You don\'t know how to choose a gift for a business person? Are you thinking about how to find a present that will be appreciated? You should know that business etiquette has its own recommendations on this. Knowing these simple nuances and rules, you can easily and simply choose a gift for a business partner, client or colleague.

Varieties of business presents

Conventionally, these products are divided into two subgroups: souvenirs and full-fledged presents.

Souvenirs are an inexpensive and non-binding gift that is presented for minor reasons. In order to present them, a strict official setting is not required. For the most part, they are associated with the donor\'s company. It can be manufactured products, a reduced copy of the goods (if we are talking about the production of cars, machine tools and other dimensional products). This category also includes weeklies, calendars and pens with the company logo. Please note: if you want to present an expensive souvenir, then the logo on it should be either inconspicuous or completely absent.

Souvenirs have become quite popular and in-demand products in corporate culture. In reputable companies that care about their image, counting on the loyalty and dedication of employees, it is customary to present gifts with corporate symbols for celebrations to all employees without exception. Often these are dishes, stationery and other things that are of a mass nature.

If we talk about etiquette, then a subordinate should not present individual gifts to the head. It should be a collective decision. The next rule is that VIP gifts should not carry an advertising function. Such a gift must be packed in a certain order. In extreme cases, a small company logo can be applied directly to the packaging or attach a business card to it. Choosing individual business gifts, give preference to exclusive author\'s products that can indicate your excellent aesthetic taste, as well as emphasize the solidity and respectability of the person to whom it is presented.

Traditions of the countries of the world

There is a certain attitude to business gifts in many countries of the world. In particular, in England and North America, such a phenomenon is extremely rare, because it is perceived as an attempt to manipulate or bribe. This is what causes the rejection of expensive gifts.

For the Chinese, this is quite an ordinary and familiar phenomenon. Moreover, in most cases, the giver may ask the person to whom the gift is being selected what he would like to receive. This phenomenon is ubiquitous at all levels, including at the state level. In this case, the protocol services coordinate the procedure for exchanging presents in advance.

In Japan, gifts to business partners are presented even before the start of negotiations in order to win over the opposite party, although international standards do not accept this.

It is also extremely important to take into account national peculiarities. In particular, Muslims should not be presented with alcoholic beverages, even with the best intentions. In some countries of the world, sharp objects, mirrors and watches, certain numbers (6, 7, 13, etc.) are treated with superstition and caution. It is also not necessary to present items related to religion, clothing, hygiene products, cosmetics, perfumes, jewelry. Accessories for smoking, weapons, spirits, cigars belong exclusively to men\'s presents, that is, it is not worth giving them to a woman.

Gift features

The best solution for business people of both sexes is decorative interior items: figurines, sculptures, collectible models of vehicles, globes, book holders, desk accessories, rare copies of books, posters, etc. These are the most neutral groups of gifts that will be appropriate in any situation. If you want the item you presented to stand out spectacularly against the background of other presents, it is worth buying elite business gifts created by eminent designers in single copies. Do not forget to remove the price tag from the box, as the mention of the cost in our country is considered inappropriate. But in the USA, on the contrary, it is customary to pack a receipt, so that the owner of the gift will be able to exchange it if he sees fit.

There are nuances in the donation procedure:

• at the first meeting, the present is initially presented by the host;
• products should be selected approximately equivalent in value;
• after receiving a gift, it must be removed from the package and only after that say the words of gratitude;
• a self-signed accompanying postcard is considered good form;
• the text is fairly standard: greetings, congratulations and wishes;
• if a gift is being prepared for a representative of another nationality, then the card should be signed in his native language;
• when receiving a gift through the secretariat or protocol services, it is mandatory to express gratitude to the donor by phone or in writing.

Knowing these unspoken rules, as well as taking into account the variety of elite products presented on the modern market, everyone will be able to pick up bright individual gifts for especially respected people.