BWI: QwikCilver Solutions Selected as “Gift Card Technology Partner” for Prestigious “World Retail Congress Asia - 2013”

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Source: QwikCilver Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Friday, March 15, 2013 10:28 AM IST (04:58 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Fashion, Lifestyle, People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Clothing & accessories, Information technology, Major diversified industrial groups, Retailers; Technology
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QwikCilver Solutions Selected as "Gift Card Technology Partner" for Prestigious "World Retail Congress Asia - 2013"


Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Friday, March 15, 2013 -- (Business Wire India) -- QwikCilver Solutions, the pioneer in providing unique Gift Card & Prepaid Stored Value Card Solutions in India proudly announced today that it has been appointed as "The Gift Card Technology Partner" at the World Retail Congress Asia 2013 slated to be held in Singapore between March 19-21 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

This illustrious Retail Congress would bring brands, retailers and leading pioneers on a single global platform.

Said Kate Gallagher - Event Director, World Retail Congress : 'World Retail Congress Asia is pleased to welcome QwikCilver Solutions as Gift Card Technology Partner for the March 2013 Congress in Singapore. With its robust and versatile Technology Product suite deployed across diverse retail categories for providing end-to-end Gift Card & Stored-value-card solutions to more than 100 leading retail and corporate customers Worldwide, QwikCilver are a welcome partner to the Congress line-up'.

Said T P Pratap, Co Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, QwikCilver Solutions: "This fantastic selection of QwikCilver onto this global platform is a significant achievement for us. The World Retail Congress is a prestigious event that helps showcase the strong QwikCilver Technology Product on a global platform. Our team is glad to see the results of QwikCilver's sincere efforts as the preferred technology partner & pioneer among India's leading retailers and brands. This is one more instance of the capabilities of an Indian Technology Product growing its presence on the global markets."

QwikCilver currently manages over 5 million transactions annually with 3 million cards. QwikCilver has launched and currently manages the Gift Card Programs across over 5000 premium brand outlets spread over 300 towns and cities - for product categories spanning Books, Music, Toys, Watches, Garments, Apparels, Restaurants, Mobile Phones, Electronics, Sportswear, Eyewear, Cinemas, ecommerce etc.

Said Kumar Sudarsan, Co Founder & Director, QwikCilver : "QwikCilver Solutions has developed and launched its robust and flexible technology platform that facilitates retailers & corporates to launch and manage unique customer centric initiatives - customised gift card products, Prepaid products, Prepaid+loyalty products and change the promotional behavior of their portfolio. QwikCilver has successfully pioneered the concept of Closed Loop Gift Cards & Prepaid Cards Category in India & Asia".

Giftbig.com has been one more innovation launched by QwikCilver to enable consumers and brands across the world to gift to their near and dear ones in India. Giftbig.com is India's First Fully Integrated Gift Card Portal - and has grown to become India's Most Preferred Portal in this segment. Giftbig.com is the only portal in India for consumers to check the Gift Card balances realtime for more than 50 brands.

Giftbig.com has recently developed and launched India's First Facebook Gifting & Marketing Platform - Giftbig Friends Club. This initiative has been adopted by retailers in India to reach out to the Facebook community for building their business and walkins to their stores across India.

Giftbig.com has launched a new product innovation - InstaCards, virtual Gift Cards for many leading offline and online brands in India. InstaCards provides gifting options instantly that can be used across more than 1500 brand stores across India.

QwikCilver has established long term strategic partnerships with more than 200 leading retailers & corporate such as Trent, Titan , Fastrack, PVR, Aditya Birla Nuvo-Madura Garments, Shoppers Stop, Reliance Brands, Café Coffee Day, Arvind Brands, Mahindra Retail, Lifestyle, PUMA, TTK Prestige, HUL-Bru Café, Raymond, French Connection, Calvin Klein Jeans, Titan Eye Plus, Mom&Me, Beanstalk, SSIPL, Levi, Park Avenue, Pavers England, Indian Terrain, Viveks, Flipkart, Himalaya, Starmark, William Penn, Gitanjali, Yepme, Hoopos, Babyoye, Peter England, Van Heusen, Planet Fashion, Hidesign, Holii, Allen Solly, Louise Philippe, Chaipoint, YLG, O2Spa, amongst others.



CONTACT DETAILS
T P Pratap, +91 9902550415, pratap@qwikcilver.com

KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, FASHION, LIFESTYLE, PEOPLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, CLOTHING, IT, GROUPS, RETAIL, TECHNOLOGY

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