How to Be Prepared for the 2026 Holidays
Aug 24, 2026
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Educational
Introduction
As easy as putting things off until the last minute. Why put yourself through all of that stress to potentially not even maximize your ROI? Well, first of all, we are here to help you not stress out so you can enjoy your holiday season; second of all, let us help you!
When it comes to preparation for the holiday season, we have a few tricks up our sleeve that we want you to keep in mind when figuring out your holiday corporate gifting plan.
Give yourself ENOUGH time
Time is something we all take for granted, whether we mean to or not! When planning your holiday gift, be sure to give yourself enough time to deal with the unexpected. Examples of things to cushion for are: ideation of your gift’s theme, production time, holiday shipping schedules, kitting + fulfillment time, and time to handle your other tasks without feeling burnt out. We don’t want you to feel burnt out or overwhelmed, just as you don’t want yourself to!
Create a committee to help you with your gifting plan
Delegate those tasks, baby! Take a couple people from your team and have them help you with the full gift planning + execution process. Not only will this save you stress from trying to do it all yourself, but it will help create a sense of unity and togetherness with the gift, making it feel more authentic to your recipients!
Create a theme FIRST
Creating a theme will help act as the bones of your gift, giving it structure and cohesion. Having a theme is also a great way to help decide on the products or items you want to be a part of your corporate gift. Giving reason to your decisions will help make your gift stand out from those predetermined gift sets (although sometimes those are just as cool; we are no haters!)
Consider sending your gift at the beginning of the year
Think about your experience when receiving corporate gifts: you either have to truck a bunch home before you go on holiday break, or you return to a pile of packages that you just kinda don’t want to deal with. Sending your gift within the first few weeks of the new year will set you apart from the rest but will create a reason to reach out to both your current and prospective clients to start the year off with a bang.
Sign up for a FREE brand audit with us, Brand+Aid!
Shameless plug here! We LOVE to talk merch, and we would LOVE to talk about it with you and your team. Our brand audit call is where we will go over your current merch and, in this case, your ideas for your holiday corporate gift, and then we will show you what is missing and what you can change to maximize your ROI.
Conclusion
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Whether you are a veteran gift giver or you are new to sending out gifts meant to reaffirm your current business relationships. We can help you make them count. Sign up for a free brand audit, and we will get you and your team sailing in the right direction.
