Goodbye, Thambi: Iconic Holland Village magazine store to close after over 80 years

Thambi Magazine Store, the iconic newsstand along Lorong Liput in Holland Village, will close by the end of Sunday . The shop has had over 80 years of history spanning three family generations.

While things could be better compared with the heyday of print magazines when his store held over 7,000 titles, Sam decided to call it quits mainly because he was told to reduce the size of his display area by half, although he declined to mention who informed him. Photos of Sam in his 20s and his father G Periathambi in his 20s . At its core, Sam’s love for magazine display is really a love for his customers. He admitted to chiding his staff when they did not curate the magazines “properly”.

When he started helping in the shop, the first thing he did was remove the plastic wrapping, much to his late father’s chagrin. Some of his notable customers over the decades have been ministers “in their shorts, quietly deep in thought”, he said with a smile. “Sometimes I scratch my head and think I’ve seen this guy somewhere … I approach them and talk to them, and they ask me how’s business.”

Despite having overheard younger customers’ surprise that magazines were still around, he doesn’t believe print will ever be gone for good.Sam plans to return unsold magazines to his suppliers after his last day of business.

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