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{{infobox company<br />
| name = Landmark Limited.<br />
| logo = Landmark Bookstores Logo.jpg<br />
| type = Limited Company (Ltd.)<br />
| location = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| industry = [[Retail]]<br />
| parent = [[Trent (Westside)|Trent]] ([[Tata Group]])<br />
| homepage = {{url|https://www.landmarkbooks.co.in/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Landmark Limited''', widely known as '''Landmark''' or '''Landmark bookstore''', is a chain of [[bookstore]]s in [[India]] based in [[Chennai]], now wholly owned by [[Trent (Westside)|Trent]], a [[Tata Group]] company. In August 2005, Trent acquired a 76% controlling stake in Landmark,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/08/31/stories/2005083101750800.htm |title=Trent acquires 76% stake in Landmark for Rs 103.6 cr |publisher=The Hindu Business Line |date=2005-08-31 |accessdate=2011-02-23}}</ref> and completed 100% acquisition in April 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/bline/2008/05/01/stories/2008050150190500.htm |title=Trent buys out Landmark promoter |publisher=The Hindu Business Line |date=2008-05-01 |accessdate=2011-02-23}}</ref><br />
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Started as an [[independent bookstore]], Landmark Limited became a [[chain store]] which primarily offers [[book]]s, [[music]], [[movie]] [[VCD]]/[[DVD]]s, [[video game console]]s, [[PC game]]s, [[video game]]s, [[console game]]s, [[Video game accessory|video game accessories]], [[toy]]s, and [[magazine]]s, as well as technology products like [[mobile phone]]s, [[tablet computer]]s, mobile phone accessories, [[camera]]s, camera accessories, [[laptop]]s, stationery items, gift items and home products.<br />
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Landmarkonthenet.com, launched in 2000 and a Chennai-based [[e-commerce]] portal owned and operated by Landmark Limited, is an [[online retailing]] division of Landmark through which it sells its retail merchandise online. The website has now been closed.<br />
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==Locations==<br />
Landmark has five large format retail stores across major cities in India including [[Mumbai]], [[Bengaluru]], [[Chennai]], [[Hyderabad]] and [[Pune]].<br />
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==Landmark Quiz==<br />
[[Landmark Quiz]], one of the oldest open quizzes in India, is an annual quiz contest mostly conducted on national holidays. It was instituted in 1989 and has since been held in Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi and Hyderabad on various dates.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[TATA Group]]<br />
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