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Valentines Day in India is being celebrated with such pomp and glory these days that it has become the second biggest money spinner after Diwali for many retailers. Valentine’s Day is certainly among the top four festivities in India now. According to the Retailers’ Association of India (RAI), the total spent on Valentine’s Day gifts last year was about Rs 12 billion ($270 million). According to Gibson Vedamani, CEO of RAI, the marketing and merchandising power of romance has grown exponentially over the last few years. “Valentine’s Day in India has been assuming greater significance with every passing year. In 2007, the occasion accounted for Rs 1,200 crore ($272 million) in product sales.” Jewellery, flowers and chocolates are amongst the various gift items that sell like hot cakes.

With Valentine’s Day round the corner, most of the online stores have come up with special Valentine’s offers. We at TolMol realize the mounting pressure on you to find the perfect gift for your Valentine. Demonstrate the degree of your love, affection and commitment for your loved one with a little help from cupid aka. TolMol Gifts. Through a wide range of options, we have aggregated some unique gifting ideas for you to compare. Select a gift for your Valentine from a lovely bouquet of fragrant flowers, to delicious chocolates to interesting gift hampers to cuddly soft toys and scented candles and woo your Valentine!. Why, you can even flatter your Valentine with personalized gifts and see the smile on her face. So follow your heart and please your Valentine.

You see shopping malls coming up almost everywhere in India these days. Even small towns now boast of mega-malls attracting much awe from people living in bigger cities visiting them occasionally. Not to be left behind, net savvy Indians have emerged as the third biggest credit card users globally for online purchasing, next only to the Turkish and Irish e-shoppers. The facility to research and review a product on the web and the diversity of products available on it is surely a big draw. According to the data released by the “Nielsen Global Online Survey on Internet Shopping Habits”, a staggering 78 per cent of the Indian respondents (those accessing Internet) have used the Internet to make a purchase, while more than 55 per cent of the respondents have made at least one online purchase in the past one month.

The survey further reveals that online shopping has opened up new avenues, especially in the realm of traveling where Internet has made it convenient to book tickets. As many as 73 per cent Indians have purchased airline tickets/reservations in the past three months, this percentage being the highest for any country in Asia Pacific.

As per the survey, other popular items amongst Internet shoppers from India include books (46 per cent), electronic equipment (29 per cent), tours and hotel reservations (24 per cent), videos/DVDs/games (23 per cent), event tickets (23 per cent), clothing/accessories/shoes (21 per cent), and music (20 per cent).

Its the time saving factor that is attracting more and more people to Online shopping in India. Also, be it any product, small or big, expensive or cheap, it’s all available on the internet from numerous websites competing to provide the best deals to attract shoppers on their site. At the end of the day, its the consumer who is the winner of this fierce competitive world of online sales.
We at TolMol strive to help you in making an informed buying decision by bringing all these deals from different websites at one place. So, what are you waiting for, go ahead and get that best deal, without the fear of facing a traffic jam and the huge weekend crowd at the mall!

Give any name to it, this surely is the true pan Indian festival transcending all the barriers of caste and region. Celebrated across India with religious fervour and gaiety, it’s also a time to shop and gift. If Northern India observes rigorous fasts and prayers during Navaratras, with Ramlila in the evenings and Vijaya Dashmi on the tenth day, in Eastern India, its Pandal Hopping for populace during Durga Puja. Navratri in Western India holds a special significance and for the youth particularly its Dandiya (originally Raas and Garba dances to please the Goddess!) time. South India celebrates Dussehra(or Dasara) culminating in grand processions with the idol of Goddess riding in a golden Ambaari (Elephant-seat) heaved on Elephant-back(ever heard of Mysore Dasara!).

This festival season, most Electronics and Computers manufacturers have launched new models and offered cool discounts on many of existing models. Not to be left behind, even Auto majors have announced new offerings taking note of the popular belief that Navratras are an auspicious time to buy.

So, what are you waiting for, go check out the latest festival offering on TolMol and compare across different brands. Your loved ones expect Gifts during this time, just find the best according to their tastes and of course your budget!

Just the other day, a friend’s visit (rather his subsequent comment!) made me realize that my current computer has matured to the ripe old age of two years and is deemed obsolete. Now it’s time to purchase a new computer and the question is, “Should I buy a laptop or a desktop?”

Well, a laptop offers portability. This benefit alone could be enough to tilt scales in its favour, allowing you to take your computer to and from work, on planes, on camping trips, and practically anywhere else. With so many brands available in India such as Acer, Apple, Asustek, Benq, Bigapple, Compaq, Dell, HCL, HP, Iball, Intex, lenovo, LG, Sahara, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Wipro, Zenith (phew!) to choose from, I feel like hitting my browser and ordering one.

Just a minute, buddy. The question is would I be able to play Quake 4 and NFS carbon on the laptop I’m ordering with my budget? For the price of an average laptop, I could purchase a much more powerful Desktop. The choice would be from Acer, Apple, Bigapple, Dell, HCL, HP, Intex, Lenovo, LG, Sahara, Wipro, Zenith. Again an impressive list, I dare say. Also I could easily upgrade it when Quake 5 is released, which I probably can’t as easily in the case of a laptop.

However with the sort of dependence we have on our computers these days doesn’t it makes sense to carry it with you at all times?

I invite your comments on this interesting debate.

cheers
Om Prakash

Connectivity, Imaging, Music, Personalization and Internet/PC Integration. If these features (or maybe more!) are what you expect in a mobile phone then I hope you have been following the news. Mobile phone manufacturers have released many models just tailored for such need.
Now, the question maybe would be, where do you find them all, check out their specs/features and compare their prices?
Simple, just check out Tolmol. You’ll find the models just released in India such as Nokia N95, N76, Samsung F300, Motorola SLVR L9 and Sony-Ericsson W610i.

However, if you belong to the tribe that’s looking for a phone that is simple to use, small, lightweight, can store all your contacts, will last several days on standby and has good audio quality then maybe you would still like to go in for the older models.

Whatever your choice, you would surely find a mobile to your liking from the brands available on Tolmol. Here’s the manufacturer list, just for your reference:

• Nokia
• Sony Ericsson
• Motorola
• Samsung
• LG
• Sagem
• Benq
• Bird
• Philips
• Blackberry
• Dopod
• Haier
• HP iPAQ
• i-Mate
• O2
• Palm Treo
• Panasonic

Didn’t find your favourite brand, please let us know. We’d do our best to have it here!

cheers!
Om