Bookstore

Retail Asia22/11/2016

The chain’s remaining outlets at Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong and Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui were closed for business with notices on the doors stating that stocktaking was under way. Another notice read that KPMG’s top restructuring officials Edward Middleton and Patrick Cowley have been appointed as receivers of the “Page One The Designer’s […]

Retail Asia30/04/2016

Apple Inc’s online book and film services have gone dark in China, after Beijing introduced regulations in March imposing strict curbs on online publishing, particularly for foreign firms. Attempts by Reuters on Friday to access Apple’s iBooks Store and iTunes Movies services were met with a message in Chinese saying they were “unusable.” China’s media […]

Retail Asia27/03/2016

Hong Kong International Airport is cutting back sharply on the number of bookshops for departing passengers and replacing all Page One stores with new outlets run by a mainland-based firm. The overhaul includes the replacement with high-end fashion stores of the airport’s two biggest bookshops in the departure area – once popular with mainland travellers […]

Retail Asia01/12/2015

Dangdang, a Chinese online retail giant, is eyeing to open 1,000 real-world bookstores within three years. The ambitious plan is contrary with the recent trend in which everything moves to go online. With the advent of online bookshops, several traditional ones have either cut back their activities or declared bankruptcy. Yi Yali, a traditional bookstore […]

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All PageOne bookstores close in Hong Kong as liquidators take over

Apple’s book and film services go dark in China

Hong Kong airport cuts back on bookshops: Page One out, new mainland-based operator takes over

China’s Online Retail Giant Dangdang Set to Open 1000 Real-world Bookstores by 2018