, and I was thrilled when I returned to my room to find a gorgeous glass oil lamp—the organizer’s thank-you for attending. It was a thing of beauty indeed—I had a spot all picked out for it in my living room...

In the latest survey conducted by MeetingsNet in conjunction with McLean, Va.–based Incentive Research Foundation, several trends emerged from the responses of incentive buyers, who revealed their behaviors—based on their organizations’ preferenc...

In 2009, British newspapers had a field day blasting a gift given by U.S. President Barack Obama to U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The gift of 25 DVDs of classic American movies was weak, the papers said, held up against the Prime Minister’s g...