Popular Holdings
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    Company Profile

    Company overview

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    Popular Holdings

    Industry

    Education, Training & Professional Development

    Specialities

    Largest Bookstore Chain in Singapore, Leading Bilingual Publishing Group, Education and e-Learning Services, Leadership, Innovation and Development

    Company size

    101-1,000

    Primary location

    15 Serangoon North Ave 5 Singapore 554360
    POPULAR Book Company, 大众书局 was founded in 1924 in Singapore to promote Chinese books and culture. During Singapore's colonial era, it met the high demand for Chinese language education, providing valuable support to the Chinese community.In 2024, POPULAR celebrates its 100th anniversary—a milestone that not only acknowledges past efforts but also marks an opportunity to look ahead. POPULAR upholds its founding principle of 'serving the people' by providing quality products that promote wisdom and knowledge.Today, POPULAR has grown into a diversified cultural and educational enterprise, with businesses spanning Retail, Publishing, Education, e-learning, e-Commerce, and Procurement.

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    Merchandising Executive, Stationary

    at Popular Holdings Limited
    North-East Region
    Responsible for products sourcing, selection, pricing/terms negotiation, order processing, overseas shipment, stocks performance, and sales analysis.
    Responsible for products sourcing, selection, pricing/terms negotiation, order processing, overseas shipment, stocks performance, and sales analysis.
    classification: Retail & Consumer ProductsRetail & Consumer Products
    3d ago
    3d ago

    Manager, Strategic Communications

    at Popular Holdings Limited
    North-East Region
    Leads magazine editorial, corporate comms, media relations, partnerships, and crisis comms to shape brand voice and strategy.
    Leads magazine editorial, corporate comms, media relations, partnerships, and crisis comms to shape brand voice and strategy.
    classification: Marketing & CommunicationsMarketing & Communications
    11d ago
    11d ago

    Our mission statement

    OUR VISIONTo serve our people, to grow with our society, and to mutually benefit from the world.OUR MISSIONTo be a leader and dynamic company. To provide value-for-money products and quality services to our customers, a pleasant working environment for people, and to be a good corporate citizen.OUR CORE VALUESP - PeopleO - ObjectivityP - ProductU - UnityL - LeadershipA - ActionR - Reward & Recognition

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    Reviews overview

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    What’s it like working at Popular Holdings?

    AI summary of recent reviews

    Popular Holdings offers a supportive work environment with caring colleagues and understanding bosses. The company provides good corporate benefits including medical coverage and transport assistance, while also offering valuable learning opportunities for fresh graduates to gain exposure across different business functions.

    Areas for improvement include the compensation structure, with employees noting concerns about salary levels and increments. There are also opportunities to enhance communication channels between management and staff, while some work processes could benefit from modernisation and more efficient planning.

    Recent reviews

    4.0
    Graphic artist
    Jan 2020
    Good experience
    The good thingsGood environment, colleague are good, boss sometimes understand what the staff going through. At time give the beneiftis of adults.
    The challengesMeeting deadlines, turnover very high especially the editors side. Younger generation cannot take stress and always give up.
    1.0
    Office staff
    Aug 2019
    Regret
    The good thingsThe building is new so environment is relatively clean.
    The challengesHard to get things done as people here lacks motivation. No reward for extra work done. Salary gets frozen indiscriminately. No variable bonus for many years already.
    4.0
    Manager
    Mar 2019
    Facing the challenges
    The good thingshave chances to take the new challenges
    The challengesif you want to built up a good career, you should take new challenges always.
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