Bookstores seek to write better plot
By Wang Ru |
China Daily |
Updated: 2021-04-15 08:13
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Crystal Palace Arts Bookstore (above) in Shanghai is a bookstore awarded for its "outstanding achievement" in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 at the recent China Bookstore Conference.[Photo provided to China Daily]
Sharp fall in customers and profits mean that a new storyline is needed to meet a challenging market, Wang Ru reports.
Bookstores hope a new page can be turned and a success story will unfold as COVID-19, unsurprisingly, led to significantly fewer customers and greatly reduced income, according to a survey.