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26
Dec

Corporate Gifting During Chinese New Year – Part 1

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Chinese New Year, or “Chun Jie” which literally means Spring Festival celebrates the coming of spring and a fresh start to one’s life. This was a time for the Chinese to congratulate each other and themselves on having passed through another year, a time to finish out the old, and to welcome in the New Year.

Other than traditional festivities, the Chinese will decorate their homes in colours of red and gold, paste poetic “Spring Couplets”, a tray of togetherness filled with special foods are some examples. It is also a time of exchanging meaningful gifts between business partners. Giving candy trays filled with special food items of significance are good for strengthening ties.

Completely lost what to give your clients this Chinese New Year? Get hints from the Chinese New Year traditions, auspicious sayings and food.

A very nice gift will be a “ba qua” box filled with chinese new year’s goodies. The box is also written with a Chinese character with a auspicious meaning. “Fu” brings blessing, good fortune and good luck to the recipient.

Click here for other corporate gift ideas for Chinese New Year

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16
Dec

Christmas Gift Exchange Ideas

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Today, I have just received a text message from my friend inviting me to a Christmas party at her home. As usual, we have to bring a small gift for exchange below $30.

This always poses a headache for many people, as 1) you don’t know who is the recipient, so you need to get a “gender-neutral” gift; 2) the budget of $30 nowadays does not take you very far in terms of a nice gift. Of course, for me, it is always easy, because I can just get a gift from the large array of options at Qua. This time round, I decided on a penholder. Perfect for the office desk for the men, or for some of us, ladies, a makeup brush holder, and it is only $19! Looks really pretty in the bathroom as well.

Penholders Galore

Wineholder

Alternatively, you may also want to consider a wineholder. The number of designs you can choose from is stunning!

Wineholder - All Designs

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13
Dec

Lamps Galore

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A lamp in one’s home speaks of the owner’s taste and personal style. At Qua, we have lamps that are oriental and contemporary. Both functional and doubles up as adorning art pieces, our artists have created stunning hand painted imageries to mesmerize the most discerning art connoisseur.

Click here to view the complete lamp collection.

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04
Dec

Corporate Gifting: Dos and Don’ts

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The yearend is coming and corporate gift giving provides excellent opportunities to build relationships and thanking clients for their support throughout the year. However, this is no easy task with the dizzy array of choices. Before you set out to find the perfect corporate gift for your clients, know the essentials of corporate gift buying:

1) Check Corporate Policies

Many companies have policies limiting the value or type of gift. Be sure to check, otherwise, the recipient will have to return the gift. For example, civil servants are not able to receive gifts above a certain value.

2) Giving Some Thought

If you are giving to an individual, it will be best to give him something that he can use or like. For example, think about “what is his hobby?”, “What is his favourite colour?”, “what does he have (or not have) on his desk in the office?”

Even better, personalize it to ensure that he remembers you everything he sees or uses your gift.

3) Consider Cultural Differences

Each country and culture will have their own rules for corporate gift buying. For instance, in China, a gift should never be wrapped in white since it symbolizes death.

We will explore this in a little more detail in future writeups.

4) Spend on Quality Not Quantity

Nowadays, there are too many cheap gifts that we throw into the bin. If your budget is limited, consider giving only to your top 20% clients. Anyway, aren’t they the ones that contributed 80% of your revenue this year?

5) Deliver Personally

Remember this is an opportune time to build a stronger relationship with your client, so always deliver the gift personally.

Corporate gift giving is an opportunity to connect with your clients, strengthen ties, and share your holiday cheer. So if you have any questions, do drop us a note, we can help you to make this year’s corporate gift giving less stressful, and memorable for your clients.

Wording: a lacquered desk collection consisting of business card holder, penholder, in-tray, letter-holder is practical and reminds your client of your company each time he uses them).

