ShopsUp, a location-based shopping app that facilitates users to discover deals and keep at close by shops, became released on Tuesday by serial entrepreneur Suhas Gopinath, with $1 million in investment from Anand Sankeshwar, managing director at VRL Logistics, and Yang Shu, former Huawei technologies president and CEO of Taojinjia.
Gopinath is likewise the founding father of Bengaluru-based totally technology answers company Globals ITeS. he is based ShopsUp with colleague Anmol Vij.
ShopsUp offers features for purchasers to discover boutique stores around their neighbourhood in addition to stores at famous shops and buying streets inclusive of brands consisting of Van Heusen,
AND, Adidas, Pepe denims, Raymond, Allen Solly, the company said. ShopsUp aims to "bridge the space among offline and online shopping behaviour" with the help of its era and force greater footfalls for its retail companions by means of providing reward factors for activities like walk-ins and buying at retail companions.
"Indian millennials need to be rewarded for his or her window buying as well as actual shopping behaviour and marketers want to capture those moments as and after they happen," stated Gopinath. The reward factors can be instantly redeemed for film tickets, cab rides, spas, present vouchers and more.
Gopinath changed into seen as one of the world's youngest CEOs whilst he set up a web layout employer referred to as Globals in 2000, when he was simply 14. In 2007, the ecu Parliament and global affiliation for Human Values conferred him with a `young Achiever Award'. In 2008, he turned into invited to symbolize the world bank's ICT (facts and communication technology) management Roundtable to foster ICT skills in students in Africa.