January 2013 - Woohoo Gifting Blog

Gift cards for Diamonds from the best brands!

Is your daughter’s or sister’s wedding coming up? Are you planning on gifting some great diamond jewelry for her special day? In that case, you’ll be delighted to hear about the great collections at Asmi and Nakshatra, India’s premier diamond jewelry brands from Gitanjali Group.

Asmi’s Aanchal collection celebrates the relationship of women on the occasions of engagement or marriage. Meanwhile Nakshatra Vivaah collection is elegance personified in designs that glitter and showcases India’s finest traditions. Won’t it be wonderful to give your daughter or sister a pair of diamond earrings or a diamond pendant or bangles for her wedding from Asmi or Nakshatra? You could give her the diamond jewelry on her wedding day, and see her dazzle through the ceremonies.

Now Woohoo.in has simplified the process of gifting diamond jewelry even further, through the Asmi gift cards and Gitanjali Nakshatra gift vouchers. No need to worry about the likes and dislikes of the bride during the purchase. These gift cards and vouchers also give the power of choice to the recipient, wherein she can buy the ornament of her choice, during a time convenient for her.

Plus, there are more surprises if you buy gift cards and vouchers from Asmi or Gitanjali. These brands time and again come up with special offers to sweeten every purchase in the form of free gifts. While these offers don’t last long, if you manage to get one, it’s going to be a double bonanza for you, in terms of fabulous diamond jewelry and fantastic gifts!

Launching Van Heusen e-gift cards!

Most of us are great fans of Van Heusen’s fabulously stylish corporate work wear. People all over the world love Van Heusen’s stylish cuts, superior fabrics and international designs. Now here’s a fantastic way for you to share your passion for Van Heusen with others – via the new VAN HEUSEN e-gift card. An e-gift card is the latest innovation in gifting! The instant you complete your purchase, your e-gift card is sent to your recipient’s inbox. Within minutes of your purchase, you can expect an excited call from your friend.

The new Van Heusen e-gift card is the perfect answer when it’s your best friend’s birthday today and there’s no time. What’s more, the Van Heusen e-gift card is valid for six whole months, which means your friend can take his or her time to use it. So go ahead – invest two minutes and give your friend sophisticated, stylish corporate and business wear. Van Heusen broke the mold in business wear, breaking away from the usual dark and boring suits of yesteryears. Van Heusen dares to bring color to the corporate environment, and lets you be your own person. This brand dares you to be different – go ahead and pair a trendy silver-toned tie with a grey suit and a grey and black checkered shirt. Experiment with colors, styles, cuts, fabrics and looks. Use their friendly site to know what to wear, when and how. When it’s Van Heusen, you can create your own style; nothing is too daring!

And this is certainly the best time to send your friends and relatives, e-gift cards from Van Heusen. The Van Heusen stores across the country are offering fabulous discounts of up to 40% on select Men’s and Women’s Wear. Plus there are also Buy-1-Get-1 offers on select garments.

Gift cards for Fastrack Army & Mean Machine Collections!

We’re already several days into the New Year! But if you have missed out on gifting any hip youngsters in your family, there is some ultra cool stuff for them. Yes we are talking about Fastrack gift cards. Fastrack always makes a mark, with it’s best-ever collection of cool, snazzy and upbeat watches, sunglasses, wallets, belts and bags. The youth brand, and also the top style haunt for the young and young-at-heart have come out with two magnificent new collections – the Army Collection and the Mean Machine Collection.

The Army Collection features a range of products with a distinct ‘army’ spell on them. Think rugged looks, camouflage effects, products that are structured yet stylish. This collection is for the coolest of the cool guys and gals out there. These are statement pieces that cannot be ignored, whether you’re wearing a sturdy statement watch or carrying a superbly styled Fastrack Army Collection bag. Bags start at Rs. 350, while sunglasses and belts start at Rs. 500. Rather affordable too, considering the major visual impact of this collection.

The Mean Machine Collection products are exactly what the title sounds like – lean, mean, deadly, cutting-edge and oh-so desirable. The watches have multiple dials and sometimes compasses on them. The straps are made of cords, fine leather and a variety of other materials. The sunglasses are meant to stand out – bright reds, oranges, blues and greens. There’s not a single item in this collection that’s shy. So go all out! Celebrate the new year and the upcoming events by gifting your cool friends gift cards from Fastrack! Fastrack gift cards are also just perfect for youngsters in the family always looking forward to don the ultra-cool style.

