Empowering Commerce
Enriching Lives
RETAIL
The retail business is POPULAR’s core business, and being the largest bookstore chain in Southeast Asia, it has an extensive retail network of over 100 POPULAR bookstores located in prime shopping malls throughout Malaysia and Singapore. The POPULAR Bookstore is a one-stop retail hub that provides a comprehensive range of merchandise that includes books, stationery, gadget and multimedia products. POPULAR has also successfully established a membership base, and currently has over 1 million members in Singapore and Malaysia. Our Network as of 30 June 2024
Region | Retail Stores | Tertiary |
Malaysia | 78 | - |
Singapore | 25 | 2 |
DISTRIBUTION
POPULAR’s distribution channels and its extensive retail network complements each other. In 1999, the POPULAR Group set up a purchasing office in Taiwan, which is in charge of purchasing Chinese books for Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. With the expansion of business, the POPULAR Book Company Ltd was established in 2003 as a subsidiary. The main areas of operation for POPULAR Taiwan include purchasing Traditional Chinese Taiwanese books, making recommendations of suitable titles for adaptation into Simplified Chinese, importing different kinds of suitable products for sale in the bookstores.