Client Christmas Gifts: What Actually Gets Remembered
Why generic hampers get forgotten and what a considered client gift actually looks like.
Abby Sotomiwa
Co-Founder & CEO, RibiRewards
Most client Christmas gifts get forgotten within a week — a generic hamper with a logo sticker, indistinguishable from every other supplier's version of the same box. The ones that actually get remembered follow a different pattern.
What actually gets remembered
Specificity is the whole difference. A named premium bottle, a genuinely coordinated gift set, or a well-branded piece of gear reads as considered. A mixed box of unrelated grocery items, chosen by a supplier rather than your company, doesn't — no matter how much it cost.
Why hampers specifically fall short
A generic hamper is chosen by whoever has stock, not by the sender — and it shows. The alternative isn't spending more, it's choosing something the client would recognise as chosen specifically for them, from the client gifts collection built for exactly this case.
For a large client list
Where the client list is large enough that individual selection isn't practical, a RewardsCard loaded per client is a reasonable middle ground — still personal, still local, without requiring a bespoke gift for every recipient.
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