
Bigger and better this time, ‘The Hindu Metroplus Lifestyle Show 2011' vows to wow you. So barge in and binge
Folks, charge your shopping hormones and sharpen your bargaining skills. Madurai's biggest shopping bonanza, the Hindu Metroplus Lifestyle Show 2011, is here for the sixth consecutive time, bringing joy and cheer to the city's denizens. Finally, the long wait is over and now, under one roof, shoppers can pick up everything on their wish list.
The Lifestyle Show descends today on the Tamukkam Grounds, with the best premium and branded products, and will lure you in for five festive days (till July 11). From fancy knick-knacks to expensive consumer goods, you will get them all at this mega spread.
The sweat-free shopping venue, erected with amazing workmanship over 40,000 sq. ft, is almost a makeshift mall with 130 stalls. Dubbed the largest lifestyle fair in South India, the show is known for its assorted high-end products and an unparalleled ambience.
Now is the time to jump in and splurge, for nowhere else in the city will you get such an assortment of premiere and branded products, including stylish furniture and elegant soft furnishings, cosmetics and perfumes, modern kitchen gadgets, snazzy electronics and the latest information technology products, dazzling diamonds, fashionable textiles, fast-moving consumer goods, luxury products, items for interior decor, and classy art and handicrafts. Literally, anything and everything you can think of.
Displaying the best in terms of both variety and quality gives manufacturers and retailers at such fairs a chance to showcase their latest products and get closer to customers. It also proves to be a good brand building ground to know what customers want and give them the best lifestyle buys.
The show, as it does every year, has surprises in store for everyone in the family. Women especially will get a chance to replenish their wardrobes, spruce up their collections and strike new style statements. Several designer boutiques from Chennai and Bangalore will offer charming and exotic spreads of silk, satin and chiffon in traditional and contemporary designs.
For families who want to deck up their homes, householders who are quality conscious, shoppers who are curious about new gadgets, the fashion cognoscenti and buyers who positively must be stylish, there is something for all.
Offerings to pep up your home include colourful wall-hangings, high quality beds and bed linen, elegant lamp shades, and upholstery material in unique designs and pastel colours. The show brings in brands that are usually difficult to find in Madurai.
If you are making major changes at home, you can liven up your living room with imported furniture from China or put in a classy ‘Elica' kitchen. Hindware, Tata and Faber are the other players displaying kitchen accessories at the fair.
Those on the lookout to buy new cars can make their dreams come true at an exclusive automobile pavilion. Maruti, Yamaha and Toyota will display their glitzy products. Toyota will roll out its new small hatchback, Liva. Yamaha is also launching its new bikes.
Tech-freaks can hit on a wide variety of electronic gadgets put up by Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Voltas. When all those rounds of shopping have drained you, stop by the food court to recharge and refresh, and then sally forth again.
“The highlights this year round are the stores from Thailand that deal with home decor,” says Riyaz, iAds and Events, Bangalore. “Decorative artifacts will be on offer for people to step up their lifestyle.”
Apart from these, the mega event will showcase a jute pavilion of 24 stalls that will bring in an astounding variety of jute products from far and wide. “We expect a turnout of around 30,000,” says Riyaz. “The show this year will be a platform for serious buying and selling.”
The associate sponsors for the event are Yamaha, Voltas and Maruti Suzuki. The show is open from 10.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. daily. The entry ticket is Rs. 20 per person and there is ample free parking within the ground.
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