Crossword

Crossword Bookstores Ltd. is a chain of bookstores in India based in Mumbai. They has stores in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Cochin, Coimbatore, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Indore, Kota, Lucknow, Nagpur, Raipur, Siliguri, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Nagpur, Thane, Udaipur, Nashik, Vadodara, Vapi, Vijayawada, Pune, Surat, Durgapur, Mangalore and Ahmedabad. The most recent outlets opened in Ranchi, Calicut, Thrissur, and KottayamBhubaneswar. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shopper’s Stop Ltd. Advertising Age magazine named Cross word one of the Marketing Superstars for 1994. The Bookseller has described it as “being on the cutting edge of retailing” in India. Crossword founded and sponsors the Crossword Book Award