Here is news from throughout the world of rewards recognition, including research, company news, mergers and acquistitions, etc.
At the recent Rewards & Recognition Expo in Chicago, nearly all attendees at a plenary session agreed that most incentive, recognition and loyalty programs fail to conform to the best practices revealed by almost 20 years of research from dozens of independent sources. ... [ read more ]
A new company, Transcend Engagement, has been launched by a group of private investors. The Minneapolis-based firm says that it offers a "fully integrated employee engagement platform...utilizing proprietary software and systems never used in the market before."... [ read more ]
Former USMotivation exec Tina Weede has launched what it calls a full service performance improvement and culture engineering agency, Paragon Performance Group.... [ read more ]
Rideau Recognition Solutions Inc., a global human capital solutions firm, recently appointed Steve Perrone as its new Chief Financial Officer. Perrone has more than 35 years of financial and executive management experience in both the private and public sectors, serving as CFO of several multinational companies such as DMR Group Inc. and 2020 Technologies Inc.... [ read more ]
Animate Growth Partners, founded by industry veteran Chris Galloway, aims to serve the Sales Incentive and B2B Customer Loyalty market as a professional services agency... [ read more ]
The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) recently released a white paper and study, "Using Behavioral Economics Insights in Incentives, Rewards, and Recognition: The Neuroscience" that describes some of the unifying behavioral economic principles connecting emotions and employee performance. ... [ read more ]
PPAI is reporting that NJ-based multi-line rep firm Award Marketing Services, Inc. (AMS) will merge with Hoffman & Edgette as of July 1. ... [ read more ]
National Incentive Brands (NiB), a division of All Star Incentive Marketing, has announced that Sandra Gregoire will be promoted to the position of Sales Manager. ... [ read more ]
PremStar Incentives Inc. recently announced a new partnership with Chicago-based Sassafras Enterprises, Inc. Sassafras is committed to marketing products that are produced in an environmentally-sound manner and conducting their operations to minimize their carbon footprint. ... [ read more ]
Ontario, Canada-based Carlton Group Ltd. is offering companies in the employee engagement, loyalty and rewards industry the ability to leverage its powerful technology platforms... [ read more ]
