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TBZ opens showroom in Vapi

12 october 2012

Stepping up its expansion plans, leading Indian jewellery retailer - Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri Limited (TBZ) opened a new outlet of TBZ – The Original, in Vapi, the biggest city in Valsad district of Gujarat, Diamond World reported. Attending the opening were Mr. Shrikant Zaveri, Chairman and Managing Director, TBZ, and key management personnel. In the past six months TBZ has opened five showrooms in cities.
To mark the opening, TBZ announced a special attractive offer of 50 percent off on making charges of diamond jewellery and also the lowest 22 kt gold rate on the occasion.
Mr. Shrikant Zaveri, noted that Vapi had been very receptive to the product offerings of TBZ in the past at various exhibitions. He also added that, “TBZ is maintaining the momentum of its retail expansion across key markets and the foray into Vapi is part of this strategy. In Gujarat, having opened showrooms in Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot & Vadodara, I’m happy that TBZ – The Original is now open in Vapi. All the previous exhibitions by TBZ in Vapi always received an enthusiastic response and this warm welcome for TBZ’s legendary craftsmanship and creativity in jewellery designing has made us decide to make our brand easily accessible to all the people of Vapi and neighboring areas.”
The new store is expected to cater to the regular flow of inbound visitors from neighboring areas such as Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Umbergaon, Sarigam, Bhilad, Udavada, Sanjan, Pardi and Silvassa amongst others. While holding onto the roots of TBZ’s values of tradition, trust and transparency, the new outlet offers contemporary and modern women’s and men’s jewellery collection, with customized services including customized product design. The display includes the season’s new TBZ Wedding Collection, TBZ Surprise collection, Necklace collection and Temple Jewellery Collection.
The Vapi showroom opening is in sync with the festive and wedding season. With this, TBZ now operates 19 showrooms in 12 cities in India.
As a brand TBZ has been honoured with several Indian and international jewellery design and industry awards. TBZ-The Original has earned repute in the category of wedding, gifting and occasion-driven jewellery segments.