As dusk creeps in with its misty blanket, Vizag goes aglitter with star lanterns and twinkling lights that glow from all corners of the city. The colors green and red seem to pop up almost everywhere - at shops, at bazaars, at hotels and at homes. Need we say more? Well, it’s time to pull out those weather-worn stockings; time to powder off the dust from the old fir tree; time to go shopping and time to either bake or buy the most wonderful cakes and desserts. It’s Christmas...
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Tucked into the basement, to the right of Food Ex, at Siripuram, the black-lettered Etnico signage is very striking, with bands of steel gray and black. The displays seen through glass panels, give an impression of space, class and style. Etnico, the new clothing and accessories boutique, shows promise...
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If there’s one place in Vizag that’s attracting women shoppers by the dozens, it’s the CMR Grand – an exclusive shopping mall for women’s jewelry and clothes – on Sampath Vinayak Temple Road. Big on height (due to lack of space in this premium shopping location), the new silver-gray mall is tall and narrow...
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A bright yellow signage with a black neon logo of Z’s carries a catchy one-liner ‘the sole experience’ at Waltair Uplands in Vizag. Intrigued, we go up the stairs and peer in through the shop’s glass panels to acknowledge that. Z’s is indeed a sole experience as it displays premium leather shoes...
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At a curved nook of the CMR Road junction (the one that leads to Doll ’n Chicks) in Vizag, we catch sight of the attractive bold and bright purple signage of Mamta’s, next to Rhythm House. The store is filled with tantalizingly girlie goodies and, enticed, we troop in to...
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Amongst the clutter of stores, both small and big, in Dabagardens (at the Hirawat corner) in Vizag, sits a colorful little shop Spice Girls. On the first floor, on the outside, we sight a huge colorful poster signage in flex, carrying a medley of women’s clothes...
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‘Neat’ is the order of the day at this swanky clothing store ‘Cottons by Century’ at Dwarakanagar in Vizag. The white-lettered-against-red signage shop (for men and women) is neatly designed. It has clear-cut shelves holding tidy arrangements of clothes (product-wise) with ample...
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The lure of gold is inexplicable, and has baffled mankind for ages. Is it the glitter, the charm or sheen? Whatever be the cause, demand for gold and, specifically gold jewelry, is on a perpetual high, with jewelry shops trying to outshine each other in design, size and variety. For a bride to be adorned...
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It is very easy to mistake Watch House at Jagadamba in Vizag for a watch shop, as from a distance it is only the watch section that is visible. But on closing in, we catch the fine print in the signage that says ‘first and best departmental store’...
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If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, then pearls are surely her close companions. Smooth and satiny, they add a royal touch to the person who dons them. These greys, pinks and pearly whites are all there at the family-run, city-shop Hyderabad Pearls & Corals...
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