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| logo = Landmark Bookstores Logo.jpg
| logo = Landmark Bookstores Logo.jpg
| type = Limited Company (Ltd.)
| type = Limited Company (Ltd.)
| location = [[Chennai]], [[India]]
| location = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| industry = [[Retail]]
| industry = [[Retail]]
| parent = [[Tata Group]]
| parent = [[Trent (Westside)|Trent]] ([[Tata Group]])
| homepage = {{url|landmarkxcite.com}}
| homepage = {{url|https://www.landmarkbooks.co.in/}}
}}
}}


'''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 LTD. a TATA Enterprise. 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> a Chennai-based privately owned books and music retailer, 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>
'''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>


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.
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.
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Trent (Westside)]]
* [[TATA Group]]
* [[TATA Group]]


Revision as of 14:10, 6 March 2022

Landmark Limited.
IndustryRetail
HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
ParentTrent (Tata Group)
Websitewww.landmarkbooks.co.in

Landmark Limited, widely known as Landmark or Landmark bookstore, is a chain of bookstores in India based in Chennai, now wholly owned by Trent, a Tata Group company. In August 2005, Trent acquired a 76% controlling stake in Landmark,[1] and completed 100% acquisition in April 2008.[2]

Started as an independent bookstore, Landmark Limited became a chain store which primarily offers books, music, movie VCD/DVDs, video game consoles, PC games, video games, console games, video game accessories, toys, and magazines, as well as technology products like mobile phones, tablet computers, mobile phone accessories, cameras, camera accessories, laptops, stationery items, gift items and home products.

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.

Locations

Landmark has five large format retail stores across major cities in India including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune.

Landmark Quiz

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Trent acquires 76% stake in Landmark for Rs 103.6 cr". The Hindu Business Line. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Trent buys out Landmark promoter". The Hindu Business Line. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
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