It's gala time for shopaholics in Bhopal

The shopaholics of the city explored the dynamic shades of Tamil Nadu at a handloom exhibition being put up at the historic shopping hub of the city. The exhibition started here on Wednesday at Gauhar Mahal which displayed the regional specialty of dress material from Tamil Nadu Kanchipuram Silk.The exhibition is being organised by the Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society limited and it will continue till Sunday. To showcase the weaves from Tamil Nadu, an exclusive exhibition-cum-sale of handloom products was organised in the city.  The exhibition was inaugurated by Collector Nishant Warwade on Wednesday.

The newly designed sarees, bed sheets, towels, lungi, furnishings, shirts and silk sarees procured from Kanchipuram, Ami, Salem and Coimbatore areas were on display at the expo. Interestingly, the Government of Tamil Nadu has extended a rebate upto 20 % on all the Handloom products.

Notably, Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society limited popularly called Co-Optex serving its nationwide customers for the past 79 years. 

Through introduction of new designs and patterns to suit the ever changing taste and fashion trends of its customers, co-optex has affected a record sale of `301.44 crore during the year 2013-3.4 and aiming to achieve sales of `400 crore during this year.

Co-Optex a pioneering organisation is regularly introducing new designs in unique colour combinations periodically to meet the customers preferences.

By continuous introduction of new varieties in vibrant colour combinations, Co-optex has sustained the customers interest and attraction which has helped it to enhance its sale. Apart from sales in the showrooms, to attract more customers and to achieve the targeted sales, Co-optex is regularly conducting Extension Retail Outlets and Exhibitions in various places, said one of the representative from Co-Optex.