Maria SantosLiving
Australian Bookseller QBD Expands Manga Footprint Across 93 Stores
QBD Books rolled out nationwide promotions as double-digit sales gains in Japanese manga and collectible merchandise reshape shelf allocation.
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Aiko TanakaGeneral
Tsutaya to Open First Thailand Store in Bangkok in October
Culture Convenience Club is expanding into the market on growing regional demand for anime and manga, incorporating restaurants and community spaces.
Minjun ParkLiving
Lifestyle-curation bookstores are changing
In recent years, bookstores have been disappearing at a fast rate. Aside from major franchise bookstores in downtown areas, many small, neighborhood bookstores have closed, forced out in the digital era. But lately, bookstores have been returning in different…
Maria SantosLiving
Chinese bookstores rank among ‘world’s coolest’
Three Greater Chinese bookstores have been ranked amongst ‘the world’s coolest’ by US-based global news organisation CNN. In a newly-released selection posted online CNN observes that old or new, all of the stores round the world its editors selected for the…
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