Sustainable Christmas Gifts 2020
Do you already have an appropriate Christmas gift for the holidays?
Giving a Christmas gift or package has been a tradition for years. With a Christmas gift or a Christmas present you can wish your employees or clients a Merry Christmas. It is also a token of appreciation for the people around you. Giving a Christmas gift originated as early as the beginning of the 19th century when the peasantry went around the doors to bring a package of food and drink for the holidays for the whole family. Thus, they brought the Christmas packages to servants or maids because storing food in the winter could be a difficult task.
These days, we give Christmas gifts to our employees and associates around the holidays as a token of appreciation. The tradition has been passed on in a new guise where in addition to food packages, many nice other packages have been put together. Due to the wide range of Christmas gifts, it can be quite difficult to find a suitable Christmas gift. That's why we're giving you four tips for a suitable Christmas gift anno 2020 in this blog. Did you know that you can also use the WKR extension to buy your Christmas gifts at a low price?
What can you use a Christmas gift for?
Christmas gifts come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and can be used for different purposes. In the industry, for example, we see that Christmas gifts are not only given to employees but also to clients, business contacts, third parties or volunteers.
Promotional gift/Christmas gift
More and more companies are giving Christmas gifts to business associates during the holidays. Christmas gifts are given to business associates to strengthen mutual ties. In addition, giving a Christmas gift is a nice informal contact moment where personal attention is central. The fact that something is done at all about giving a gift as a token of appreciation is good for the relationship between employee and employer or between client and employer. This increases the likelihood that a customer will come back to your company the next time they place an order.
Staff Gift
In times when it is difficult to find staff who are willing to give 100% for your company or organization, it is important to keep your staff happy. To see what the needs of your employees are, it is good to look at the insentric and the exentric motivations. These are physical (such as salary, a bonus, or a Christmas gift) and mental motivation factors (such as responsibility or appreciation) why an employee performs work for an employer. In fact, research has shown that unhappy employees in the U.S. wasted $550 billion in lost productivity because motivation was lost. The holiday season is the perfect time to put your staff in the limelight with an appropriate business gift, for example.
Christmas gift for volunteers
In addition to gifts for employees, the holidays are a good time to put your volunteers in the spotlight. You can also do this with a personalized Christmas gift. Think, for example, of a nice package or a Christmas gift with a message.
Tax-free ordering of Christmas gifts through the WKR
Under the WKR (work-related costs scheme) employers can give tax-free reimbursements to employees in the form of, for example, a Christmas present, a home-working package or a business gift. If this takes place within the free space of the WKR, they do not have to pay pay income tax on this. As of 1 January 2020 the Work-related Costs Regulation has been temporarily expanded. This initiative was started by PPP. The percentage of the wage bill that can be spent has been increased from 1.7% to no less than 3% (up to a wage bill of € 400,000). This provides a benefit especially for SMEs. The government has earmarked 200 million for this increase. A nice gesture in Corona time to spend on a suitable Christmas gift.
4 tips for an appropriate Christmas gift
Tip 1. Original Christmas gift
Desondanks dat de traditie van kerstgeschenken is begonnen met voedsel pakketten zie je tegenwoordig veel variaties met andere producten. Door te gaan voor een ander origineel kerstgeschenk verras je je medewerkers met een cadeau wat langer meegaat dan de feestdagen. Ga dit jaar bijvoorbeeld voor een Retulp Urban of Tumbler als vervanging voor de plastic varianten.
Tip #2. Sustainable Christmas gift
Today we live in a society where single-use is valued less and less. In addition to helping with climate goals, a sustainable Christmas gift is a strategic product for marketing within your company. Research has shown that sustainable business gifts or Christmas gifts ensure a high customer appreciation and a noticeable boost within the company. The story behind a gift is especially important here.
Tip #3. Christmas gift with a personal touch
Aandacht besteden aan je personeel of relaties loont altijd. Waarom zou je dit dus niet weerspiegelen in de kerstgeschenk? Ga bijvoorbeeld voor een geschenk met je eigen logo, naam of beide. Wist je dat het bij Retulp ook mogelijk is om de namen van je werknemers individueel te laten graveren in onze producten? Hiermee laat je zien dat het geschenk écht voor die specifieke persoon bedoeld is.
Tip #4. Useful Christmas gift
Do you recognize that you have received a gift that you were not happy with or never did anything with again? This is a great pity. After all, you want to leave a good impression with your Christmas gift. Therefore, go for a product that is useful or functional for the recipient. Are your employees on the road a lot? Then choose a Tumbler for example, so that your employees can still have a nice cup of coffee or tea anywhere they go.
Waarom een Retulp kerstgeschenk
Not only for yourself, but also for another and the planet
Met een Retulp kerstgeschenk heb je niet alleen een mooi product in handen. Wanneer je namelijk een waterfles of thermosbeker aanschaft doneer je bij elke fles 1000 keer de inhoud in liters water aan ontwikkelingslanden. Hiermee zorg je ervoor dat er ergens in de wereld iemand met je meedrinkt. Ga je toch liever voor een lunchproduct? Dan zorg je ervoor dat er bij elk item een boom geplant wordt. Daarnaast zorg je ervoor dat er minder single-use producten gebruikt worden en er minder in de natuur beland.
Sustainable
Retulp producten zijn gemaakt van duurzame materialen. Alle materialen zijn met zorg uitgekozen op bruikbaarheid, uitstoot en levensduur. Alle producten bestaan uit RVS, Bamboovezels of Bioplastic (gewonnen uit suikerriet), hebben daardoor een lange levensduur en geven geen smaken van het materiaal af.
Always usable, summer or winter
Retulp producten zijn geschikt voor elk moment. Zo kun je de Tumbler thermosbekers in de zomer gebruiken om je koude drankjes tot 12 uur koel te houden. In de winter neem je je thermosbeker met je favoriete warme drankje overal mee naartoe en blijft de inhoud tot 8 uur warm.
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