Eslite Bookstore

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Eslite Bookstore (traditional Chinese: 誠品書店; pinyin: cheng pin shu dian) is one of the largest bookstore chains in Taiwan. The franchise also provides one of the largest selections of English language publications in Taiwan, along with Page One.

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[edit] Brief History

Eslite bookstore was established in 1989. The first shop was located in Taipei City, Da-an District, Dunhua South Road, with a focus and emphasis on art- and humanity-related books. Since then, the company has expanded and set up more shops, and now includes a wider selection of books. Eslite also expanded into retail, and opened up Eslite Mall. Eslite Bookstore was also the first to set up a 24-hour bookstore in Taiwan at its Dunhua store, which attracts a lot of those who enjoy night-life but want to spend their time in a bookstore.


[edit] Chronology

Eslite's flagship store, located at the bottom of the President International Building in Taipei's XinYi district
Eslite's flagship store, located at the bottom of the President International Building in Taipei's XinYi district
  • 1974，established Chen-Jian Corp，importing wholeset kitchenware.
  • 1989，established Eslite Corp，first eslite bookstore built at Taipei Dunhua South Road.
  • 1996，established Eslite Retail Group.
  • 2000，established Eslite Transportation Group, expanded to food and drinks, appliances, and online sales, established Eslite Global Network Corp.
  • 2001，established Eslite Logistics Corp at Taoyuan, Nankan.
  • 2002，Eslite Retail group and Transportation group combined into Life group, introduced Eslite's operation motto as humanity, art, creativity, and life.
  • 2006 January 1st 00:00，Eslite's new flagship bookstore, located in Taipei's Xinyi District, opened for business. With about 8000 square meters of floorspace, it overtook Taipei's PageOne Bookstore to become the largest bookstore in the Asia region.

[edit] Branches

An Eslite Bookstore in a Chung-yo Department store, Taichung.
An Eslite Bookstore in a Chung-yo Department store, Taichung.

Eslite has a total of 48 branches, 1 children's bookstore, and 4 music stores Taiwan. Due to the customer target market, most of them are in city area, such as in Taipei, Keelung, Yungho, Banchiao, Sanchung, Yilan, Chungli, Hsinchu, Fengyuan, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, and Pingtung.

[edit] Chains Business

  • Eslite Musicstore
  • Eslite Coffeehouse
  • Eslite Winery
  • Eslite Teahouse

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