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✨ What's Ahead for Gifting in 2024! 🎁✨ This holiday season, shoppers are more prepared than ever, focusing on tech-enabled, smarter gifting experiences. According to Blackhawk Network (BHN) research, consumers are leveraging loyalty points and actively seeking rewards to make the most of their holiday budgets. 🔹 Savvy Shoppers: “Despite the economic challenges, Americans are still embracing the holiday spirit,” says Brett Narlinger, head of global commerce at BHN. Nearly half of shoppers plan to adjust their spending habits to get the most value, a trend highlighted in BHN's Holiday Branded Pay Study. 💸 Learn more about Tech-Driven Gifting, Experience Gifting and Sustainability here : https://bit.ly/4dXI7Lc

Practical gifts can be nice, but our latest round of inductees for the Employee Gifting Hall of Shame stretches that theory a little too far. This year, trade the toilet paper and cereal for a practical but FUN reward everyone can enjoy: gift cards! Check out all the cringe-worthy rejects and see how BHN can help you do better: https://bit.ly/3Nen2kG

Hopefully, you get to know your customers and clients better all year long—through surveys, focus groups and/or discussions with your customer service reps. Maybe you like to be a secret shopper and talk to them while they shop; you might scare a couple, but you’d definitely learn something. Today, Get to Know Your Customers Day, is a good day to thank your customers for taking the time to share that information with you. Don’t think you know your customers as well as you like? Send out a quick survey today (with a reward for participation). Chances are, you’ll learn a ton. Read our blog: https://bit.ly/4fr7Blx

Whether your company has one boss or a thousand bosses, they deserve some appreciation. Not only do they have their own work to do, but they also need to supervise, mentor and deal with a lot more paperwork. Boss Appreciation Day (October 16) gives you a great opportunity to keep your bosses motivated with gift cards or prepaid cards from BHN. Plus, any recognition can boost morale, increase productivity and help keep those good bosses around a lot longer. Learn more. https://bit.ly/4b35Wk7

The holidays are here. What are shoppers thinking? What are they buying? The answers (and tips and insights) are in our annual holiday shopping insights research. Get the eBook: https://bit.ly/3YgnLbt #BHN #GiftCards #Holidays

📲🔗 Why It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Paper Checks: The Benefits of and Use Cases for Digital Disbursements In her latest article on CustomerThink, Marina Hodges, BHN's Senior Director & Head of Incentives Marketing, explores why it's time to make the switch to digital disbursements. From cost savings and speed to sustainability and security, this modern payment solution has endless benefits for both businesses and recipients. Discover how digital disbursements are transforming rebates, refunds, employee bonuses, government aid, and more! Read the full article to learn how your business can benefit from going digital : https://bit.ly/4f0t3gV #DigitalDisbursements #FutureOfPayments #Incentives #BHN #Fintech #PaymentsInnovation #CustomerThink

Need a little extra nudge to stop procrastinating on your holiday shopping for employees and customers? Here it is: New buyers who purchase select rewards from BHN before November 15 will get a gift card worth up to $500.* Don’t delay: https://bit.ly/3BAxsbW

It’s not too late to win big with your player and employee loyalty strategy. Book a meeting to discuss how our rewards and incentives can be your grand prize. https://bit.ly/4duX8UH

At the RGCA Forum this week, we celebrated some of our members who go above and beyond for the association. Congratulations to our 2024 RGCA Cardie Award recipients! The RGCA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Tom Boucher, Blackhawk Network The Member of the Year Award Recipient: Disney Gift Card Services The Volunteer of the Year Award Recipient: Elish A. Meyers, Esq., Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C. The New Member of the Year Award Recipient: Julia Norris, InComm Payments Thank you for all that you do to support the RGCA and the gift card industry!

They say less is more, but in the case of the employee holiday gifts in our Hall of Shame, less is just less. End-of-year rewards don’t need to be expensive to be meaningful, but a bag of chips and three pieces of candy still won’t cut it. Learn what employees don’t want (and what to give instead). https://bit.ly/3Nen2kG