Posts Tagged ‘shopping’

How To Choose Gifts For Kids During Christmas Shopping

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Christmas is such a truly magical season of festive music and laughing galore and everyone especially kids and children are so charmed and delighted by the holidays festive and time-off from school, jingle bells and colorful lights, classical Christmas programs, the mistletoe on trees and doors and soft pearly white blanket of snow that drop [...]

Christmas in July, August, Etc

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

Well, we saw it happen again last month-”Christmas in July!” Retailers and merchandisers just can’t seem to resist, and who can blame them? If you were in their shoes (even Guccis need folded newsprint tucked inside when the soles wear through), and saw how your bottom-line was bottoming out this Summer, you’d probably call Rent-a-Santa [...]

Relax And Enjoy The Games Of Fun During This Christmas

Friday, May 6th, 2011

It is not only fun but entertaining to engage office colleagues and peers to join in the gift exchange games during the Christmas seasons. There are plenty of such games that can be played in an office environment, two of which that are popular among the white collar population are the Secret Santa and White [...]

Save Time and Money With These Christmas Gift Shopping Tips

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

According to many of the top toy sellers, this year抯 Christmas gift shopping has started early. Many Christmas shoppers are worried about finding the items on their gift lists because of their experiences from the past few holiday seasons ?empty shelves, long lines, and high prices. Waiting until the last minute to scramble around the [...]

5 Christmas Gifts for the iPod Lover

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

It’s that time of the year when Christmas is breathing down our necks and if you’re like us, you might not have got around to present shopping. In case you haven’t, we have some ideas if you’re shopping for iPod geeks. Here’s a list of cool iPod accessories that would make your friend, family or [...]

Have You Got Christmas Wrapped?

Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

Once you’ve fought your way through hordes of Christmas shoppers, armed with limited funds, a lengthy list and waning enthusiasm, it’s time to get all those carrier bags of festive generosity back home and under the tree. Tired but satisfied with your foray into retailer land, you realise that the job is only half done. [...]

Essential Recordings: Something for Everyone on Your Christmas List

Monday, November 15th, 2010

By far, one of the best gifts to give for Christmas is recorded music. It can be a tough thing to buy for someone else as music tastes are very subjective and you never know what the receiver already owns. For this reason I enjoy broadening the minds of the people on my Christmas list [...]

Christmas in Paris

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

This year, the Galeries Lafayette has chosen Alice in Wonderland as the theme for their window display. Puppets, a forest of magical mushrooms, a white rabbit, the mirror and much more. They have a 20 metre tree decorated with 1,800 balls and also a 30-voice choir singing traditional Christmas carols. Meanwhile, the Printemps Haussmann presents [...]

What Will Be the Big Seller This Christmas?

Friday, November 12th, 2010

The time of year has come around again; the festive season is fast approaching. After a long year of financial struggle companies have faced this year, we see them getting ready to offload all the strains of the past year and start stocking their shelves with a variety of products ready for the Christmas presents [...]

Top 5 Fair Trade Gifts This Christmas – Not Just Coffee and Bananas

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Yesterday, The Independent reported that takeaway coffee giant, Starbucks, was to begin sourcing 100 percent of its coffee fair-trade. In the past, this might have seemed a very bold move for such a large company (especially during a recession), however their move can be seen to highlight the increasing popularity of fair trade goods and [...]