●GiftGivingacrossCultures
&giftmayallowagoodbusiionshiporfriendshiptoflourish,whilethewronggiftbreakuprelationshipstoahalt。Theperfectgiftswillreflectyourcreativity,thoughtfuloretsand,perhapsmostimportantly,yoodtaste。Whengivingfoodgifts,beawareofarisyourretmayhaveduetomedical,religiousorethis。Whensendinggiftsoverseas,learnaboutthefnsofyourretfirst,toavoideitheroffendithemtopayanydutyortaxo。Andbeawareofcross-culturaldifferences。Ifyou’rehoienttyiftduetoethniciousdiffereheirculturefirst!
◇WhensendingasympathygifttooffercestoaJewishfamily,itisappropriatetosendafoodgifttothehome。Berespectfulofculturaldietaryrestris。IfgivingafoodgifttoaJewishorIsraeliret,besureitiskosher。
◇Whensendis,beawareitissideredbadludanevennumberofflowerstoabusinerinEurope。
&iousaboutseaincolorsofflowersoverseas。Forexample,yellowflowerssymbolizedeathinMexifidelityieflowerssymbolizedeathinJapahemumsaremainlyusedforfuneralsinBelgium,SpainandFrance。
&uresemphasizeoanbers。Ina,givinggiftsinsingleoroddnumbersmayimplyloneliiosgiveninapairsymbolizesgoodluck。
◇InRussiancorporateculture,it’sappropriatetosendasmallbusi,buttraditionallyitsvalueshouldberelatedtothebusiness-person’srank。
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◇SendingfoodgiftstoadiyhostedbysomeoneofIndoisimproperandinsultyourhost—uisagreeduponbeforehahank-yougiftofafruitbasketordyafterwardsinstead。
&meetingahemwithsmallgiftsisagreatwaytoshowyoursiiablishingalong-termbusihegiftsshouldbethoughtfula,andshouldrepresentyourtryorfeatureyourpanylogo。
◇Itisaesetiftthreetimesbeforeag,topreventfrreedy。uetoinsistu,thensayyouarepleasuretheyhavedoneso。Ifyoureceiveagift,itisexpectedyouwillfollowthesameroutine。
◇Whensendioretsofesedest,avoidsendingwhiteflowers,specificallythemums,whistearsordeathiure。
◇Totheese,itissideredbadetiquettetoegifts。
◇InJapan,Itisimportanttoexgegiftindoingbusiness,whibolizesthestrengthofabusiionship。
◇TotheTaiwaheexgeofbusisisverypopular。Wheinggiftsinpersootakeahatyouhaveatleastoforanyodsothatyoureciproexpectedlypresehagift。
◇InAsia,giftsareusedasexpressionsoffriendshipandthehopeoffuturebusinessprosperity。Theyaretraditioheendofasuccessfulmeeting,oratthestartofaionship。