Case Study: U.S. Defense Contractor achieves 70% increase in employee reward value and $17,604 in savings with Awardco

How an Awardco client (U.S. Defense Contractor) increased the value of their recognition program for every employee and saved money at the same time

U.S.Defense Contractor faced high vendor fees, product markups, and expensive shipping that reduced the value of their employee recognition program. They engaged Awardco’s employee recognition solution, which integrates with Amazon Business and Business Prime to remove markups and simplify reward redemptions.

Awardco implemented a no-markup rewards platform with Amazon Business shipping and clear analytics, delivering a 70% employee value increase, 99% shipping savings, and 81% vendor savings. Financially, total spend fell from $202,272 to $184,668 (saving $17,604), spend on actual rewards increased by $75,474 while vendor fees dropped by $75,473, and shipping costs decreased from $17,784 to $179.