Profiles

For 30 years, Jacque Busby has helped leading clients reward their top sales performers with extraordinary travel experiences and has first-hand witnessed the motivational value of these programs. Management, she says, were often so convinced of the impact that many organizations did not seek out the return-on-investment processes and measures prevalent in other industries. ... [ read more ]

The Cardnow smart-phone activated gift card service now featuring over 75 brands is experiencing the impact of the significant growth of surprise-and-delight gifting and increased demand for better reporting, according to its founder, Matt Frye. ... [ read more ]

One of the industry’s leading master fulfillment companies, Links Unlimited, Cincinnati, OH, like many, had a year to remember but so far has come out of it stronger than ever, says Scott Kooken, CEO and founder.... [ read more ]

Probably no organization has dedicated itself more persistently to the cause of measuring the return on investment of human resources and other people investments than ROI Institute, which now has nearly 6,000 return-on-Investment certified professionals worldwide with an active pipeline of 2,000 people in the process. ... [ read more ]

The time has come for distributors to diversify to help clients deal with one of the most pressing issues of our times made even more urgent in the Covid-19 crisis - how to fully engage and build meaningful relationships with all critical stakeholders. ... [ read more ]

Matt Osborn, the third-generation CEO of 50-year-old Premco, a master fulfillment company near Denver, CO, says the company is benefiting from the increased interest in brands in the business and promotional gifting business by bringing on such lines as Yeti, the North Face, GoPro, Instant Brands, and most recently My Pillow and Molekule, a virus and bacteria-killing air filter to the corporate market.... [ read more ]

Perhaps no other leading brand has a greater commitment to the corporate channel. Omaha Steaks is the only consumer brand known to have corporate sales in its organizational mission: "To process and sell high quality foods profitably to consumers and businesses."... [ read more ]

MAS sees more demand for brands, customization, and personalization, and the need for flexibility in the incentive, recognition, and promotional business and event gifting business.... [ read more ]

Preparing to move into a new 180,000-square-foot state-of-the-art warehouse with its own inhouse printing and other personalization capabilities, Links Unlimited provides a unique perspective on the power of brands.... [ read more ]

Michelle Holmes, Senior Director at Travel and Transport and head of its loyalty division, shares her perspective on loyalty trends based on her company's nearly 30 years in financial services and retail loyalty programs. ... [ read more ]