https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202005260012
Eslite to close Shihlin outlet at end of May
Taipei, May 26 (CNA) Eslite Spectrum Corp., which runs the popular Eslite bookstore chain in Taiwan, said Tuesday that it will close a store located in Shihlin District of Taipei by the end of May.
Eslite said the Shihlin store, which opened in 1999, will be shut on May 31 due to the expiration of its lease, along with a planned closure of its 24-hour Dunnan store.
Since Eslite opened its first store in Taiwan in 1989, it has evolved from a bookstore chain into a fusion retail model that combines a bookstore, shopping mall and cultural creative platform.
The Shihlin store, located on Wenlin Road with an area of about 170 pings, is close to the Shihlin station of the Taipei MRT and became a favorite place for students, white collar workers and housewives.
One netizen said Eslite fans will miss the outlet after the closure.
The announcement of the Shihlin store closure came after the bookstore chain operator closed its Anpin store in Tainan, southern Taiwan, at the end of March and its Taitung outlet in eastern Taiwan at the end of April.
After the closures of the Dunnan and Shihlin stores, the number of Eslite outlets around Taiwan will be cut to 40.
Overseas, Eslite currently runs stores in China's Hong Kong, Suzhou, Shenzhen, as well as in Japan.
(By Jiang Ming-yan and Frances Huang)