Summer mania
Spice up this summer with ‘Fastrack Summer Mania’, a unique youth festival by World of Titan to make this season a non-stop festival of fun, adventure and excitement.
From the May 18 to June 3 there are fabulous gifts for all customers. With a purchase of any fastrack product, you could get a flat 40 per cent discount on the complete range of Levis Sykes Cargoes, free lifetime downloads of Turtix from Zapak, gift vouchers from Planet M, free night clubbing card which will entitle you to a free entry or free drink at the happening pubs in the city or three lucky couples stand to win the grand bumper price from GIO Adventures- an adventure holiday package around five Himalayan rivers for 5 days and 6 nights, which includes rafting, kayaking, river crossing, bridge slithering and much more.
This offer is valid at all World of Titan showrooms.
Creative table accessories
Yamini has introduced the perfect accessory for dinner tables or a dinner gift for a host: Napkin Rings.
A new addition to their range, these table decors come in seven different designs and colours like  blue-browns, blue-greens, red-pinks, pearls and white gold. Each one is beautifully crafted with sequins, beads and crystal work.
Yamini also offers ideal centerpieces for a formal dinner along with traditional bright gypsy prints and beaded wraps to make your table look creative and colourful.
Fine clothing
When it comes to fashion and trends, most men are on a par with women.
Be it dressing up for a formal or a casual occassion, they keep tabs on clothes with perfect cut, style and colour.
The new store in the City, Europa, caters to all those who fall in this category.
They have opened with their summer collection of shirts, trousers, suits, jeans, cargos and accessories. 
The Europa outlet situated in Singhasandra on Hosur road.
The store has special offers like ‘buy one pair of cargos and take one pair of jeans free’ or 25 per cent off on brands like Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, Peter England.
Fortune jewellery
Sia Art jewellry has organised the Sia Wheel of Fortune — an innovative way to reward shoppers who make a purchase of over Rs 2000 at any Sia outlet. Up for grabs are prizes that include trend accessories and discount vouchers. To enter the contest, a shopper has to purchase jewellry and accessories worth Rs 2000 and above from an array of necklace sets, earrings, bangles, bracelets, payals, maang tikas, hair accessories, among others. The offer, valid at Sia exclusive outlets only, is open till June 30.
Cool work wear
John Players has introduced a collection of work wear using a blend of bright hues that, according to the brand, stresses on comfort and style. The collection includes diamond dobbies, micro checks and smart stripes apart from self prints that have been used extensively. Atul Chand, VP–Marketing & Retail, ITC’s Lifestyle Retailing, as quoted in a press release, says, “The new work-wear range from John Players is just right for the young man at work who wants to project a polished look. The youthful array of shirts and trousers with smart fits stands true to John Players’ philosophy of ‘Play it cool’.
The range, priced from Rs 645 onwards, is available across stores countrywide.
Exchange your watch
Blue Sky, which sells premium watches and sunglasses is having the ‘Blue Sky Watch Exchange Offer’. In this offer, consumers can exchange their old watch  which must be in working condition and get 20 per cent off on a new watch. This offer, on till June 3, is valid on premium brands like Tommy Hilfiger, Swatch, Guess, Fossil to mention a few. This scheme cannot be clubbed with any other scheme, however Pantaloons Green Card holders will get discounts over and above the offer discount.
Blue Sky is available across five exclusive outlets at Sigma and Lido Mall and in Pantaloons stores.
Technology savvy
PDA Cafe, a store that specialises in supplying high-end PDA phones, is set up at Forum Mall. According to sources at the store,As stated in a press release, Vinod Lunked of Bhawar Group says, “The trend of data centric phones is catching on with masses and PDA phones seem to be getting extremely popular.
These phones are now in high demand in South Asian Countries like Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.”
The group plans on opening stores in other malls as well apart from targeting cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi and Pune.
High end fashion at Revolutions Store
Revolutions Store, the flagship of Liberty Retail Revolutions Ltd, has opened their first store in Bangalore at the Lido Mall on M G Road. The store offers a range in hi-end fashion products including leather accessories, watches and artificial jewellry apart from footwear.
“Having already made its presence felt in cities like Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad, we plan to open 18 more such outlets in various parts of the country besides one each in Singapore, Colombo, Dhaka and Dubai within this year itself,” Anupam Bansal, Director, Liberty Retail Revolutions Ltd was quoted as saying in a press release.
Straight from Andhra
Welcome the monsoon with a range of vibrant colour coordinated fabrics. Dastkar Andhra is organising a grand annual sale of cotton handlooms and block printed dress materials, cotton khadi natural dyes and range of furnishings at affordable price from June 1 to 4, between 10:30 am and 8 pm, at the Lady Jehangir Kothari Memorial Hall, Queens Road.
Dastkar Andhra is a non-profit organisation working to promote the cotton handlooms in Andhra Pradesh. It began as an offshoot of the national NGO Dastkar, Delhi in 1989. It registered as an independent trust in 1995.
They are working in this sector for more than a decade and recognise its immense potential to contribute for re-energising the rural livelihoods. The relevance of handlooms in promoting the rich aesthetic of our tradition is evident in the growing demand for handlooms across the nation.
Their marketing association works with handloom co-operatives and independent weaver groups from the different districts of Andhra.
The breadth of the industry is large and it remains the second largest employer after agriculture in the nation. The difficulties in the agriculture sector are reaching crisis proportions throwing out of gear, the lives of not only farmers but also landless labour engaged in farming. They end up being a migrant labour in other cities and live in appaling conditions.
Dastak Andhra offers weaving as an alternative in drought prone areas and bring in non-traditional weavers into the activity.
The advantage of working with handlooms are many and in consonance with the contemporary demands for conserving energy, and environment friendly production. It does not require power and by using minimum natural resources it can produce the fabric. The product line of cotton handlooms from DAMS including dupattas, sarees and a selection of furnishings in pure handloom cotton including natural dyed fabrics in khadi and kalamkari prints. Check out the towels, bedspreads, kuppadam dhoties, handkerchiefs from coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh.
Furnishing and shirting from Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh. For details call: 040-27721735. Email:  dastkar1@satyam.net.in
Tanishq’s anniversary
Commemorating two years of retail operations in Malleshwaram, Tanishq has announced special anniversary offers. On every purchase of 15 gram of 22k gold jewellry and on studded jewellry worth Rs 12,500, you will get 0.5 free gold coin. This offer is valid from May 31 to June 2.
Keeping in mind the increasing demand for wedding jewellry, the store has introduced a range of new designs, intricately crafted to suit the needs of the customer’s demands. Tanishq has also initiated an aggressive “consumer awareness campaign” to create awareness about several malpractices prevalent in the jewellry industry.
For details contact: 9945686689/ 9900866558.

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