B2S (Thai: บี ทู เอส) is a retail chain operated by Central Retail Corporation in Thailand. It addition to selling books and magazines, its many branches also stock children’s stationery, general office supplies, executive pens, electronic dictionaries, calculators, music CDs, and movies in VCD and DVD format. It is a mid-range retailer similar to WH Smith in the United Kingdom.
B2S serves mostly the local Thai market and its smaller branches have a limited choice for foreign customers. Publications include
- Foreign Books (หนังสือต่างประเทศ)
- Business & Computers (ธุรกิจ คอมพิวเตอร์)
- Literature (วรรณกรรม)
- Learning (การศึกษา)
- Living (ชีวิต สุขภาพ สันทนาการ)
- Media Education (สื่อเพื่อการศึกษา)
- Kids’ Corner (มุมเด็ก)
- Magazines (นิตยสาร)
B2S at Central World
B2S at Central World (located in Central Court C, next to Isetan) has a reasonable selection of fiction and non-fiction books in English language, but nearby branches of Kinokuniya and Asia Books stock a much better range for most foreign visitors.
The Central World branch of BTS occupies three floors. The first floor stocks comics, toys, music and movies. There is a listening station where customers can listen to music before making purchases. Thai music CDs cost about 140 – 180 baht whereas foreign titles (popular music, jazz, classical and opera) cost about 300 – 800 baht.
The second floor stocks stationery and miscellaneous supplies, and the third floor stocks books and magazines, less than half of which are foreign publications.
B2S also has textbooks for Thai schoolchildren (Thai language, social studies, etc.) that are mostly ignored by foreigners but may be of interest to intermediate or advanced learners of Thai as a foreign language.
Contact details
Website: http://www.b2s.co.th/