TSUTAYA develops a second-hand book "ecobooks", clash with BOOKOFF

The CCC (Culture · Convenience Club) who runs the major rental chain "TSUTAYA" is newly a new old book chain store "Ecobooks (Eco Books)It has become clear that it will develop.

It seems that it seems to be disadvantageous because already old book chain stores such as "BOOKOFF" and "secondhand bookmarket" are deployed throughout the country, apparently there seems to be a big advantage that other companies do not have.

Details are as below.
CCC TSUTAYA 's secondhand book business started Used book purchase / sale "ecobooks" 1 store opened in Yokohama · Minato Mirai - Culture · Convenience · Club Co., Ltd.

According to this press release, the Culture · Convenience Club (CCC) announced the first shop of "ecobooks (eco books)" for second-hand book purchase / sale from TSUTAYA Yokohama in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture from Friday September 24 It opens in the Minato Mirai store, plans to open 10 stores in FY2010 and 200 stores within the next 5 years.

"Ecobooks" to be expanded this time is to offer means to "purchase and sell books in second hand" in one store in addition to newly published book sales, comic rental which TSUTAYA has developed in the past. Since store front stock can consistently search for new items, second - hand and comic rental, it is possible to find products that are not in storefront or brand new in second - hand, due to new items.

In addition, TSUTAYA came to sell books by attaching expensive purchase price to popular high-end work etc. by original "POS purchase assessment system" utilizing know-how cultivated with new book sales and comic rentals developed nationwide By offering highly satisfying purchase to users, we realize that more popular works are aligned to stores.

"Buy a book at TSUTAYA and sell it at TSUTAYAAlthough the point that the cycle of completion is completed is thought to be a big advantage compared with BOOKOFF and the secondhand bookmark which rarely deal with new publications, as with TSUTAYA, a major chain shop that handles rental comics and so on "GEO (GEO)I am worried about the trend of.