We welcome you
to the CHRISTMAS Issue of "The Perkal News" which is read by thousand of
customers and suppliers all over the world. This is a very important newsletter
with a lot of important information.
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For those of
you who don't already know this, it's truly amazing... For the very fist time,
ever, it has been and continues to snow at Perkal !! You've got to see this to
believe it.. Click here for more information.
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Perkal is
calling last rounds for gift purchases in 2006. We will be closing 15 Dec
with last orders being accepted until 5:00pm Friday 8 December 2006. _________________________
Congratulations to our
Bi-monthly competition winners who walk away with R500 worth of Perkal Vouchers!
Congratulations to:
Lindi Erasmus
Nectarios Photiou
Lorainne Visser
Anesh Seetal
Jonty Lazarus
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Hits Last
Month: 2344749 (2.34 Million)
Total Products:
20916 Total Categories: 549
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People
connecting to the internet with slower connections struggling to view the gifts
catalogue online, please click here
for Perkals Speedy Online Catalogue. We have removed all the bells and whistles
and loaded the bare catalogue with pics, prices and descriptions.
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Our
sincere apologies for the 8 hours of downtime experienced last month (Nov) - 5
of which where Thursday (30 Nov) afternoon - The problems that caused this was
directly linked to the growth mentioned in the points above and we have now put
measures in place to mitigate the chances of this from happening in the future.
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As
always, we have many new gift related articles this month. Click
here to read.. _________________________
Perkal Gifts - The Best is still to come.. _________________________
This marks the last newsletter
for 2006 and contains much important and useful Perkal information.
We are closing on Friday 15
December 2006 and will be re-opening 15 January 2007. PLEASE NOTE:
Last Christmas orders must be placed by 8 December 2006. Any orders placed
after this will only be processed when we re-open in 2007.
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Congratulations to our 5
Bi-Monthly Competition winners and thank you to everyone who partook. This
competition was our most popular one by far! We drew 5 names from an
astonishing 5760 valid entries.
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Our faithful Gifts Site has
never been busier (Over 2.3 Million hits Last month!) This is really great
news, but on top of our 20000+ products database and 5000+ website customer
database this has also meant that there is a huge load being placed on our
server which equates to slower browsing. For this very reason we have created
a fast sub domain which allows you to view our products with pictures and
prices at much faster speeds. Orders can't be placed here, it is for fast
browsing only. Specifically if you have a slower connection to the internet,
Click here to see the "Speedy
Perkal Catalogue" Site
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Perkal is continually adding
new products/ranges to our gift buffet and this past month has been no
different. We have hundreds of new products added in the last 30 days. Click
to see our
new
products or here for
new ranges
(shown right)
Over the last 2/3 years we have
proudly and tirelessly worked to inform our market about what we could offer -
in essence spreading the "Perkal Word". Now, 2 odd years later we take great
pride in our database of precious clients. Some of you are our wonderful end
users, some our great government, some are our beloved corporate
clients and some our core trade users. Whatever your interest and
however you have come to Perkal, I want to take this opportunity to Thank you
for taking an interest in Perkal and trusting us with your gift, function,
promotional and corporate requirements. It has been a great pleasure and true
honor to service all of you and we look forward to many decades of variety,
value, convenience and reliable personal service that has become Perkals'
legacy. The best is still to come..
The essence of
rewarding, which is a sign of reciprocal appreciation, is to inspire individuals
to unleash their potential and substantiate them in a self-fulfilling manner.
Diverse are the means and ways to express one’s gratefulness towards his or her
associates. In the cultured world, appreciating one another’s advancement
through offerings is customary.
Particularly in
the corporate world, recognition of professional contribution of individuals is
an obligation in order to acknowledge the professional contribution of employees
or of company stakeholders through gifts that take several forms. The ultimate
hope of corporate gifts is that they are capable of maximizing overall business
growth by means of inspiration and motivation of employees to improve and strive
to be the best in what they do.
Good corporate gifts are things that employees typically would not buy for
themselves. These are the types of gifts that are cordially appreciated. Indeed,
corporate gifts should be personalized if at all possible because giving a
generic kind of gift conveys a message to the employee that he’s nothing really
special at the company. People normally prefer things with their names on them,
not just the name of the company.
Thoughtful
gifts for employees express appreciation for a job well done. For instance, a
carefully planned book could become personalized if one signs on it. Another
recommended corporate gift idea for reading is a subscription to a magazine that
relates to the hobby of a particular employee.
In a corporate environment, people can get so stressed up and time starved that
they may need a deserved break where they can relax. A suitable corporate gift
idea would be offering spa packages for employees. Not only is it a unique and
wonderful corporate gift to the employee, but also it benefits the employer
because when employees are rejuvenated after a pampered break with a massage
over lunch for instance, they become more productive.
Human resources are key components of ensuring success in a business. Dynamic
and innovative approaches are required for nurturing human skills, talents and
advancement. Corporate gifts establish a sense of belonging as well as build a
positive corporate environment. Choosing the appropriate corporate gift idea is
of utmost importance since it will often bring about multifold gains to the
business in the future.
Now is the time,
visit www.perkalgifts.co.za for a
comprehensive selection from 20000 gifts now!
Currently, at any
one time Perkal has over 250 live auctions open. This is a great place to find
select Perkal products at unheard of prices. To See our current live
auctions, many of which start at R0 without a reserve, Click
Here.
If you have the
product/service that you wish to market through BidorBuy, then Perkal Auctions
is the only place to look. Being an official BidOrBuy Trade Broker, we are
equipped to sell for you on your behalf.. If You have any NEW items that you
want Perkal to sell online, Click Here to
enquire.
PERKAL
CURRENT POSITIVE RATING COUNTER: 4546
There is
not long left now, the computers site (re-launched last month) has been been
completely redesigned from scratch in 6 sections. The new look and feel is much
closer to Computers corporate identity and the system itself is almost 100% bug
free and already 100000% stable and secure. The new
site is just the beginning of a long and exciting new road.
We have and will
continue to invest heavily into making Perkal Computers the exciting, one-stop
Computer, electronics and gadget shop. We have much still in store for this
Exciting New Venture so keep an eye out. We will be tweaking the site
over the next few months and continuously adding products and updating the site.
Be sure to visit Perkal Computers
today.
NB
NOTICE - CARRIED OVER: All Perkal Computers Members will have to sign up
again on the new system. We tried to Avoid this but unfortunately couldn't
migrate the members
database.
Only
7 purchase
days
left
with
Perkal.
Don't
leave
your Christmas purchases too late this
year! Corporate Clients please please
please
don't leave it last minute.. The same plea goes out
to our
end users..
Earphones
Spy Stuff
Proudly African
Custom Champagne
Chocolates
Landline Phones
Billy Bob Teeth
Custom Aluminium
Custom Bracelets
Custom Badges
Custom Cans
Custom Plastic
Fridge Magnets
Custom Zippos
Custom Lanyards
Currently, at any
one time Perkal has over 250 live auctions open. This is a great place to find
select Perkal products at unheard of prices. To See our current live
auctions, many of which start at R0 without a reserve, 
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