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Selecting the Perfect Gift for Diwali- Apple’s iPhone 5

Great news, iPhone fans! The iPhone 5 has already hit markets in the west, and is soon to be available for sale in India! We don’t have a launch date yet, but it’s certainly on its way, going by updates from Apple. The tentative date for the iPhone 5 launch in India is October 26th, just perfect for our many festivities during that time – Dussehra, Diwali, Bakr-Id. BGR India cites multiple sources while declaring October 26th as the date for Apple’s iPhone 5 launch in India. As we all know, demand for the iPhone 5 in India is high. People wait with bated breath for each new version of the iPhone; there’s heavy anticipation and much frenzied discussion on forums for months before the release!

So here you have it – the most fabulous, unique and perfect gift idea for the festive season. No one can beat this idea, because the iPhone 5 has not yet released here. Here’s your chance to surprise, or rather shock your loved ones with a gift card from a store that stocks the iPhone 5 when it arrives. You can buy the iPhone 5 via sites such as Flipkart, and stores such as Landmark, Croma, e-Zone, Planet M and many others. Why wait? You know that the iPhone 5 is on its way, so why not buy the gift cards or gift vouchers now and have them sent to the devoted iPhone fans in your circle? These gift cards have long term validity, so your loved ones can wait till the iPhone is available for sale at the store and then grab it, just in time for the Diwali festivities.

New Gift Ideas for your Loved Ones- Shoppers Stop Sale

Shoppers Stop brings you a fabulous array of women’s Indian suits and footwear from some of India’s top brands and designers in the sale of the year. This collection has been inspired by the elegance of the Taj Mahal, which has been the muse for many poets, writers and artists over time. The Taj is more than just a wondrous monument, a triumph of architecture – it is a veritable ode to a woman’s grace. The Shoppers’ Stop Taj The Poetry collection takes its inspiration from the intricate work done on the Taj. The delicate floral inlays, jail work and the towering minarets are beautifully translated into the clothes and the footwear in this iconic collection. The entire collection is designed with such eternal style that you will feel as loved and cherished as does Mumtaz Mahal, for whom the Taj was built.

The collection comprises of fabulous ethnic salwar suits and churidars, HauteCurry, Kashish, and Stop. Well-known women’s designer footwear brands such as Pepper, Lemon, Catwalk and HauteCurry bring you fabulous footwear options. This iconic collection is available on sale at Shoppers’ Stop now; in perfect timing for Dushera, Diwali and Christmas gift ideas. What are you waiting for? Grab Shoppers’ Stop gift cards and have them sent to the women in your life. It doesn’t matter which corner of India your loved ones are – they’ll be able to find a Shoppers’ Stop outlet nearby. Surprise them with Shoppers’ Stop gift vouchers bring the grace of the Taj into their lives through this collection.

Bring Durga Home Through The World Of Titan

On Durga Pooja day, achieve a true triumph of good over evil by sending the blessed figurine of Maa Durga to your friends and family along with your gift. All you have to do is buy a gift card from Titan World for Rs. 1000 or more and have the card sent to your friends. Maa Durga will accompany your World of Titan card to your loved one’s home, bringing blessings of prosperity with her. What a wonderful way to gift your loved one a gift of unparalleled quality and excellence with the added element of divinity attached!

Titan’s trendy watches are just perfect for everyone, no matter what their individual tastes are. Titan’s incredibly slim movement makes Titan Edge watches the slimmest watches in the universe. Each watch is a marvel of technology and a true symbol of class. Titan Edge is the favored watch of corporate executives all over the world. For the women in your family, Titan Raga watches offer a seamless blend of tradition with modern looks. Titan Raga is an exquisite range of watches for that party, wedding or function for any woman. Titan Purple is bold, brazen and Swarovski studded – perfect for those who love that extra bit of attraction! Titan Nebula is made of solid gold and promises the quality of its time-honored jewelry craftsmanship. There are many other fabulous offerings from Titan, each one a great gift idea for this season. And why not, since Maa Durga will be personally accompanying your gift card this time.

Are You The Student Of The Year?

Ok people, you’re in for a rare treat this weekend. The Karan Johar directed Hindi movie, “Student of the Year” is releasing in all major theatres. “Student of the Year” has newcomers Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan in the lead roles. Alia Bhatt, apparently, is the daughter of producer Mahesh Bhatt, and sister of Pooja Bhatt. Let’s see if the family talent runs true in her too!

