POPULAR Bookstore - Singapour

Jason

Funny. A bookstore named "Popular" but DOES NOT CARRY ANY POPULAR books. We couldn't find Educated by Tara Westover (number 1 book for weeks now) in the store. They don't seem to have that many books here neither. Mostly elementary education books and school supplies.

CCS

You'd be either extremely lucky, or determined to find it. Tucked away in a discreet corner in Basement One, where sportswear dominates, this store is less crowded but still has everything you expect from Popular.

Usual grouses: narrow aisles, brusque stock stickers ("execute me"), and outrageous prices (subjective on my part). For an educational place, the culture here is business first. Heritage has gone out of the windows since air-conditioning came about.

I don't think anyone cares - unless you are over 70 years old and can handle cashless transactions.

Dels Passions

Although the size of the store is small, they have a wide range of merchandise. The staff there is very knowledgeable with recommending assessment books and locating textbooks. The queue at the cashier could be quite long on weekends.

pinkdolphingirl

Horrible shopping experience & customer services!!!
Found an item I was going to buy, but the packaging was opened!! After checking with staff, who didn't bother to check the cashier system, till i asked her to, it was the last item!!
Cashier lady explained, maybe someone opened to flip through...was not willing to give me any discount, such a bad service!
Items was imported from China, but overpriced compared to 'Turtle' or 'The Green Party', even their service was better than Popular, when product packaging or item was slightly damaged, they will at least gave a discount!

Mohammad Irshad

The staff is very rude, and if you buy something from this store it's ok, but if you got any technical issues they will not help you.

Ivanna W

It's a small Popular store, it has the basic schoolbooks, some assessment books, story books, pencil case, bags, writing pads, envelopes, files & folder, art & crafts items like drawing papers, paints & brushes, also some kids toys, school/ office stationeries; some small food items like snacks, chocolates, gummies. There's a section for electronics stuff too like extension plugs, Nintendo switch games, computer keyboards, printers, printer inks, mouse.

W L

The only bookstore chain in Singapore serving people of all ages. This particular store sells mobile phones and Insta360 action cameras, in addition to common and popular electronic gadgets like headphones, computer accessories, etc.

Ceres Ng

I love getting stationery at popular. Always buy my kids school books at popular. If your child is a student, can sign up for popular membership at a better rate.
If you purchase wrong school books, come within 3 days? Not sure how long but I usually come back within 3rd day and go to the counter with the receipt for refund or offset from my new purchases. Remember to check the whole receipt as refund can only be done once per receipt.