Odyssey, India’s premier and the fastest growing chain of leisure retail stores has inaugurated its 6th store in R-City Mall, Ghatkopar – Mumbai. The store launch was inaugurated by the famous columnist, film critic & promoter of new Cinema – Mr. Anil Dharker who also shared some exciting insights from his book “ICONS” based on India’s top 20 iconic people.

With this store, Odyssey has 45th stores under operation with outlets in neighborhoods, techparks, airports, and malls. On this occasion Mr. T S Ashwin Managing Director, Odyssey India Ltd commented, “Odyssey realizes India’s evolving need for a world class leisure shopping experience. With the opening of the 6th largest leisure store here, Odyssey not only fulfils its dream but also sets a new benchmark for leisure shopping in India.”

The store stocks an exhaustive range of books on subjects ranging from popular fiction, non-fiction, computing, self-help, health & fitness, business & management, food & drink, travel, apart from coffee table books in genre of art & architecture, leisure etc. In all, one can find over 75,000 books at this store. There is a large section for stationery with brands like Sheaffer, Cross, Parker, Waterman Parker, Pentel, ITC and Nightingale on display. A large collection of Music titles from international to indi-pop and in Movies from classics to contemporary is part of the offering. The store is also a gamer’s paradise as it stocks an extensive range of multimedia titles and accessories including PlayStation. There are a lot of products targeted at the specific needs of kids & young adults.

On the occasion of the store launch, Anil Dharker commented by saying – “I am extremely happy to have inaugurated Odyssey in Ghatkopar today; the store is a readers paradise. This is one promising store that we need to watch out for. There are no better gifts than ‘Books’ ”

On the whole the event was a grand success and the audience was richer from the experience of the interactive session with Mr. Desai.