Branded Apparel for Corporate Gifting: What Actually Works
Beyond the ill-fitting logo tee — what branded apparel actually gets worn, and why sizing is the part most companies skip.
Abby Sotomiwa
Co-Founder & CEO, RibiRewards
Branded apparel has a reputation problem — most people associate it with an ill-fitting polo shirt nobody wears past the office. The category is genuinely better than that reputation, but only when the pieces are chosen with actual wearability in mind.

What actually works
See the full branded apparel collection. A well-tailored button-down shirt or a coordinated bundle with drinkware and a notebook reads as considered — a single logo tee thrown in as an afterthought doesn't.
Sizing is the part most companies skip
A genuine size run across the team, not one-size-guessed-at, is the difference between apparel that gets worn and apparel that gets donated. Send your team's size breakdown ahead of time so fulfilment matches it exactly.
Where apparel fits in a wider gifting plan
Apparel works particularly well as an onboarding piece or as part of a bundled kit — coordinated with drinkware or a notebook — rather than as a standalone item competing with gift sets or a RewardsCard on its own.
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