Archive for December, 2009

Getting ready for the new year

December 31st, 2009

I’ve come into the office today to check on a few things and its amazing how quiet it is without the team and activity levels we experienced in the lead up to Christmas – it’s almost eerie.  By all accounts so far gifts got to where they should have, when they should have and we’ve already had some thank you emails.

We are currently in the final stages of 2010 planning for the coming 12 months will be renewing our focus on;

  1. Better communication with our clients, including a more personalised communication approach regarding those things we know they are interested in.
  2. Improvement of our website so that it is easier to use and navigate.
  3. Streamlining our systems and processes to include more specific delivery follow up, confirmation etc..
  4. Broadening our range of gifts, by season and occasion as well as new categories such as Organic, Fair Trade etc..
  5. The addition of new suppliers and products that will help us achieve number 3.

Thank you again to all our clients who supported us in 2009, Happy New Year and we look forward to working with you in 2010.   We will be reopening on the 11th of January.

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Christmas Almost Over

December 21st, 2009

Christmas is almost over for us and it has been extremely busy.  From the gifts we have sent to Europe, Asia and the US, through to those have literally gone to the suburb next door it’s been a true test of how well our team can work together.

As with each Christmas we have learn’t some things along the way that help us to plan for next year, we’ve also found a renewed interest from our clients in giving something other than your “average” gift.   Our clients this year seemed to appreciate the specialist service we provide, our high attention to detail and quality control,  and it is interesting to see the major department stores discounting Hampers by up to 50% to clear out stock – most of their products are made to a cheap price point and the items included can generally be found in the supermarket.

Hampering Around wishes all it’s client, both past and new, all the best for the Festive Season and the coming year ahead.

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Christmas Cheer still going

December 12th, 2009

We are still finding demand is strong for our Christmas gifts.  Whilst a number of our competitors have ceased taking orders, our range of stock is still good – with almost all of our gifts still be available – see Hampering Around for our range.  The week commencing 14th December will see us review our range and based what we are getting low on we will update our website accordingly.

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Christmas gifts with good Karma

December 5th, 2009

We recently partnered with Karma Currency to introduce a range of charitable gifts. We have added the $5 and $10 vouchers to our gifts as a result of recent feedback from our clients.  The purpose of these gifts is to provide our customers with the opportunity to give something that will be enjoyed as well as enabling the receiver to give themselves.

Please take the time to have a look at our  Karma Range and whether you want to give $5, $10 or more we can help.

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