{{Short description|Chain of bookstores in India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox company | name = Crossword Bookstores Ltd. | logo = Crossword Bookstores.svg | type = Subsidiary | location = Mumbai, India | industry = Retail | founded = 1992 | parent = K Raheja Corp | homepage = [http://www.crossword.in/ www.crossword.in] }} thumb|Crossword Bookstores, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
'''Crossword Bookstores Ltd.''' is an Indian chain of bookstores headquartered in Pune. As of today, Crossword has stores in More than 40 cities,Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Goa, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Kanpur, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Noida, Kalyan, Nagpur, Nashik, Raipur, Ranchi, Siliguri, Surat, Silicon Oasis, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur, and Vadodara. The chain also founded and sponsors the Crossword Book Award.
The first bookstore opened on October 15, 1992, in Kemps Corner, Mumbai. In 2005, Crossword became a wholly owned subsidiary of Shopper's Stop Ltd.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/05/30/stories/2005053001650500.htm |title= Shoppers' Stop to complete Crossword acquisition by June| date=2005-07-30 |publisher=The Hindu Business Line}}</ref>
Crossword has received wide recognition for its achievement. The ''Advertising Age'' magazine named Crossword one of the Marketing Superstars for 1994.<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite web |url=http://www.blonnet.com/catalyst/2003/05/15/stories/2003051500010300.htm |title=Clued in to Crossword |date=2003-05-15 |publisher=The Hindu Business Line |access-date=9 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220222152/http://blonnet.com/catalyst/2003/05/15/stories/2003051500010300.htm |archive-date=20 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''The Bookseller'' has described it as "being on the cutting edge of retailing" in India.<ref name="autogenerated3"/>
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==External links== * [http://www.crossword.in/stores Stores] *[https://www.shoppersstop.com Parent company website]
Category:Companies based in Mumbai Category:Bookstores of India Category:1992 establishments in Maharashtra Category:Retail companies established in 1992 Category:Indian companies established in 1992