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Shop to Win
This monsoon if you8217;re planning to go cotton-shopping visit the cotton carnival on at Study by Janak. The Shop, Score and Win offer includes discounts, gifts, bumper prizes and special schemes. With the Lucky Draw, one can win anything from a gift coupon to Pizza Pizza Express to tickets for a Chanakya screening. There are also the usual buy-three-get-one-free offers. If this isn8217;t enough to entice one, the Bumper Prize of a free stay for two at Jaypee Group8217;s Hotel Agra, is the ultimate bait. So put on your shopping-shoes and go on a cotton spree.
Available at: 15-A/16, Ajmal Khan Road, Karol Bagh On till: August 26.
Discount offers: 10 on buys worth Rs 2,500-5,000; 15 on buys worth Rs 5,000-10,000; 20 on buys worth over Rs 20,000.
Gasoline U.S.A has just unleashed its new Fall-Winter 8217;99 Collection, Cold Fusion. The collection has avoided flamboyant colours. Warm hues of rusts, reds and browns, as well as military greens and navy blues, feature more in the collection. From the sweaters and sweat-shirts, jackets and wind-sheeters, most of us would like to pick up more than one for our winter wardrobe. You can expect them in stores by mid-August.
According to Vijaya Rajkumari, in charge of Operations and Marketing: 8220;We are renovating our stores but we will have all three functioning soon. Besides we are available in multi-brand stores all over North India.8221; They have an exclusive tie-up with Arvind Mills to work on new fabrics. They also import micro-fibre soft fabrics, buttons and zippers from Hong Kong. 8220;It has been trial and error till now but with this line we hope to get a stronghold in the Indian market,8221; says Rajkumari.
Price Wise: Cotton Knit Tops: Rs 395-695; Sweaters: Rs 795-995; Jackets: Rs 995-2,600; Trousers amp; Jeans: Rs 995-1,295.
Web Wizards
All you managers who want to find out whether you have the requisite killer-instinct to be Manager of the Millenium, read this carefully. CNBC Asia now gives you with the chance to do so, at the mere command of a mouse. The new online contest, Manager on the Web, tests you on all-time topical management dilemmas. Over the next three weeks, six winners will be selected, who will qualify for the live online finale. The winner will be featuring on CNBC Asia. Apart from the publicity, there are prizes to be won: exquisite handcrafted leather card holders, sporty travel bags, a trip to Kathmandu.
Access it at: solutions-intg.com
Musical Mania
Music, music everywhere, no darned place to spare? That seems to be the predominant feeling, what with musicals making their presence felt in a major way not that music lovers would mind.
To begin with, Cats, the longest running musical in the history of Broadway and West End Theatre, featured on Star World on Tuesday. Missed it? Fret not, catch the re-run on August 7 1:30-4:00 p.m.
Whereas the small screen is set ablaze with the mewing-classic, theatres are waiting with bated breath for the release of the much-talked about Elizabeth. If you happened to miss the special screenings, you needn8217;t be depressed. The coming week promises enough entertainment to help you get over any ongoing mood-blues.
The Chorus Line 8212; co-directed by Danceworx8217;s Ashley Lobo and Scene Stealers8217; Vivek Mansukhani. This is followed by Delhi Music Theatre8217;s adaptation of the legendary love story Grease. With so much happening, just sing boredom away.
Tickets available at: Kamani Auditorium; The Music Shop, Khan Market; Tekson8217;s, South Ex-I.
Shirts with Style
All you men out there have some thing good coming your way, with Optimum and Baker Street, the latest shirts collections by Singh Apparels. While both collections are made of 100 per cent super-fine cotton, former is a formal range emphasising on solid colours and two-toned hues. The Baker Street range is for the young at heart and all shirts are yarn dyed. As these shirts claim to epitomise the Indian man, check it out.
Available at: B-6, Panchsheel Enclave
Price Wise: Optimum: Rs 695-995; Baker Street: Rs 495-650
