Tuesday, May 24, 2016

K K Nagar's popular Stationery Shop

Report and photo by Sharanya Srinivasan
A board held on it's side firmly over the wall of building spelt  'Sivatha and Co' and a narrow staircase went straight and ended at the entrance of the shop in the first floor. Located at No 680, Ramasamy Salai, K.K.Nagar (opposite State Bank of India), this stationery store is quite popular.
T. Thiru is the owner and  runs the shop without any assistants; he has done so for 12 years. He says he used to have 100 customers a day but now that has declined.
He sells crafts, educational CDs  and stationery products. Having studied law nevertheless,  he set up this shop because it wasn't like anything he had expected.
The products are sold at cheaper rates when compared to other shops. All the items are organised and well kept at the store. 
He maintains a book for the all the picture chart collections. These books have a set of numbers and the same set of numbers are on the racks, making it easily accessible for the customers.
He also maintains a separate book on information on tuitions and extra-curricular classes in the area. 
Sanjay, a resident of K. K. Nagar was at the shop after three years. He says he was a regular customer here when he was in school and that the shop was started when he was in seventh grade. 
He says one can get any kind of stationery item here, especially given that a school is situated across the place.

The shop is open from 8 am to 1 pm and again from 5 pm to 8:30 pm Contact no: 9840620810

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