Admittedly this news comes a little bit late, but for anyone who missed it first time around Central Retail Corporation (CRC) has already started opening new branches of the foreign bookstore chain Page One, with several more branches planned for 2010. It's not clear if these stores will replace or augment poorly performing branches of B2S Bookstore, but at least one branch has been opened "at" B2S Central Chidlom.
With target markets including white-collar workers, children, families and people fond of arts, fashion and architecture (read: "pulp fiction, comic and picture books") there seems to be little chance of this store impacting on the dominant market positions held by Asia Books and the generally superior Kinokuniya. Let's just hope it's not at bad as Book Lounge @ Amarin.