Shoppers Stop gift cards for stylish Hand Bags!

A handbag is a fashion accessory – it completes your outfit. It makes sense, therefore, to own several bags that you can wear with different outfits. Yes, we know you love your old handbag. But as with everything else in life, handbags also wear out and will need to be replaced. So why not make this purchase in the beginning of the year, and appear stylish through all the rest of the months of 2013.

And for shopping for hand bangs there is no better place than Shoppers Stop. The department store now stocks truly one-of-a-kind designs in bags from high end brands. Think Hidesign, Holii, Baggit, Blue & Blues, Lavie, Haute Curry, Elliza Donatein, French Connection, Paris Hilton and many more top names in bags. Think of mind-blowing designs in totes, messenger bags, saddle bags, slouchy hobos, glamorous day and night clutches, doctors’ satchels – the range is truly outstanding.

To make your shopping easy and affordable there are fabulous offers on handbags running at Shoppers Stop. The offers too are exciting with up to 45% discount on select handbags. If you’re a bag lover, don’t miss these bags. Many of the designs on offer are also eye-catching splashes of bold color in swirls and abstracts, in every possible lovely color of spring and summer.

So if you were planning to gift something special to your wife, sister, mother or colleague; a gift card from Shoppers Stop is another good option for this month. And purchasing gift cards is real easy at Woohoo.in. The gift card you select is send to the recipient in neatly packaged gift boxes and you can avoid all the hassles of couriering too!

QwikCilver Solutions Appointed as “Gift Card Technology Partner” for Prestigious “Retail Leadership Summit (RLS 2013)

QwikCilver has recently been appointed by RAI (Retailers Association of India) as the official “Gift Card Technology Partner” at the “Retail Leadership Summit (RLS) 2013 – An invitation to innovation”. The Retail Leadership Summit-2013 will be conducted at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai on the 7th and 8th of February 2013 and would bring brands, retailers, corporate and leading pioneers on a single platform.

Mr. Kumar Rajagopalan, RLS Spokesperson & Chief Executive Officer – RAI talked further about this association. “We are pleased to have QwikCilver as the Gift Card Technology Partner at RLS. This will showcase the importance of this Prepaid segment among the organized retail sector on this big Retail”. Citing the theme of the Summit, Mr. Rajagopalan said, “Innovation and local adaptation of international retail strategies are essential elements to thrive in this market. Retail Leadership Summit aims at creating a platform for various people to connect, converse, collaborate, celebrate with others in the industry and create new strategic focus for businesses.”

Mr. T P Pratap, Co Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, QwikCilver Solutions & GiftBig.com, shed more light about this alliance. “This fantastic association with RAI for this Retail Leadership Summit-2013 is ample testimony of the recognition and growth of the Prepaid & Gift Card category in India. It is a result of QwikCilver’s sincere efforts as the preferred technology partner & pioneer among India’s leading retailers and brands. Also, GiftBig.com has grown to be the most innovative and preferred choice for gift cards fans across India. The Prepaid Category for Indian retail sector is witnessing robust growth & is slated to grow from the current size of Rs 2300 crore annually at a CAGR of 37% over the next 3 years.”

Mr. Kumar Sudarsan, Co Founder & Director, QwikCilver Solutions, talked in detail about QwikCilver’s partnership with Indian retailers and the customer reach of its gift card programs. “QwikCilver currently manages over 3 million cards across more than 100 leading retailers & brands. QwikCilver has launched and currently manages the Gift Card Programs across over 5000 premium brand outlets spread over 300 towns and cities of India – for product categories spanning Books, Music, Toys, Watches, Garments, Apparels, Restaurants, Mobile Phones, Electronics, Sportswear, Eyewear, Cinemas, e-commerce etc.

More about RAI & RLS

Every year, RAI hosts the Annual Retail Leadership Summit in order to help Indian retailers address and face their unique challenges. The Retail Leadership Summit of 2012 was attended by over 900 Indian retailers. Many notables of the Indian Retail Industry will be attending the 5^th edition of the summit in February 2013, to benefit from the enormous networking and large-scale knowledge dissemination opportunity.