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25
Nov

Art of Gift Wrapping

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The calibre of a gift tells the receipient’s importance to the giver’s life. However, only a gift with a personal touch speaks of how thoughtful the giver is. Like it or not, impressions do count and here are some tips on how to make a gift look more special.

The Box – if the gift does not come with a pretty box, I suggest you purchase one from shops which sell gift boxes.

Wrapping Paper – spend a little more if need be on this.

Wrapping Accessories – You can use ribbons, flowers, confetti, tissue, stickers, and even small toys to further enhance the gift wrapping.

Card – make sure you convey the message you wish to tell the receipient.

Sounds pretty complicated, isn’t it, especially since most of us are not blessed with skillful hands.

At Qua, all our gifts come in beautiful handcrafted boxes in silk material. This way, our customers can be saved from the headache of gift-wrapping. In fact, for our corporate customers, we have a further service where they can choose from a variety of fabric swatches that matches to their corporate colours or the gift. Also, these presentation boxes are so beautiful that many of our customers are using them to store their little treasures. Talk about a gift within a gift!

The corporate gift we did for Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) spells “pretty, pretty, pretty”! The chopsticks are set in a red silk box (DBS colour), and embellished with a gold ribbon with the corporate logo. When you open the box, you see a message to the recipient. This is what I call “First Impression Counts”!

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15
Nov

Introducing the Mosaic Collection

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The inspiration of the mosaic collection is to transform nature to work of art. This collection brings together recycled mother of pearl and eggshell elements into each lacquer piece, resulting in contemporary and timeless works of art.

Qua has gathered inspiration from both nature and urban environments and translate texture and form into each mosaic piece.

Click here to view the complete collection of the mosaic collection.

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30
Oct

Furniture – TV Console Table

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My favourite furniture piece in the house – a simple and elegant TV console table. We customize furniture pieces. Just let us have your ideas, dimensions, and we can get one that is uniquely yours and treasured by all in the family. Here are other furniture pieces we have done for our customers.

TV Console Table

Mirror with Cherry Blossom Embellishments

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20
Oct

Unique Singapore Gifts

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Corporate gifting is quite a tricky thing – sometimes, we have not even met the receipient and will not know his likes and dislikes. So, how do you convey the right message at the opportune occasion: that we value the business relationship and would like it to flourish?

At Qua, we draw inspirations from the Asian culture. Specifically, our Uniquely Singapore Orchid collection are ideal for foreign VIPs. The collection comes in small gift items, such as coaster sets, office desk collection to bigger items, such as tea boxes and jewellery boxes.

What better way for your foreign VIP to take a piece of Singapore back with them?

Click here to view the Orchid Collection.

Desk Set in Orchid Design Gift Set in Orchid Design

Tea Box in Orchid Design

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10
Oct

Cherry Blossom Designed Souvenirs

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A cherry blossom is the name for the flower of cherry trees known as Sakura. In English, the word “sakura” is equivalent to the Japanese flowering cherry. The Cherry Blossom is a symbol of good fortune and is also an emblem of love, affection and represents spring – a new beginning. The blossoms’ transience, the extreme beauty and quick demise, is an enduring metaphor for the fleeting nature of life.

Our Cherry Blossom collection has captured the fleeting beauty of this symbol. In every piece, we have strived to reflect life’s beauty and wonders as symbolised by the Cherry Blossom, which our craftsmen had successfully infused into the collection.

Click here to view the full Cherry Blossom collection, which consists of small souvenir items like trinket boxes and decorative home products to furniture pieces like lamps and furniture.

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27
Sep

Meaningful Corporate Gifts

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As part of the 45^th anniversary celebrations and grand opening of the Mochtar Riady Building on 24^th September 2010, NUS Business School commissioned us to produce a box with “reeds” design on boxes and tealight candle holders. The reeds design is adapted from the “reed-like” design of the Mochtar Riady Building. A very simple but meaningful corporate gift that is loved by all.

For ideas on how we can exclusively design your next corporate gift, click here to get contact details.

Click here for a list of case studies on what we have done for other customers.