According to the Kinokuniya national site, aside from books and magazines, its shops also sell accessories, blu-ray/DVDs, CDs, collectable figurines, activities and novelties.
The Takashimaya store also houses a devoted events area that has hosted text launches by local and international authors, comic and humorous pop-ups, drawing and cooking demonstrations as well as solid and mascot appearances.
This statement comes amid a drop in bookstores in Singapore, including the reduction of the 38,000 square feet Books Kinokuniya premier Takashimaya business announced in February this yr, after closing its outlets at Jem mall in Jurong East in 2022 and Liang Court mall at Clarke Quay in 2019.
Homegrown editor Epigram Books even shuttered its only real business operations in January this year and Times Bookstores closed its last store at Holland Road in 2024.