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Objects of affection

Last Updated 12 February 2015, 14:11 IST

February has always been the month of romance, clearly because of the Valentine’s Day celebrations. While expression of love through gifts on this special day is being followed from the 17th century, much has changed since then. For stores selling gifts and greeting cards, business can’t get any better. 

‘DOTTEDi’, a retail shop and an online store in Bengaluru, has wide range of combos for Valentine’s Day. Many innovations have been done to ordinary gifts to give them a personalised look.

The chocolates have customised wrappers with love messages. They also offer a bunch of oversized balloons, expression cookies that can pour your feelings to your loved one and more.

“A product that is selling like hot cakes this season is the ‘Bucket Message’. This gift has a bucket full of 100 love messages and we have named it ‘100 reasons why I love you’. The messages are template-designed, but they all feel very personalised and romantic. Another product that is very popular is the ‘Knotty Affair’. This is a combo of three perfect items — ‘Roll the Dice’, ‘Tie the Love Knot’ and ‘Light the Fire’ with scented candles. We also have many more gift combos like the ‘Recovery Kit’, which helps you get down the hangover after the night’s party,” says Nadia, Manager of ‘DOTTEDi’. 

They are offering a love hamper with two expressions — love butter cookies and six redeemable thoughtful vouchers in a love basket. Love cookies, personalised wine bottles with love messages, cake and flower combo...there are any number of gifts to choose from here. 

Another online store, ‘giftxoxo.com’ is also offering a variety of products from chocolates, cakes to more unique ‘experience gifts’.

“We have a variety of choices for gifting this Valentine season. Chocolates, cakes, personalised mugs and flowers. Apart from this, one can gift experience to their loved one,” says Vivek of ‘giftxoxo.com’.

The experience gifts that make for a memorable Valentine’s Day include dinner with your Valentine on a yacht, date with your Valentine on a helipad, learn the art of chocolate making with your Valentine. If you are a last minute shopper who is quite forgetful to grab a gift for your valentine, then ‘Archies’ gift shop can always be your saviour. 

Decorated with red balloons all around, the store is filled with gifts that can put a smile on your loved one. A combo of teddy with heart-shaped pillows and coffee mugs, a heart shaped clock, couple photo frames, dolls with love messages...the list goes on. The store also has a variety of red roses and cards with beautiful messages that can make for a last-minute romantic gift.   For those searching for the perfect gift, the choices are unlimited.

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(Published 12 February 2015, 14:11 IST)

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