Abstract: Incentive rewards awarded to a recipient have a code unique to each reward. Receipt of a reward may be reported by the Internet or the intranet. Plural rewards can be connected together to form a trophy. The incentive rewards can be connected to one another by the use of magnets on the rewards.

Abstract: A recognition and reward system including an identification assembly carried by a first party, the identification assembly including an identification code supported by a substrate, the identification code including data, a reader assembly carried by a second party, the reader assembly being configured to collect the data from the identification code when the identification assembly is presented to the reader assembly, and a rewards program platform selectively interfaceable with the reader assembly to receive the data collected by the reader assembly, wherein the rewards program platform awards redeemable points to the first or second party based on the collected data.

Abstract: A method for offering products to a consumer, the method including the steps of (1) assembling a catalog including at least a first product and a second product, the first product having a first default indicia and the second product having a second default indicia, (2) preparing a first sample of the first product and a second sample of the second product, (3) associating a first reference number with the first sample and a second reference number with the second sample, (4) associating the first reference number with the first product and the second reference number with the second product, (5) presenting the catalog to the consumer with an invitation to order at least one of the products, and (6) receiving an order from the consumer, the order specifying at least one of the reference numbers.