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Singapore’s largest bookstore, the Books Kinokuniya flagship in Takashimaya shopping centre on Orchard Road, is downsizing – again. The company said changes will include refinement of its book collection while incorporating a lifestyle element, including a…
Amazon has delivered a stunning 244 percent growth in third-quarter net income as – in the words of one analyst – it overrides the slight slowdown impacting the wider US consumer economy. The e-commerce giant booked a net income of $9.9 billion during the…
A Chinese-language bookstore from Wuhan opened its first overseas store today in Singapore. The Zall Bookstore, popular in the main city of China’s Hubei province, opened its doors to bookworms at the Wheelock Place mall on Orchard Road. The two-story space…
Tsutaya Books commissioned Hikohito Konishi / HIKOKONISHI ARCHITECTURE Inc. to design the company’s twentieth store since its restructuring, located in the city of Ebetsu, Hokkaido. The site is adjacent to Ebetsu’s Four Seasons Promenade, a landscaped walking…
Swindon Book Co, one of the oldest bookstores in Hong Kong, will permanently close at the end of this month. The 5000sqft Tim Sha Tsui venue, with its distinctive vintage storefront on Lock Road, has operated for more than a century. Its closure comes as…
Malaysian bookstore chain MPH is closing multiple stores as it moves to a digitally-driven omnichannel business model. The company is not closing down, despite much speculation on social media concerning the impending closure of multiple stores. A recent…
Taiwanese bookstore chain Eslite is preparing to launch in Kuala Lumpur. Although final details have yet to be released, the new 3300–6600sqm store will likely trade in downtown Kuala Lumpur. The opening, scheduled for next year and potentially delayed due to…
E-commerce platform JD has helped boost bookstore sales in China during the coronavirus outbreak. Last month, sales of two children’s bookstores – Caldecott Bookstore and Zhongshang Children’s Books – increased by 221.6 percent and 282 percent respectively,…
Malaysia’s first book tunnel concept BookXcess has opened at Sunsuria Forum in Shah Alam. As customers step in the entrance, they will witness a towering circular bookshelf similar to the world-famous Starfield Library in Seoul, South Korea. Located at…
Amazon just announced the Kindle Kids Edition, an e-reader geared towards children. Though the internet giant has sold Fire tablets marketed under the Kids Edition label, this is the first time Kindle e-readers have gotten the same treatment. The bundle is…
Taiwan’s Eslite bookstore chain is set to launch its first outlet in Tokyo this week. The store opening marks Eslite Spectrum Corp’s 30th anniversary as well as the first time for the firm to start-up business in a territory where Chinese is not spoken. The…
new bookstore in Shanghai’s Minhang District has been featured on designboom.com for its remarkable design. The Zhongshuge Minhang store was created by Chinese architectural firm X+living and installed in a third-floor business park location. The store…
The Popular bookstore at Thomson Plaza has closed after 31 years. The outlet, which has traded since 1988, has been closed due to what the owners describe as “lease issues”. Popular invited its customers to share their memories of the Thomson Plaza store in a…
Booktopia has pulled out of plans to raise $10 million from customers and everyday Australians after struggling to reach its minimum goal for investment. The business announced last year that it was looking to raise at least $3 million and up to $10 million…
Eslite Taipei, the world’s first 24-hour bookstore, is scheduled to shut down next year. The popular Taiwanese bookstore chain will discontinue its flagship location in Dunnan, upon the expiry of its lease next year after 19 years of trading. The firm’s…
SoftBank Ventures announced Tuesday it invested 4.5 billion won ($4 million) in Trevari, a Korean book club operator. Fast Investment, another venture capitalist firm, invested an additional 500 million won in Trevari’s first publicly-announced funding round.…
