Crossword Bookstores Limited

About Crossword Bookstores Limited

Crossword is a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Shopper's Stop Limited- India's leading department store chain with 90 stores, across 28 cities in India and as of today is India's fastest-growing chain of bookstores. Since its inception on 15th October 1992, It has been featured in Advertising Age International, USA, as one of the Marketing Superstars for 1994. The Bookseller, UK, has also described it as 'being on the cutting edge of retailing' in India. Crossword was ranked the 6th most admired retailer in India by Business World for the year 2006. It also won the Star Retailer Award for Best Lifestyle Retailer in Books & Music in 2011. Crossword won the Retailer of the Year Award - leisure (books, music, and gifts category) at the Images Retail Awards 2005, 2007 & 2009. Crossword won the Debutant E-retailer of the Year (Books) - at the India eRetail Awards 2012.