Here is news from throughout the world of rewards recognition, including research, company news, mergers and acquistitions, etc.
St. Paul, MN-based Augeo, one of the world's largest loyalty and incentive companies, has created a new platform called Heaps to enable companies to offer cryptocurrency in loyalty and incentive programs. ... [ read more ]
Recognition Professionals International elects new slate of board directors. ... [ read more ]
The Incentive Federation Inc. (IFI) has approved a 2022 budget that includes funding for a 2022 Incentive Marketplace Estimate study and a plan to develop standards for the Incentives, Recognition and Reward (IRR) industry. ... [ read more ]
Consistent with RRN's predictions about an increase in mergers and acquisitions in the incentive, recognition, and rewards (IRR) space, Appleton, WI-based Creative Group has acquired Strategic Meetings and Incentives LLC, a Scottsdale, AZ-based meeting, event, and incentive agency.... [ read more ]
A little-known provision of the CARES Act now enables employers to provide employees up to $5,250 in tax-deductible contributions to help families save for college, repay college loans, or to support qualified disabled people on a tax-free basis, subject to certain restrictions--without affecting eligibility for government support. Founded in 2012 as a consumer gift card concept, the company now expects the bulk of its business to come from businesses. ... [ read more ]
Reports from Gartner and HRExchangeNetwork.com strike similar themes for the challenges facing human resources in 2022: The need to rethink the value proposition for employees, skills development, DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), and the changing role of human resources. ... [ read more ]
1-800-FLOWERS.COM, a leading provider of gifts to help organizations express, connect, and celebrate, has purchased Alice's Table, a digital, livestreaming floral, culinary, and experience business for private and business clients. ... [ read more ]
As predicted by RRN, the pandemic has helped promote continued mergers and acquisition as well as investment activity in the field of incentives, rewards, and recognition. ... [ read more ]
Despite periodic efforts to promote the incentive, rewards, and recognition (IRR) field, almost no one has ever heard of a business that by some estimates generates $40 billion or more per year in business. ... [ read more ]
Assuming the Covid-19 pandemic shifts into an endemic stage, 2022 promises to be a banner year for the rewards and recognition field with plenty of innovation, change, and new players.... [ read more ]