QwikCilver & GiftBig.com – Updates

QwikCilver Solutions has developed and launched its robust and flexible technology platform that facilitates retailers & corporates to launch and manage unique customer centric initiatives, including Customized Gift Card products, Prepaid Products and Prepaid + Loyalty products. To successfully enhance brand engagement, sales and loyalty for its customers and partners, QwikCilver provides end-to-end management of card-based interventions such as Gift Cards, Loyalty Cards, Discount Cards, Frequency Cards and more. Apart from this, QwikCilver also helps its partners to increase operational efficiencies through employee incentives and benefits card programs. QwikCilver has established long term strategic partnerships with India’s leading retailers such as Trent, Titan, Fastrack, PVR, Aditya Birla Nuvo-Madura Garments, Shoppers Stop, Reliance Brands, Cafe Coffee Day, Arvind Brands, Mahindra Retail, PUMA, TTK Prestige, Raymond, French Connection, Calvin Klein, Park Avenue, Indian Terrain, Viveks, Flipkart, Himalaya, William Penn, Gitanjali, Yepme, Hoopos, Babyoye, Peter England, Van Heusen, Planet Fashion, Hidesign, Holii, Allen Solly, Louise Philippe, Bluestone, YLG amongst others.

Giftbig.com has been launched by QwikCilver to enable consumers and brands across the world to gift to their near and dear ones in India. In just a year after launch, GiftBig.com has become the desired portal for gift cards, gift vouchers and e-gift cards from over 80 leading brands. Giftbig.com is the only portal in India for consumers to check the gift card balances in real-time for more than 50 brands, and is also the only portal that has launched virtual gift cards (e-gift cards). GiftBig.com recently developed and launched India’s First Facebook Gifting & Marketing Platform – GiftBig Friends Club. This initiative has been adopted by retailers in India to reach out to the Facebook community for building their business and walk-ins to their stores across India.

Gift cards for wonderful offers At The Helios Store!

Helios – the Watch Store has watches from over 30 international brands under its roof. Burg, Tommy Hilfiger, Seiko, Tag Heuer, FCUK, Diesel, Suunto, Raymond Weil – the list of top names goes on and on. Finding the finest wristwatch designs from all these fine brands under one roof itself is enough to turn any watch-lover delirious with joy. But imagine finding out that there are some terrific discount offers from some of these top brands? Yes, there are some fabulous offers – it’s the Helios Watchaholic Sale! Look at this, for example: upto 40% off on the entire range of the new Tommy Hilfiger collection! Let’s not stop there – how about the upto 30% off offer from Fossil Watches on their entire range?

Esprit, not to be left behind, is offering a flat 25% off on its entire range as well. Then there’s FCUK with upto 40% discount on its watches. Yes, we know, you want to run and buy a great watch in advance for your next celebratory occasion. How about sharing the awesome savings with your friends? Is a close friend of yours having their birthday soon? Is your son scheduled to join his very first job soon? Buy the Helios e-gift card for them, and let them reap the benefits offered by these fabulous discounts. Note, that the Helios e-gift card cannot be redeemed online. Your gift recipient will have to visit the Helios Store and buy what they want. That’s actually better as they can take the fabulous time pieces in their hands before making the decision to buy the watch of their choice.

Gift cards for fabulous Online Offers from Jabong!

Have you shopped at Jabong yet? If you haven’t, just check out Jabong.com now! Yes, just as simple as that, and prepare yourself to be bombarded with the best offers in town. Cool watches, sneakers, sportswear, partywear, jeans, jackets, and hoodies – the list is endless. Want to share your excitement with your friends? Why not gift them the Jabong e-gift cards for their birthdays or special occasions? Through these e-gift cards, your friends and family can buy any item they want on Jabong.com and have it delivered directly to their homes. They’ll never stop thanking you for months!

Jabong is a fantastic fashion and lifestyle shopping portal, offering more than 50,000 items for your shopping pleasure. That’s 50,000 items from India and abroad, from 700 different top brands, that you can view, purchase and get delivered to your home. You don’t have to move an inch from where you’re sitting, even as you’re shopping at Jabong.com. Plus, if you don’t have a credit card, you can avail of the Cash on Delivery option that Jabong offers.

We’ve also got more great news for you! Jabong has a major sale going on right now – upto 50% off on a select range of products! Fabulous discounts on watches from Giordano, Q&Q, Maxima, FCUK and others. There are great discounts on sneakers and sportswear from top brands such as PUMA and others. You can avail discounts on party wear as well. Jabong stocks the latest in fashion apparel and accessories, both for men and women. With these great offers, you should definitely send your friends and loved ones Jabong e-gift cards to experience this online shopping festival.

