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.

Party organizers have also started giving thank you gifts to all their guests at the end of the party. It is their way of appreciating the guests’ presence at their party and also a way of saying thank you for making the party a success. It is very popular with children’s parties and birthday parties, where each child receives a token of thank you for gracing the occasion and participating in the activities. In fact, it has become a norm with all children parties, functions and occasions to end with a thank you gift being given to each participant. Adult parties and occasions like housewarming, get-togethers, etc. also end their party by distributing these gifts. Most of the thank you gifts are inexpensive and contemporary articles. They can be adapted to suit the occasion and the type of people to whom the gifts are given. To maintain uniformity of distribution and to avoid unintended discrimination, all the thank you gifts that are distributed in an occasion are the same item. These items can be bought in bulk from whole sale outlets to save on costs and get discounts.