HONG KONG
January 1st, 2003
BY MARK ROWEFor the majority of Hong Kongers, Christmas comes a poor second to the Chinese New Year in terms of present buying - with a corresponding knock-on effect for book retailers. But even allowing for this, retailers have reported disappointing levels of sales over the Christmas period."Sales were pretty average," said a spokeswoman for the Hong Kong Book and Magazine Trade Association. "Perhaps other trades did reasonably well over Christmas but for book stores this was not the case," she said.A spokeswoman for Commercial Press, one of the largest ...
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