9 Creative Deal Toy Ideas to Celebrate Success

October 22, 2024 by David Parry

Coming up with creative deal toy ideas can be a chore for bankers Especially when they’re faced with the same predictable, stock design suggestions. Fortunately, there are a number of imaginative–though commonly overlooked— design...

The Right Approach to Lucite Embedded Awards

December 2, 2024 by David Parry

Lucite embedded awards can provide recipients with something that is truly deserving of that overused description “unique”. Most award and commemorative options are simply taken off some factory shelf.  Your “unique” award might, ten...

Innovative Currency-Themed Deal Toys for Corporate Success

November 20, 2024 by David Parry

Currency-themed deal toys can play off a variety of creative options, including national symbols, maps, and flags. Currency nicknames have also been a rich source of ideas for commemorating currency-themed transactions.  Over the years, we've based...

7 Corporate Gifting Opportunities for Pharmaceutical Companies

November 19, 2024 by David Parry

It’s no wonder that there are abundant opportunities for corporate gifting for pharma companies. The very nature of the industry tends to lend itself to seemingly endless milestones and achievements that could potentially be commemorated.  The...

7 Memorable Code Name-Themed Finance Tombstones

November 18, 2024 by David Parry

This year marks the 5th anniversary of the frenzied finale of HBO's "Game of Thrones". But more significantly, this week also marks the 5th anniversary of Project "Iron Fleet", one of seven deal toys profiled below that memorably drew inspiration...

The Crucial Employee Awards Opportunity You’re Probably Missing

November 13, 2024 by David Parry

It’s understandable that employee awards and recognition programs might have taken on added significance during the past several years. After all, employee engagement is a very real and immediate workplace challenge. A recent Harvard Business...

Crystal Cubes: 5 Creative Design Options You Should Know

November 11, 2024 by David Parry

Crystal cubes are a popular option for many deal toy and award designs. It's not hard to understand their appeal. They combine the elegance of crystal with the subtlety of a simple geometric shape. What tends to be far less known and appreciated is...

DOC NYC ’24: Celebrated Annual Awards Focus on Documentary Films

October 28, 2024 by David Parry

Will Ferrell and Frida Kahlo, along with three Ukrainian artists, a one-handed Yankees pitcher, a group of disgrutled Amazon workers, South Korean fisherwomen, Congolese CIA operatives, Sudanese revolutionaries, and 1970's disco musicians, will all...

Unique Code Name-Inspired Deal Toys for Your Next Big Deal

October 23, 2024 by David Parry

Code names offer a rich, and too often neglected, source of deal toy ideas. Code names tend to provide ready-made design ideas because they also tend to be both colorful and evocative. The code names for high-profile deals have included, for...