On weekends, this section is filled with kids-no other bookstore in the nation can rival it. It is tough for an international chain bookstore to make a profit in another country. Kinokuniya, which for 17 years has stuck to simply selling publications without branching out to other areas, feels pressure to make a profit.
在異地經營國際連鎖書店，很難談到賺錢，對十七年來堅持單純的出版通路定位，不跨足其他多角化經營的紀伊國屋來說，自負盈虧的壓力自是不小。