This movie has fresh faces and sounds like it will break all moulds. So what are you planning to do? Taking your husband, wife, girlfriend or boyfriend to watch the movie? Or are you planning to go with a bunch of your friends? How about sending your special one a PVR Cinemas gift card to signal your intent? It’ll be such a fun experience to your friend! He or she will sit there trying to guess which movie you have in mind, and you don’t have to tell them till it’s time to buy the tickets! If you have a special grandparent or aunt or uncle, whose B’day is coming up and if he or she likes to watch Karan Johar directed movies—you can treat them to a gift card for birthday from Landmark so that they can buy CDs of their favourite movies!

Whom are you supporting for CL T20 in South Africa?

Ahoy cricket fans! The Champions League Twenty20 (CL T20) match will be held from 9th October to 28th October in South Africa. Pool 1 comprises domestic T20 champions from England, Pakistan and New Zealand. Pool 2 comprises domestic T20 champions from the West Indies, England, and Sri Lanka. So what if India did not win the ICC World Twenty20, 2012? Forget about the ICC World Twenty 20! Four teams from India will be playing superb cricket in South Africa to bring the CL T20 cup home. Whether you support Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils or Mumbai Indians, there is sure to be plenty of sporting action. And it’s up to you to support in every way possible.

What can you do to support the Indian Cricket Team? Well, for one thing, you can wear the team jersies. Wear the colors of our IPL teams proudly and support them to the fullest. Also if you are into playing crickrt, buy gift cards and gift vouchers from Nike, PUMA or SportsNest for your friends and help them select the right gear. If a lucky friend has his or her birthday this week, what a fabulous gift idea it’ll be to buy gift cards from these sports brands! Lace up your white cricket shoes from Nike, and pick up jackets, caps and backpacks and play a wonderful game. Be sure to hurry and buy your gift cards so there’s plenty of time for your friends to shop for their sports gear!

J K Rowling’s Done It Again!

Are you a Harry Potter fan? If you haven’t read the famous Harry Potter books yet, it’s time you did! Experience J K Rowling’s special brand of writing magic firsthand and you’ll be hooked for life. For those of you who’ve tasted her magic before, here’s more good news. J K Rowling has released her first ever piece of fiction for adults. So all of you grownups who read your Harry Potter books on the sly can read this new book in the open! If you’re wondering about the title of the new book, it’s called “Casual Vacancy”. It’s all about the financial, cultural and ethical disparity between two fictional areas in England, and the casual vacancy that arises when the local parish councilor dies.

Gift The Love Of Books

If you love books, you know how privileged you are to be a part of the readers’ community. How wonderful it is to travel through the annals of history and explore fictional worlds. Books make great gift ideas for your loved ones’ birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions. Why not gift them gift cards and gift vouchers from Flipkart, Landmark, Oxford Book Store, Sapna Book Store, and Starmark and so on? Books can be read again and again, which multiplies the reading pleasure. Books can be gifted to others and passed on to one’s kids, and even be donated to schools and libraries. Your gift recipients will always appreciate the books they bought with your gift card because books become a part of you once you read them. They are never discarded! The Magic Is Back – Check Out Casual Vacancy!

QwikCilver at IAMAI Digital Payment Conference on 12-09-2012

Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) organized a 2 day Conference on 12th September 2012 at the ITC Grand in Mumbai. QwikCilver was requested to attend as a panelist to throw light on the topic “Innovations in Gift & Incentive Cards”, a hot theme getting increasing attention in digital payment circles. While the panel with QwikCilver focused on the growth of the gift card category in India; interesting details emerged about the issues, challenges and opportunities in driving acceptance of pre-paid gifting instruments.

Mr. T P Pratap who as Co-Founder & CMO at QwikCilver & Woohoo.in, shared his experiences in launching gift cards in India. Since the launch of the category three years ago, over 2.5 million gift cards already have been procured by brands and retailers. The rate of adoption has grown significantly, with approximately 3 million cards expected to be absorbed by the Indian market in the coming 6 months. Mr. Pratap also illuminated the audience on the differing rates of penetration of gift cards across India; with the southern cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai, seeing both a faster growth in sale and redemption of gift cards.

The panel also discussed the enabling role retailers’ play in driving the adoption of gift cards among consumers. While everybody at first glance understands the conveniences of a gift card over cash or physical gifts; consumer adoption can increase if there is all round commitment towards the initiative from the top management to the store executives. Branding, advertising and point-of-sale promotion also plays a key role for spreading greater awareness; as the gift card needs to be marketed as a FMCG product, rather than as a financial instrument. Towards the end, the panel also discussed the emerging gifting instruments like digital & mobile gift vouchers aimed at further simplifying gift giving in India.