Woohoo@ Scintillation -2013 Jyoti Nivas College

On 18^th and 19^th January Jyoti Nivas College presented a most scintillating and exciting inter-university collegiate fest – SCINTILLATION 2013! Many of the city’s colleges participated and a great deal of Bangalore’s young talent came to the fore at this event. Jyoti Nivas has had many inter-collegiate fests so you can wonder what makes this one so special. This fest is associated with a social cause, one that many of us champion. Stop Cruelty To Animals was the theme of this year’s fest, and it was ably supported by People For Animals (PFA), Let’s Live Together and animal lovers from all over Bangalore.

Woohoo participated in this admirable social cause as the JNC Fest’s gifting partners. Woohoo sponsored the prizes for all the 21 events, which saw a whopping 356 winners in all. About 28 colleges participated in various events, ranging from fashion shows, to quizzes, drama and dance. This event opened up the collective conscious to the sufferings of animals and our right to protect their rights. This event also brought to light the concept and joys of social gifting, which fascinated Bangalore’s youth. There were many visits to Woohoo’s stall and to the promotion of the event on Woohoo’s Facebook page as well.

Several events took place – doodling, street dance, mad Ads, fashion show, beatboxing, treasure hunt, debate, ‘Battle of the DJs’ ‘Pictionary’, photography, and many more. Participating colleges were many, such as PESIT, St Joseph’s Art and Science, Indian Academy, Oxford College, New Horizon College, Kristu Jayanti College, MS Ramaiah College of Hotel Management and others.

Gift cards to enjoy the Titan Eye+ Offer!

Here’s something really fantastic. You no longer have to wait to get your vision examined before heading out to Titan Eye+ for fashionable eyewear. You just head to Titan Eye+, and there you’ll get your vision checked for free and be able select the eyewear of your choice! However be ready to spare couple of hours before you visit the Titan Eye+ store. For the endless range of eyewear and trying them on before finalizing is sure to take some time. Got a nice long lunch break? Lucky enough to have half the day off? Head out to Titan Eye+ to shop for fabulous eyewear.

The best part about this offer is that it takes care of something you’re probably putting off for a long time – your vision check. You were probably planning to call your optometrist to get an appointment sometime soon, weren’t you? You would have to wait in line, get your vision checked, grab your prescription and then look for another off day to select your eyewear. That’s exactly what you don’t have to do any longer. Titan Eye+ has state-of-the-art computerized vision testing equipment that gives you results in just five minutes. So even if you have an hour off, it’s more than enough time to get your eyes tested and get your new glasses on.

Now you can gift this experience too! Think of the time and convenience you’ll be gifting your friends and family through Titan Eye+ gift cards. Think of the fabulous range of fashionable eyewear at Titan Eye+, each one a statement by itself. What better gift could you offer to your loved ones than a free eye-health check up, especially when they can add to their style quotient via Titan Eye+ eyewear!

Gift vouchers for Home Centre’s Fabulous Furniture!

The wedding season is upon us again. After the auspicious Makar Sankranti, many young men and women will be taking their wedding vows in accordance to their customs and traditions. Then the time will come to furnish their new homes or refurnish their parents’ homes in order to move in as a couple. If you’re wondering what to gift to the wedding couple in your circle this month, don’t worry, we have the answer for you. There is a Grand Sale happening at Lifestyle Home Centre of up to 50% on furniture and accessories. Also there is an additional 5% off for customers with Axis Bank and Standard Chartered debit and credit cards. Aren’t these such amazing, money saving offers?

So why think of any other gifts as wedding gifts? Gift your happy couple a Lifestyle gift voucher and let them choose the items they want from Home Centre’s fabulous range of furniture, furnishings, home décor and kitchen equipment. Home Centre stocks the best of home decor options from top national and international brands, so quality will never be a concern. The Wedding Season is also the ideal time to gift yourself, or someone else a wonderful chance to get value for money. Plus, it is easy to know what exactly to buy, because Home Centre creates sample kitchens, dining rooms, living rooms and bedrooms for buyer education. You can see what your choices will look like in your home before buying the items. Now that is what we call smart shopping.