Deep Cutbacks for 2009 Incentives

With economic news still getting worse by the day, incentive program managers are feeling the pain. In our last issue, we spoke with the heads of incentive firms about their clients' reactions to the down economy. This, our 2009 Incentive Trends Survey report, comes right from the source — the end-users: senior executives, directors of sales and marketing, and meeting managers at Fortune 1000 companies. And we found that more than half of respondents — 56 percent — are postponing or