Oxford Bookstore opens in Bangalore

Company press release, May 13, 2003

New Delhi

After redefining book retailing and reading in Kolkata and Mumbai, Oxford Bookstore, India's only destination bookstore has opened its doors in the city of Bangalore. It is located at the premium-shopping arcade of The Leela. Here you can shop for your favourite titles in an ambience that is vibrant and rejuvenating. Like in its counterparts in the other two metros, it also brings to the city the never before experience of the Cha Bar with its handpicked selection of teas from all the major tea growing regions of the world. The store is committed to bringing the best in international publishing and book retailing to the city.

Brimming with fresh energy and ideas in bound volumes energising all inside and tempting the outside stands Oxford Bookstore. Leveraging on relationship build over 80- years with various publishers, Oxford brings to the city an enviable selection of books offering over 50000 titles spread over 40 sections along with gifts, a gallery space, internet facilities and Cha Bar. Key players in the industry like Penguin India, Oxford University press, Harper Collins are well represented, as are prominent international publishing giants. Worlds largest publisher of Art books Thames and Hudson (UK) have joined hands exclusively with Oxford to bring the latest titles to the discerning book lovers of India.

Speaking on the opening of the bookstore, Mr. Sanjeev Mehra, COO, Oxford Bookstore said, " We are happy to launch our third store of the chain in Bangalore. We bring with us a complete experience - an enviable range of books for all ages and interest groups, an energizing space to attract the different generations and a forum for many different ideas and people to come together. Oxford Bookstore Kolkata is an icon on Park Street. Our second store in Mumbai was opened in 2002 and in less than a years time became the most happening hubs in the city. I am confident that this city will find in us the answers to their intellectual needs."

Oxford Bookstore is the only completely integrated online offline bookstore in the country with access to 6 million titles worldwide. www.oxfordbookstore.com provides special online shopping benefits and is the only of its kind, hosted out of India.

The 80-year-old, 6000 sq. ft, store in Kolkata, in its new avatar, offers a contemporary, multidimensional interactive experience, in keeping with global trends. Oxford Bookstore in Mumbai is the largest bookstore, occupying 7000 sq. feet of the ground floor of Apeejay House in Churchgate. Leveraging on relationships built over 80 years with various publishers, it offers 50,000 titles spread over 90 sections along with gifts, a gallery space, internet facilities and Cha Bar.

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