Thank you gifts are given as informal gifts that convey appreciation and thanks for the successful completion of an event. They are even given to show appreciation to another person for a specific reason. They can also be spontaneous gestures of appreciation or even be planned occasions at the end of an event or a party. Thank you gifts are very informal and there is no etiquette or mandate that necessitates the giving or even the receiving of such gifts. There are many people from all walks of life who have started following the trend of giving thank you gifts for many types of occasions. Thank you gifts are quite popular with business and corporate people. Thank you gifts are given by businesses, especially sales people to their customers and clients. At the end of every sale, it has become quite common for customers to receive some kind of token or item as a thank you gift. Retail outlets and business centers have also started giving thank you gifts to their customers after the completion of transactions. There is a lot of debate about the efficacy and implied meaning of these practices by corporate and business people but the gifting practice is already entrenched and is likely to continue with further modifications well into the future.

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