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The original store, known as the Modern Book Store, was founded in 1939 by M. Mohammad Aksir, who came from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1938. He set up the store on Singapore’s Bras Basah Road. In 1978, M. Mohammad Aksir and his father died, leaving Aksir's son, Mohammad Noorul Islam, to run the store.
Borders is a book and stationery retailer operating in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates by the Al Maya Group.It was founded in the United States in 1971 by brothers Tom and Louis Borders, who opened their first bookshop in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Times Bookstore opened at Lippo Karawaci Lippo Supermall in Indonesia in 2008 [2] Lippo Supermall location has since closed [3] and second location at Universitas Pelita Harapan was converted to Books and Beyond in 2012. [4] Times Bookstore previously had operations in Singapore [5] but however ceased from 22 September 2024.
In 2011, the bookstore organised the exhibition An Ode to Penguin, held at The Arts House, that showcased over 1,000 Penguin Books from their private collection. [ 3 ] BooksActually was a regular organiser of pop-up stores at various retail locations around Singapore, such as Orchard Cineleisure, TANGS PlayLab, New Majestic Hotel, HOUSE ...
The first Popular Bookstore was set up in 1936 by Chou Sing Chu in North Bridge Road, Singapore, initially focusing on retailing Chinese books and stationery.In March 2006, Popular Holdings was the main organiser of BookFest@Singapore, the first Chinese-language book fair ever held outside of China.
Page One began in 1983, when a small shop stocking handpicked art and design books opened in a shopping mall in Singapore. The small shop accumulated a loyal following over the years and evolved into a brand. [1] Since then, Page One has marked its presence with bookstores in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan. [1] In Singapore ...
The website was founded in 2005 [7] [8] by Ronaldo Mouchawar and was originally a consumer-to-consumer auction site part of Maktoob Group. [9] In 2010, Wisam (Sam) Daoud joined Souq from eBay as Chief Technology Officer and led the transformation of the business from auctions to a fixed price catalog based business similar to Amazon.com. [10]
Australia's largest online bookstore. They have 128,000 in stock titles with 800,000 units ready to ship from their 100,000 sq ft distribution centre. Brotherhood Books Australia: Online only: An Australian online bookstore. Chapters Canada: Retail and online: Owned by Indigo after a takeover in 2001, Chapters is Canada's largest online and ...