| Industry | Retail |
|---|---|
| Genre | Various |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Founder(s) | Mr. Mark Tan |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Number of locations | Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Thailand |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Books, Gifts, and Stationeries |
| Website | http://www.pageonegroup.com/ |
Page One (Chinese: 葉壹堂; pinyin: Yèyī Táng) is a bookstore chain and publisher founded in Singapore by Mark Tan (陳家強), with locations in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Thailand. Traditionally focused on English language books, it has recently expanded into the Chinese language market.
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The story of Page One begins in 1983, when a small shop with slanting shelves, stocking handpicked art and design books, opens in a shopping mall in Singapore. Day by day, and book by book, the small shop starts to build a loyal following and today, the small shop has evolved into a brand.
Since then, Page One has marked its presence with bookstores in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan. In Singapore, the Page One bookstore is established at VivoCity, the shopping mall touted to be the largest of its kind on the island. Page One is determined to continue its success story in even more countries.
While it began as a retail outfit, Page One has over the years also expanded in the areas of book publishing and distribution. In publishing, Page One builds its strength from the acquisition of rights and creation of original in-house titles, with a focus on art and design content. Page One Publishing has also brought its created titles to the West by selling territorial rights. These titles have been translated into as many as eleven different languages. As a distributor, Page One has established a strong network in Asia and the rest of the world, and hence is much sought after by international publishers for its strengths in distribution and logistics in the Asian region.
Mark Tan and his brother, engineer Kay Ngee Tan (Chinese: 陳家毅), uniquely incorporated Southeast Asian art into their stores. For instance in Taipei, Vietnamese, Burmese and Thai etc., artworks were specially designed for the store, which customers could also purchase.
Southeast Asian clothworks decorate Page One stores and the decor is changed every season. This design initiative brought about the rise of "giant"-sized bookstores in Asia.