Times Bookstore is a chain of bookstores in Singapore which is part of the Times Publishing Group, a unit of Fraser and Neave,[1] which started in Singapore in 1978.
Current operations
There is currently a single Times Bookstore store in Macau at The Venetian Macao.[2]
Former operations
Times Bookstore opened at Lippo Karawaci Lippo Supermall in Indonesia in 2008.[3] The Lippo Supermall location has since closed[4] and a second location at Universitas Pelita Harapan was converted to Books and Beyond in 2012.[5]
Times Bookstore previously had operations in Singapore[6] but however ceased from 22 September 2024 with the closure of its last store in Cold Storage Jelita.[7] At its peak, Times Bookstore had outlets in the malls of Tampines One, Waterway Point, Cold Storage Jelita, Plaza Singapura, Paragon, and The Centrepoint,[8] but many of its outlets closed between 2019 and 2024.
External links
References
- Retail fraserandneave.com, retrieved 2023-05-19^
- Khoo Yong Hao. Times Bookstores Is Shutting Down Its Last Outlet In SG, With A Moving-Out Sale Of Up To 80% Off TheSmartLocal - Singapore's Leading Travel and Lifestyle Portal, 2024-09-19, retrieved 2025-05-13^
- New Reading Experience at Times Bookstores New Lifestyle Concept Store at KL Gateway Mall Pamper.My, 2017-04-10, retrieved 2023-05-19^
- Bookstores in Malaysia reinventing themselves with lifestyle offerings The Business Times, 2022-08-27, retrieved 2023-05-19^
- New Brand of Times Bookstores: Books & Beyond Universitas Pelita Harapan, retrieved 2015-01-26^
- Times Bookstore (Plaza Singapura) Deals & Promotion 2023 www.shopback.sg, retrieved 2023-05-19^
- Times Bookstores shuts last outlet in Holland Road, exits Singapore The Straits Times, 2024-09-16, retrieved 2025-05-13^
- Rachel Yohannan. Singapore’s last Times Bookstore outlet at Holland Road will close for good this September Time Out Singapore, retrieved 2025-05-13^