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Citizen CZ Smart full digital display smartwatch is designed to provide the best of both worlds.... [ read more ]

Gift card processing veterans Matthew Frye and David Jones bring to market the ability for any marketing, sales, employee, loyalty, or other promotion program to feature leading gift cards for gifting, incentives, recognition, and other promotional activity that can be activated on demand with a simple smart phone application.... [ read more ]

The corporate gifting, recognition, incentive and engagement, and promotion marketplace is booming. The Enterprise Engagement Alliance at TheEEA.org and the Brand Media Coalition at BrandMediaCoalition.com have joined forces to help educate, develop, and equip solution providers in all areas of marketing, sales, and HR management with the information, marketing support, and technology options they need to help small- to medium-size businesses (SMBs) digitalize ROI-based gifting, rewards and recognition, employee, customer, and enterprise engagement. ... [ read more ]

As a long-time executive involved with program design at Maritz Inc. and research and best practices through his activities at the International Society for Performance Improvement and the Incentive Research Foundation, Rodger Stotz provides a unique insight into what opportunities if any the concept of Stakeholder Capitalism and the new Securities & Exchange Commission human capital management disclosures will have on the incentive, rewards, and recognition (IRR) business. ... [ read more ]

When asked why they select one award over another for incentive, recognition, and gifting programs, management often says it’s based on what people say they want. This study suggests that what people say they want might have little to do with what truly engages them. ... [ read more ]

Through this acquisition, Blackhawk Network takes commanding lead in the worldwide distribution of gift cards in every market segment.... [ read more ]

Launched for this holiday season, the platform is designed to provide a definitive destination for business gifting. The company says it features an intuitive self-service portal, an expansive catalog of gift offerings, and enhanced user experiences.... [ read more ]

The 12-year-old Enterprise Engagement Alliance education and certification program focusing on connecting employee engagement and the interests of all stakeholders to organizational success now includes the latest information on Securities and Exchange Commission, World Economic Forum human capital disclosure; other sustainability standards, and return-on-investment of engagement practices. ... [ read more ]

The incentive, recognition and reward business has greeted the new SEC human capital disclosure requirements and subsequent World Economic Forum Stakeholder Capitalism metrics with mixed enthusiasm, with some calling it tectonic and others skeptical it will have any impact. This article is part of an ongoing series in RRN and its partner platform ESM at EnterpriseEngagement.org following the repercussions, if any, of this new SEC requirement for human capital disclosures by public companies and new standards published by the World Economic Forum that require detailed disclosures of human capital practice and environmental practices, as well as governance. ... [ read more ]

Len Sadek, CPIM, Director, Gift Card Sales & Marketing, Landry's Inc., and the new president of the Incentive Marketing Association, believes the work from home movement will promote the need for motivation and expanded use of digital platforms. ... [ read more ]