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Retail employee recognition

Retail employee recognition for the busiest weeks

Peak season is when your store team gives the most and has the least time to notice anyone said thank you. Gifted makes retail employee recognition fast enough to send between two customers.

Free forever. No card, no contracts, no minimums.

5 minutesFrom sign-up to first gift
45HRIS integrations, included
$0Platform fees
Recognition programs run on Gifted at
MobriumThe Channel CompanyThe Vita CompaniesWestwood & WilshireSquanch GamesBoilermastersACC
The problem

Peak season runs out of bandwidth, not skill

Your team fields questions about sizes, stock in another store and where the bathroom is, all while keeping the floor in order. Managers tell us their biggest concern is not performance, it is the steady stream of customer interactions that wears people down across a long shift. Nobody in that building has a free afternoon to organize a thank-you.

The solution

Retail employee recognition for three moments in the rush

Between them they cover most of what a store team notices when the season is at its hardest.

Retail associate on a short break in the stockroom doorway with a cup of coffee

Cover the lunch break

Breaks are short, energy is low and decision fatigue is real. A gift card for lunch takes one task off their plate, literally.

Twenty minutes is not enough time to also decide.

Store associate by a stack of folded sweaters after closing, holding a gift card

Let them choose something

All day they help customers pick the perfect gift for someone else. A gift they choose themselves is the one they never got around to buying.

The person holding the wish list rarely has one.

Four store staff standing together by the front window for a quick photo

Kit out the store

Matching swag for the holiday photo, and for the whole cozy season after it. No minimums, and each person picks their own size.

Pride is easier to build when it fits.

How it runs

Set it up before Black Friday

1

Connect your HRIS

Forty-five integrations. Names, start dates and birthdays come across on their own, and seasonal hires drop out when they finish.

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2

Give managers a budget

Set what each store manager can send in a week. They send inside it during the shift, with no approval queue in between.

Store 14 · $400 leftDecember budget · 6 sent
$25
3

Read the report

Gifts go out on the day they are earned. You see what was sent, what was opened, and what came back unredeemed.

94% opened in December$860 refunded, unredeemed
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Five minutes from sign-up to your first gift.

It makes on-the-spot employee recognition super easy.
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In short

Recognition is worth the most when the season is hardest

A gift that lands mid-rush counts for more than one that arrives in January.

Cover the breaks, let people choose for themselves, and put the whole budget into the gift instead of a share of it into a license.

$0Platform fee
72hFull refund on unredeemed gifts
Questions

Retail recognition questions

What does this cost during peak season?

Gifted charges no platform fee, no user fee and no minimum. You pay the face value of the gifts you send and nothing else. ACH and wire are free. Credit card 3%. International FX 5%.

Can we include seasonal and part-time staff?

Yes. There is no per user cost, so there is no reason to leave anyone off the list. Add people from your HRIS, a CSV upload, or by hand.

What if someone never opens their gift?

You get the money back. 100% within 72 hours, and 75% up to two years.

Can store managers send without waiting on head office?

Yes. Give a manager a budget and they can send inside it. You keep the reporting, and nobody waits four days to approve a $25 lunch.

How quickly can we start if the rush has already begun?

Five minutes from sign-up to your first gift. Gift links work in 150+ countries and the catalog carries 4,500+ gift card brands, so multi-market teams are covered too.

Before the rush

Your floor team is carrying December right now

Send something this week, while the shift is still long.

Free forever. No card, no contracts, no minimums.

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