Indigo.ca Makes Online Holiday Shopping Magical

- Online Holiday Shop Delivers Service, Savings and Free Shipping on Books, Gifts, Toys -

TORONTO, Dec. 6, 2012 /CNW/ - As gift shoppers increasingly make the internet their first Holiday shopping stop to find savings and selection, indigo.ca delivers a one-stop online holiday shop with FREE shipping, gift wrap and inspired gift recommendations too. The gift experts at indigo.ca have rounded up these timely tips in the holiday shopping home-stretch so that Canadians can enjoy more of the moments with family and friends that make the holidays magical.

• Order Early. Ship for Free. - Most purchases $25 or more at indigo.ca ship for free and orders shipped to Indigo and Chapters stores always ship FREE too.  To enjoy FREE shipping and receive gifts in time for December 24^th, online shoppers should order by December 10^th when shipping from coast to coast, by December 12^th when shipping to major urban centres and by December 18^th when shipping to points in the GTA/Ottawa/Montreal/Windsor corridor. Shoppers can find more shipping deadlines and details including last-minute, premium options at indigo.ca/holiday-shipping.
• Check the Lists - From the 25 page-turners on Indigo's Best of 2012 List to Heather's Holiday Picks there's gift inspiration for every character at indigo.ca and in Santa's Workshop too.
• HoHoHo for Help - For help with the hard-to-shop-for, gift seekers can turn to Twitter with their dilemma, and the hashtag #HoHoHoIndigo. Indigo experts across the country will share real-time, personalized recommendations through to December 24^th.
• Give Virtually - Available any time, any day, in any denomination, eGiftcards are redeemable online and in-store and give the gift of a shopping spree at Indigo, Chapters or Coles. Easy to email all the way through to December 24^theGiftcards make an ideal last minute gift. 

Online holiday shoppers can find more gift solutions and up-to-the-minute savings including up to 45% off bestsellers at indigo.ca and by following Indigo on Twitter @chaptersindigo.

About Indigo Books & Music Inc.

With books always at our heart and soul at Indigo we are about telling stories and creating experiences. Indigo is Canada's largest purveyor of ideas and inspiration to enrich your life, with books, specialty toys, gifts and lifestyle enhancing products that affordably offer intrinsic quality, beauty and timeless design. Indigo is a publicly traded Canadian company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (IDG). As the largest book and specialty retailer in Canada, Indigo operates in all provinces under different banners including Indigo Books & Music; Indigo Books, Gifts, Kids; IndigoSpirit, Chapters, The World's Biggest Bookstore, and Coles. The online channel, www.indigo.ca, features books, eBooks, toys, music and DVDs, and hosts the award winning Indigo Online Community.

Indigo Books & Music Inc. founded the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation in 2004 to address the underfunding of public schools, their libraries and the resulting literacy crisis.  Every year the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation commits $1.5 million to high-needs elementary schools so they can rebuild their libraries with the purchase of new books and education resources.  The annual Adopt a School program brings Canadian communities together to raise additional funds putting thousands more books into the hands of children at hundreds more elementary schools annually. To date the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation has committed more than $13 million to more than 500 schools nationally.

SOURCE: Indigo Books & Music Inc.

Lisa Huie
Manager, Public Relations
Indigo Books & Music Inc.
416-646-8926