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- When Should I Gift the Customer?
- A reader writes: What is the etiquette of giving gifts as part of relationship-building during the sales cycle? We are in the midst of what will probably be a 4-5 month sales cycle. In building a rapport with the potential client, I found a very...
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Holiday Shopping 2009: 5 Things You Need to Know This Year
- After a grim holiday season in 2008, retailers have regrouped and changed their tactics. Inventories are tighter, and stores are trying to maintain profits by limiting their discounting strategies. But understanding what retailers are up to will give you a decided advantage this year. Here are five big trends...
- Articles 2009-11-25
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- Facebook Expands Virtual Goods Business with Licensed Music and Sports Gifts
- For those tracking the expansion of the virtual goods economy in the US, the explosion of the virtual goods market on the Facebook Platform has been nothing short of remarkable this year. We expect the total US market to reach $1 billion in 2009, with social applications and games leading...
- News items 2009-10-21
- Facebook and Britney Spears Team Up to Monetize through Virtual Gifts
- Britney Spears is lending her name and image to a new line of virtual gifts available from her Facebook Page and the Facebook home page. Facebook users can give one free gift when they become a fan of Britney, or choose from five other gifts for 20 Facebook Credits, or...
- News items 2009-08-13
- IRS is limited on revaluing gifts that are adequately disclosed.
- IRS is limited on revaluing gifts that are adequately disclosed. The Revenue Service has three years to audit gifts made after Aug. 5, 1997 that are fully outlined on gift-tax returns, including any discounts used. If gifts were undervalued and were IRS is limited on...
- Research articles 2000-09-01
- Gifts made via power of attorney.
- Gifts made via a power of attorney continue to draw IRS scrutiny. An ailing mother gave her daughter a power of attorney over her holdings. Gave daughter power to sell assets, sign contracts, etc., but was silent about gifts. Still, daughter kept mom's custom of ...
- Research articles 1996-09-06
- Provia Helps Spencer Gifts Get Serious About Warehouse Performance
- Spencer Gifts, based in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., operates more than 700 retail outlets under various names, including Spencer Gifts, DAPY, GLOW and Spirit Halloween Super Stores. Its products are devoted to humor, horror, entertainment and collectible and unique merchandise. While its business is all about promoting fun, Spencer Gifts...
- Case studies 2005-07-01
- Gifts of family partnership interests.
- IRS isn't challenging all gifts of family partnership interests. Several weeks ago, we reported on an IRS private ruling that nixed the use of $10,000 exclusions for gifts of family limited partnership interests... general partner had full discretion IRS isn't challenging all gifts of family partnership...
- Research articles 1998-03-06
- Flashlights and Floral Ties Top the List of Bad Gifts in New Father's Day Poll by About.com; Nearly Half Say Clothing Ranks Among Worst Gifts to Give
- NEW YORK -- Father's Day has a reputation as a celebration that brims with bad gifts and tacky ties, and a new poll commissioned by top 10 content Web site About.com may confirm its reputation. According to a nationally projected sample of more than 1000 Americans, bad gifts abound -...
- Research articles 2006-06-12
- Some holiday gifts subject to taxes.(Small Business)
- Byline: Carl Grassi For many businesses, it's a tradition to reward employees with gifts around the holidays. Despite the fact that most employees and employers regard these small items as gifts, the IRS recently issued technical advice that state Byline: Carl Grassi ...
- Research articles 2004-11-08
- Non-cash gifts targeted for elimination by Congress.
- Representatives of nonprofits that rely on non-cash gifts met informally in Washington. D.C., to build a coalition to fight the Senate Finance Commit. tee's assault on the deductions individuals and businesses receive for such gifts to charity. Representatives of nonprofits that rely on non-cash...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- Doctors have unhealthy desire for gifts.
- Byline: Melissa Fyfe Aug 03, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- An Australian study found that medical specialists ask pharmaceutical companies for gifts. The research by the University of New South Wales questioned 823 specialists around Australia. It...
- Research articles 2006-08-03
- Gifts made via powers of attorney.
- Gifts made via powers of attorney continue to catch IRS' eye. A mother gave her daughter power of attorney over all of her assets... control over bank accounts, ability to sell or transfer real estate, etc. Document was silent about making gifts, but the...
- Research articles 1999-11-26
- Kill Bw1455, Ny-Gifts.Com
- --BUSINESS WIRE Please KILL BW1455, (NY-GIFTS.COM) `Gifts.com' Is Launched in $20 Million Campaign; Top Technology and Marketing Team Is Formed to Create and Launch the Premier Internet Gift Service, which ran on Business Wire at 11:04 ET on 11/02/1999. REPLACE with BW1577 (NY-GIFTS.COM) `Gifts.com' Is Launched in $20...
- Research articles 1999-11-02
- Invest group buys Spencer Gifts. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
- Boston and New York -- An investment group led by Gordon Brothers Group LLC, Boston, and Paladin Capital Group LLC, New York, purchased Spencer Gifts from Vivendi Universal Entertainment. Spencer Gifts operates more than 700 mall-based specialty gift and Halloween stores in the U.S., Canada, and...
- Research articles 2003-07-01
- Rx Companies' Gifts to Doctors Come Under Fire; AARP LaunchesSouthern Tier Efforts to Educate Public and Pass Law to Disclose Rx Gifts
- VESTAL, N.Y., May 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With brand name drug costs soaring and the Rx industry spending billions of dollars on gifts trying to influence doctors to prescribe them, AARP members in the Southern Tier are taking the fight for affordable drugsVESTAL, N.Y., May 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With...
- Research articles 2006-05-18
- Commentary: Ditching those unwanted holiday gifts
- It happens every holiday season. Millions of Americans receive gifts that are the wrong size, the wrong style, or just plain wrong.According to a survey commissioned by eBay in 2004, 64 percent admit to re-gifting, or secretly giving unwanted gifts to others.For those who prefer to avoid getting caught in...
- Research articles 2006-01-06
- Yahoo! Poll Shows Eight Out of Ten Holiday Shoppers Will Buy Gifts Online and Most Are Likely to Buy Online From Small Businesses; Nearly Two Thirds of Holiday Shoppers Said Online 'Niche' Stores Are the Best Places to Go for Hard-to-Find Gifts
- SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- More than eight out of ten holiday shoppers (83 percent) said they would shop for holiday gifts online, and a similar number, 80 percent, said they are likely to purchase gifts online from small businesses, according to a new survey commissioned by Yahoo! Small Business (http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com) and...
- Research articles 2005-11-16
- Rx Companies' Gifts to Doctors Under Fire in Syracuse; AARP Launches Regional Efforts to Educate Public, Pass Law to Disclose Rx Gifts
- SYRACUSE, N.Y., May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With brand name drug costs soaring and the prescription industry spending billions of dollars on gifts trying to influence doctors to prescribe them, Syracuse AARP members are taking the fight for affordable drugsSYRACUSE, N.Y., May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With brand name drug...
- Research articles 2006-05-25
- University of Maryland is $60 million richer, thanks to two $30 million gifts from long-time supporters
- University of Maryland is $60 million richer, thanks to two $30 million gifts from long-time supporters. Two alumni from the class of 1950 combined their gifts to create a record donation to a Maryland public university. The gifts from A. James Clark, a businessman who had attended the school on...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
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