Note: Image is from www. IAMAI.in. Copyright vests with respective copyright holders.

Retailers target 1 million gift card sales this festive season: Study

Republished here on: 04 October 2012

As appeared on 03 October in The Economic Times

MUMBAI: In spite of the concerns over the diminishing footfalls at retail stores, there is an increasing demand for gift cards during the festive season and retailers expect sale of a million such cards during the forthcoming Diwali, according to a recent study.

“Retailers are gearing up for demand of over a million gift cards during this festive season. Indians spent Rs 1,800 crores on gift cards last year.

“The total number of active gift cards touched 2.7 million this month, and has witnessed a growth of 145 per cent in the last one year,” reveals a study by QwikCilver that is into gift card solutions.

Retailers are keen to push gift cards, as customers tend to buy products worth more than the gift card, it notes.

“Retailers are keen on gift cards owing to the significant increase in average uplift. Uplift is the amount spent by an individual over the card value.

“The average uplift is currently at 150 per cent, with giftees spending at least 70 per cent more than the gift card value,” it says, adding that in case of premium accessory brands, uplift is as high as 400 per cent.

The average amount spent on a gift card in the country is Rs 1,400 this year, but is higher at Rs 3,300 for premium accessory brands, the study says noting that almost 40 per cent of the demand for gist card is from Tier-II and Tier-II cities.

“Globally, gift cards are easily the largest selling SKUs for many brands, especially during festive seasons and this trend is soon catching up here,” QwikCilver said.

In addition to retail demand, corporates have also jumped on to the bandwagon, with gift cards turning out to be the favourite for employee and partner gifting programmes.

The study notes that all leading brands, across categories such as apparel, luxury accessories, food and beverage, cinema are adding new variants to their gift card offerings.

TeeVIRUS INFECTED

Have you been TEE-infected yet? If not, it’s time to get infected! Get on board with Fastrack’s new TeeVIRUS INFECTED collection of cool tee-inspired shades and watches. Fastrack believes that cool logos, graphics, colors and quotes shouldn’t be restricted to t-shirts alone. But a whole range of cool products should be tee-infected, which is why you can now buy a cool, orange-colored watch centered with a tee-inspired graphic and a quote that says, “This way, I am hot”!!

This new collection can offer you a lot of new ideas for gifts to surprise your friends. So if you’re running out of gift ideas for that cool friend who’s so in tune with the latest, a gift card for Fastrack’s Tee-INFECTED COLLECITON is just the ticket. These watches, shades and wallets make cool gifts for birthdays, or for any occasion. They make excellent gifts for men and women. The Fastrack prepaid gift card provides a convenient way to shop at Fastrack stores; all it takes is a single swipe of the card to pay for one’s Tee-INFECTED purchases. The gift card can be used any number of times, at any Fastrack outlet. Since the gift card is valid for several months, your recipient can stagger purchases over the validity period. So why wait? Buy a Fastrack gift card, have it sent to your friend and get him or her Tee-INFECTED as soon as possible!

Gift Ideas — LifeStyle’s Autumn-Winter Collection

LifeStyle is all about making a statement with a splash and that’s truer than ever when it comes to their new Autumn-Winter Collection. Good news, people! The blazing heat of summer is over, and the cooler months are around the corner. What better way to celebrate the cooling weather than to head over to LifeStyle and upgrade your autumn-winter wardrobe? Talk about flowing fabrics in autumn colors of dry autumn leaves of chartreuse, magenta, blues, reds, navies, black and browns! LifeStyle brings you premium designs from top design brands such as Melange, Fame Forever, Ginger, Forca, NineWest, Mango and many more this season. Turn heads and up your fashion ante with LifeStyle’s new autumn-winter collection.

The LifeStyle prepaid gift voucher is just the right thing for someone who’s so into fashion. That special person in your life would love the fabulous wardrobe options from the new LifeStyle autumn-winter collection! Yes, they would– The prepaid gift voucher can be used at any of the many LifeStyle stores all over India. It’s not rechargeable, but you can always gift LifeStyle gift voucher for birthday or any other special occasion! Each LifeStyle gift voucher is valid for 360 days – that’s many days of planning the perfect shopping trip, or several trips, if you will. Buying the gift voucher takes only a few seconds of your time, while the ease of selection, multiple payment and delivery options make you want to purchase again and again!