Easter is the historic day when Jesus came back to our land from the grave to vindicate his teachings and justify to the Romans the ideologies handed down to us. Those who opted to follow this ideology remember this occasion as one, which signals the end of Lent - a period of abstinence from material pleasures when one returns to the old adage of piety.

Easter is a great opportunity for a get-together and gifts! The first thing that strikes one’s mind when you are wished Happy Easter is a toss-up between Easter Eggs and Easter Bunny. Home-made Easter Eggs can be packaged prettily and presented to office colleagues wrapped in cute baskets.

Easter Eggs are wonderfully chocolate-y with a colorful (gold being the main color) surface. Arranged well they make for great decorative items for the desk. If your colleague is married, gift enough eggs for everybody.

Rope everybody else in the office and make a gift hamper for the boss. Make it complete with bunnies (either the soft toy variety or the edible variety), large eggs in a suitably big basket, with a dashing bow.

Keep the right colors and patterns in mind. Opt for a deep color for the bow and for the wrapping material – pick stripes and checks and muted colors.

Opt for an Easter hamper – a beautiful basket, two or three dozen eggs, depending on the number of people in office, confetti, popcorn, sponge balls, or your choice of filling. Get a small gift each for your colleagues and of course, the Easter Bunny. Order a bunny cake, too.

There are options in form of Le Meridien and Patchi for Easter Bunny! Almost every patisserie and cake shop will have its fair share of Easter goodies to select from for every budget.

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Is your marriage anniversary just round the corner? You obviously want to relive those golden moments with your partner. If you are still unclear about what to really gift him or her on this memorable occasion, there is no need to worry.

We offer you some simple albeit interesting gift ideas:

Giving your partner something he or she has been thinking to buy for a while is a perfect way to display your love. It’s showing that you care about his or her tastes and understand what makes him or her truly happy.

You can conceive a more personal gift like cuff links, a watch or locket engraved with his or her initials or a very special message. Consider making a scrapbook of photographs and mementos of your beautiful relationship.

A picture perfect photo frame will also work. All you require is a good quality photo frame. Pick one that jells well with her or his personality - not necessarily a mushy one. Rummage through your old photo albums to strike a memorable note on this romantic occasion!

Opt for any moment-defining like one on the birthday, anniversary or your first ever photo snapped together. Glass cube frames make a good choice, as they let you put three photos instead of one, as in a regular frame.

From the day you met your lover until today, you must have amassed some great memories. Jot them down with a touch of sentiment and gift it to him or her with a single red rose. Pick a classy leather trimmed diary, ideally with a buckle to close it.

And don’t forget to personalize your gift with some engraving. This will make your gift romantic and sweet.

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If time is money for high-profile executives, a watch is certainly worth a gifting choice for them! Watches can also be a perfect personal gift. From just a few thousands rupees up to a couple of lakhs, here is our favorite pick of watches available on the market.

Titan Raga Hazel collection
For those who prefer simplicity and elegance, the Titan Raga Hazel collection is perfect. Roughly priced from Rs 2,195 to Rs 4,000 plus, this lovely range includes five distinct styles - with versions in steel, bi-metal finish gold. Available as bracelets, these delicate forms will look beautiful on a woman’s wrist and match her profile.
Titan Octane collection
This is a perfect choice for fashion-conscious males who want a sporty yet urban look. The collection of chronograph, multifunction and retro watches comes in close to 40 different styles, and is priced from Rs 5,000 to Rs 7,500 plus. You can check the complete Titan range at http://www.titanworld.com

Tommy Hilfiger range
If the person who you wish to gift a watch, doesn’t like hard straps, we suggest you for Tommy Hilfiger watches with red and blue strap priced at around Rs 7,000. A charm bracelet watch that comes with a cute heart, enamel flower, sparkling star and the TH flag-charms along with the round-shaped hanging clock will add a nice touch to the braided leather bracelet.

Tommy Hilfiger range (for males)
For females who look to mix and match, TH watch - a small round-shaped case with heart shaped embossed pattern - rose gold plated or Swarovski stone bezels, which match red leather strap or alternative pink silk strap for a variety of combinations, will be perfect. The range is priced from Rs 3,995 to Rs 6,995.

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Nearly eight in 10 Indians (77%) prefer Clothes, Sweets (including chocolates- 69 %) and Books (49%) as their preferred gifting items. Importantly, more than half of the people surveyed indicated they would shop online.

Following are the broad findings of a survey conducted by Nielsen India on gifting patterns research panel.

• Differences are there across different age groups in terms of gifting items, budgets and shopping channels.

• Sweets, Clothes and Books are universally popular, but more so with the mature group aged 45 and above

• The younger crowd (15-24 years) prefers to gift technology gadgets such as mobile phones and MP3 players.

• Holidays (travel and accommodation), travel tickets and tickets to amusement parks are popular new-age gift ideas.

• About 20 percent would like to give wine as a gift.

• More than half of the people surveyed indicated they would shop online.

According to N. S. Muthukumaran, Director, Online Panel, the Nielsen Company, India, the technology that has entered our lives in the last 10 years is deeply affecting young people in their twenties who have grown up with it. He says, “To many, it is cool to be seen with the latest model of phone or music system and giving one as a present is in the same league, albeit a costly option for these young folks.”

Look for more findings of the survey indicating the habits and beliefs of Indians regarding gifting in the next blog posts…

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“Customer is king”. This phrase is very well known amongst business houses across the globe. And customers have to be treated very well since they are always special to one’s business.

Sometimes a trader has to go out of the way and deliver more than what is expected by the client in terms of quality as well as quantity. If you are a trader and you certainly over deliver, then you are not having a problem retaining your clients more often than not. But what if you’re not able to deliver what is expected in terms of the agreement signed, you stand to lose a client. In situations like these, a trader can retain the client if the trader organizes a meeting with his/her client and discusses the reasons personally why they fail to meet what is expected. This is the right time to choose a corporate gift for your client and tell them how much you value them. This way, you can even convince them on the points that they would naturally disagree. A box of premium quality chocolates found nowhere locally can be a big delight as a corporate gift.

By gifting an exquisite but simple gift can do wonders and help a trader retain their clients well enough for a long long time. Though what is expected has to be met, there are times when the expectations seems very unrealistic. A trader can even communicate the same to the client and keep their clients doubts about a trader’s product/service at bay.

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Selecting an usable, acceptable and yet, exclusive gift need not be an expensive exercise. Practical considerations do demand an economic caste system, and gifts of different value and design are slotted for different levels and for different target markets, say dealers, or multinationals.

Even at junior levels and in the less sophisticated markets however, customers prefer exclusivity and novelty. They are more likely to appreciate a box of dates with almonds ensconced within than chocolate barfi, or a Rs30/- Chinese clock instead of a classic leather covered address book. As a result, old, traditional items like diaries and table top items have gone on the hit list.

‘How many paper weights and diaries is someone going to use anyway?’ asks Sethi,(Giftex) relating an anecdote of a pharmaceutical company which presented a doctor with a diary. The doctor told the representative to keep it for himself.

While choosing the right gift is important, how you give it is a vital aspect, because gifting is not just about brand recall, it’s about people (probably why corporate, specially BPO’s, are going in for internal gifting in a big way)

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