Profiles

The combined companies set sites on expanding the scope of engagement. ... [ read more ]

New Brunswick, NJ-based Next Level Performance represents a major generational shift in the incentive field, as many of the owners who founded firms in the 1970s, 80s and 90s begin to think of scaling back or selling. ... [ read more ]

Although part of a 70-year-old company, Executive Essentials reflects a major change in the rewards & recognition business over the last decade that will continue if organizations follow the research on how to best utilize rewards and recognition to inspire their people. ... [ read more ]

Velocity B2B was launched by CashStar to provide complete support services for retailers seeking to optimize their gift card business. RRN recently caught up with Tom Boucher, who was Vice President of Velocity B2B services and who is now head of his division at Blackhawk Network, which recently purchased Cashstar. ... [ read more ]

Pulse Experiential Travel founder Marc Matthews started his original event ticketing business in his college dorm room about 38 years ago. It was not until the great recession of 2008 that he came up with the idea for what is now known as Pulse Experiential... [ read more ]

As the incentive division for Almo Corporation, reportedly the largest "home comfort" wholesaler in the U.S., PMC positions itself as the leading industry supplier of just about anything for the home. ... [ read more ]

When Maritz created the position of Chief Behavioral Officer and hired Charlotte Blank, an executive with about five years of marketing experience in the automotive industry, the company said Blank will... [ read more ]

Peter Hart, CEO of Rideau Recognition Solutions Inc., the Montreal-based international recognition company, strongly believes in the engagement movement and its potential to transform economies: "Having an ISO standard around engagement that involves recognition and other elements will be critical to organizational success."... [ read more ]

The C.A. Short Company (CAshort.com) may be best known as a recognition firm, but it has recently made significant investments in developing a world-class engagement practice. The company has created a Program Design team and undertaken initiatives in technology and ... [ read more ]

Few companies have served the incentive and recognition marketplace longer than Bulova. Despite the challenges to the corporate sales channel created by the Internet, the Great Recession and the emergence of retail gift cards, Adrienne Forrest, Vice President of... [ read more ]