Do Lawyers Get Deal Toys?

August 15, 2024 by David Parry

Yes, lawyers do, in fact, get deal toys. That's been the case since the practice of giving out deal toys first took root among investment bankers and dealmakers back in the 1970's. But that's probably not the most relevant or illuminating...

Custom Lucite Embedments: The Questions You Should Really be Asking

August 7, 2024 by David Parry

Custom Lucite embedments, as you may already know, offer an ideal way to preserve, showcase, and honor prized items and objects. Unless you don't know what you're doing. Or you don't know enough about Lucite embedments to ask the important...

The Google IPO Deal Toy: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary

August 1, 2024 by David Parry

Google's Iconic Lava Lamps and the Landmark Tombstone August hasn't traditionally been the most laid-back time of year for Google. In 2015, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin chose the month to announce a corporate restructuring, and the...

Proud to be Providing ESPN’s ESPY Awards…Again

July 12, 2024 by David Parry

ESPN's annual ESPY awards telecast is celebrated for bringing full-on Oscar-style glitz and red carpet trappings to the international sports world. The event is also famed for emotional, and often galvanizing acceptance speeches. (ESPN itself...

5 Great Ideas for Food and Beverage Tombstones

January 15, 2024 by David Parry

Why Food and Beverage Tombstones Stand Out What's so special about these financial transactions---and their tombstones? Maybe it's the fact that they usually involve common, everyday items. Add to that the fact they often also involve...

5 Inspiring Ideas for Creative M&A Tombstones

December 6, 2023 by David Parry

Are there M&A tombstones in your immediate future? Even if you don't fully buy into the M&A "tidal wave" forecasted by some sources, there's pretty good evidence that, at the very least, surf's up. Since September, announced mergers have...

Sales Recognition Awards: a Single Tip to Transform Their Value

November 6, 2023 by David Parry

Sales recognition awards can be invaluable to the performance and destiny of your organization. At least that's the wisdom put out, not surprisingly, by organizations that sell sales recognition awards. But despite the self-serving insights, and...

5 Ideas for “Green” and Sustainability-Themed Deal Toys

September 20, 2023 by David Parry

Sustainability isn't exactly a new focus, either for financial transactions themselves or for the deal toys that commemorate them. After all, sustainability has been a corporate tenet for decades now, and become the centerpiece of any number of...

Oil and Gas Deal Toys That Will Leave an Impression

September 5, 2023 by David Parry

When ordering oil and gas deal toys, one of your top priorities should be making them memorable. Most deals require a significant amount of time, effort, and expertise, and you want your deal toy to reflect and truly commemorate that achievement....