Gunung Agung Bookstore Closes at the End of 2023, Netizens Recall the Experience of Reading Comics and Buying Painting Equipment

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – PT GA Tiga Belas has just announced their plan to close the remaining Gunung Agung bookstore outlets in a number of cities in Indonesia by the end of 2023.

Quoting its official statement, Sunday (21/5/2023), since the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 the company has taken efficiency measures by closing several Gunung Agung bookstores spread across several cities, such as Surabaya, Semarang, Gresik, Magelang, Bogor, Bekasi. , and Jakarta.

“We are not only closing shops/outlets due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, because we have implemented business efficiency and effectiveness since 2013,” wrote the board of directors of PT GA Tiga Belas.

The company also said that the reason for the efficiency and effectiveness of the business was to strive to maintain business continuity and overcome business losses due to problems with operating costs that were not comparable to the achievement of sales each year.

Suddenly the news that the Gunung Agung bookstore was closed made many book lovers sad, and uploaded their memories of coming to the shop which was founded in 1953 on social media, such as Twitter.

Until this news was published, keywords Mount Agung has been tweeted 4,928 times and is in the 4th position of the trending topic.

Twitter users are also busy writing down their memories and experiences visiting the Mount Agung shop, like this @s**** account.

“You know Tintin, Obelix, Lucky Luke, the trio of detectives, the five friends at Gunung Agung Ratu Plaza. Read them every time you pick up your late father from work.

In the past, the books were not wrapped in plastic like they are now. It’s like being in an air-conditioned library 😀,” wrote @s**** on Twitter.