Best deals for the festive season

KATHMANDU, Sept 21: With festive days approaching closer and closer, people across the country are on shopping spree. Crowded malls and streets explain the shopping fever that becomes a usual affair during Dashain. When people are on shopping spree, shopping malls around too seem to have left no stone unturned to attract customers. [break]

And why would not they. This is the peak business time for them. Like in yesteryears, almost all the shopping destinations across the country, from smaller to bigger ones, have come up with special shopping schemes and lucrative gift offers to lure more customers.

Myrepublica.com presents you some shopping destinations in the town that have been launching special offers for the Dashain-Tihar festive season.

United World Trade Center (UWTC)

United World Trade Center (UWTC) at Tripureshwar has brought 100 days shopping scheme to celebrate this festive season. UWTC is giving away prizes such as Lifan car, Bajaj DTSi 180 cc, Baja Pulsar and Yamaha as bumper prizes. Three laptops, three 29-inch television sets, six 21-inch television sets and other household appliances are the major attractions of this mega scheme.

Customers at UWTC will get coupons from different stores upon the purchase of goods worth Rs 500 or more. Lucky draw for Lifan car will be done at the end of the scheme, while lucky draws for other prizes are conducted at the end of every English month. Over 1,864 gift hampers are waiting for you at UWTC in this festive season.

People´s Plaza, Khichapokhari

People´s Plaza, a newly opened shopping complex at Khichapokhari, New Road is all geared up to attract customers by offering attractive prizes to its customers as a part of its shopping scheme. The complex is offering a car, 2-night-3-day trip to Malaysia for two, and Yamaha FZ motorbike as bumper prizes. The lucky draw for Yamaha FZ will be done in Kartik (mid-October) while the lucky winner of the car will be declared in Baisakh (mid-April).

Besides, customers can also be a part of monthly lucky draw where they can get a chance to win various appliances by Samsung such as 21-inch LCD Television, 21-inch Ultra Slim color TV, digital cameras, microwave oven, vacuum cleaner and mobile phones. Buying goods worth Rs 500 or more at stores at People´s Plaza can qualify you to win these prizes.

NLIC City Center, Kamalpokhari

City center, another shopping mall in town, too has come up with its special schemes to attract customers. City Center is conducting lucky draw from which customers can walk away with two nights stay at Fulbari Resort and Spa every week. Customers buying goods worth Rs 500 or more at any store in the mall are qualified for the lucky draw.

The food court at City Center is also giving away a discount of 15 percent on all delicacies. Besides, veg/egg roll sold by Bawrachi costs just Rs 45 between 2pm and 5pm. Big Mart at City Center has Paisa Vasool offer through which shoppers can get surprise gifts on every purchase of goods worth Rs 1,000 and more.

Likewise, an hourly lucky draw is conducted for customers spending Rs 100 or more at any store at City Center. This is something that will not let its customers to return empty-handed. Free mehendi, free face painting, lot of surprise gifts and cash discount of up to 5 percent make this ultra-modern mall one of the most happening shopping destinations in town.

Pashupati Plaza, Khichapokhari

Though the managing committee at Pashupati Plaza has not come up with anything special scheme for this Dashain, the association of businessmen at the shopping center has launched an attractive festive offer.

Under the scheme, buyers can walk away with Pulsar DTsi 150 cc and Samsung electrical appliances such 32-inch LCD TV, 220 liters refrigerator, washing machine, microwave oven, vacuum cleaners for four and stereo system and digital cameras for two.

Customers can participate in the scheme though a coupon which they will get upon the purchase of goods worth Rs 300 or more at any store in Pashupati Plaza.

Blue Bird Mall, Lazimpat and Thapathali

For this festive season Blue Bird Mall has introduced its shopping scheme from September 1st to October 31st.During this period two lucky customers will be given out with special prizes such as a night stay at Fulbari Resort and Spa at Pokhara for a couple and a gift hamper. To be the part of this every day lucky draw customers will have to buy good worth Rs 1,000 from the shopping center.

Apart from these shopping destinations, other stores like The Kathmandu Mall at Sundhara, Bhatbhateni Supermarket, Maharajgunj and Bhatbhateni are also offering discount from 5 to 35 percent on various commodities during this festive season.

Stores at The Kathmandu Mall are offering discounts in the range of 10 to 25 percent, while Bhatbhateni Supermarket is offering discount in the range of 20 to 50 percent on selected items.