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A Job Well Done – Employees Prefer Gift Cards

July 7, 2011 | Written by:

Forget personalized coffee mugs, engraved plaques and fruit-of-the-month incentives. Other than cold hard cash, gift cards consistently rank as a popular Employee Recognition gift. With increasingly diverse workforces, it’s nearly impossible to please everyone. Some employees might appreciate that nice bottle of cabernet, whereas others might be coveting that motivational poster or desk plant to … Read more

Check Out These Gift Card Fun Facts. They’ve Come a Long Way… Oh Baby!

June 29, 2011 | Written by:

We’ve come a long way, baby. The modern-day gift card actually started as a paper gift certificate. But with the invention of color copiers and printers, gift certificates were easily counterfeited. Enter Blockbuster Entertainment. In 1994, they became the creators of the first plastic gift card. Neiman Marcus, Mobil Oil and Kmart soon followed. By … Read more