MB-137 · Specialty & Category Retail · Retail & Commerce
CrosswordMegaBrand · Books, music and hobby retail
Crossword is the MegaBrand for Books, music and hobby retail in India in the 2026–27 MegaBrands 501 — WCRC's research benchmark of the most powerful market-facing brand in each of 501 categories. It was selected by research alone, measured in the same fieldwork and on the same 50 parameters as Om Book Shop, Sapna Book House, Amazon Books, Higginbothams and Starmark.
- MegaBrand
- Crossword
- Category
- Books, music and hobby retail
- Industry
- Specialty & Category Retail
- Sector
- Retail & Commerce
- Market
- consumer (B2C)
- Edition
- MegaBrands 501, 2026–27 Founding Edition
- MegaBrand ID
- MB-137 (slot number, not a rank)
- In contention for
- Industry MegaBrand · Specialty & Category Retail; India's 100 Most Powerful Brands 2026–27
What it means
As the MegaBrand of Books, music and hobby retail, Crossword is the standard against which other brands in its category are measured in 2026–27. Its brand power is read across five pillars — positioning and recall, consumer trust and sentiment, product and delivery, sustainability and governance, and digital and financial soundness — and refreshed every quarter through the Consumer and Market Pulse from 1 November 2026.
How MegaBrands are selected → · Crossword on mostvaluablebrands.com →
Questions and answers
Which brand is the MegaBrand for Books, music and hobby retail in India?
Crossword is the MegaBrand for Books, music and hobby retail in the 2026–27 MegaBrands 501 by WCRC Intelligence.
Which brands were assessed alongside Crossword?
Om Book Shop, Sapna Book House, Amazon Books, Higginbothams and Starmark were assessed alongside Crossword, in the same fieldwork and on the same 50 parameters.
Is Crossword in contention for India's 100 Most Powerful Brands?
Yes. Every brand in the 501 cohort, including Crossword, is in contention for Industry MegaBrand in Specialty & Category Retail and for India's 100 Most Powerful Brands 2026–27, announced on 18 March 2027.
Other MegaBrands in Specialty & Category Retail
How to cite
WCRC Intelligence, "Crossword — MegaBrand, Books, music and hobby retail", MegaBrands 501 (2026–27), https://www.wcrcint.com/megabrands-501/brand/crossword
Free to read and quote with attribution to WCRC Intelligence and a link to this page.