My favourite bookstore to close in February 2012

[zeddy]

And we used to have Borders@Wheelock which opened late!

Used to browse for my favourite Hi Fi magazines there... Sad that the place is now consigned to history..:(

 

[Rogue Trader]

As long as Kino and Select are still doing well .... who cares?

 

[Qantas]

I think in terms of like to like, only Kino remains.

the demise of Borders to me...is the lack of online browsing, lack of Chinese & other lang books and of course their choking rental.

ditto for Page One - choking rental.

actually it is not messy at Page One, you just need to know where to go.

If talk about messy, you find Kino Taka messier.

Big Bookshop -honestly I dun even know what is their selling point - stationery, some cheap picture books,?

Popular is surviving only because of textbooks and assessment books

Not true that popular is surviving on texbooks and assesment books. They are surviving because they are also a property developer. Just like SMRT where the main profits are derived from rental and advertisemenst, not ridership.

 

[GoldenDragon]

Not true that popular is surviving on texbooks and assesment books. They are surviving because they are also a property developer. Just like SMRT where the main profits are derived from rental and advertisemenst, not ridership.

Ex-PAP MP Peh Chin Hua is the boss of Popular.

 

[middaydog]

For the life of me, I don't understand why there is 24/7 bookstores

 

[jw5]

Ex-PAP MP Peh Chin Hua is the boss of Popular.

No lah bro, the boss and chairman of Popular is a Mr Chou.
In the press not too long ago that his son resigned as the MD.

Peh's publishing company is called Shing Lee Publishing.

 

[GoldenDragon]

No lah bro, the boss and chairman of Popular is a Mr Chou.
In the press not too long ago that his son resigned as the MD.

Peh's publishing company is called Shing Lee Publishing.

Thanks. Yes, Peh's Shing Lee.