Singapore tenants shut out of 'box space' stores

[Watchman]

Tenants shut out of 'box space' stores
Tenants seek refunds from inQbox,
which has closed its S'pore outlets
By Amanda Tan
Jan 7, 2011

Tenants claim inQbox owes them sums ranging
from $300 to $31,000, which include sales
proceeds and advance rental and deposit payments.
The chain had sublet box spaces priced between
$200 and $400 a month to them to display their
goods. -- FILE PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER

A POPULAR home-grown store hawking
entrepreneurs' goods in rented box spaces
has closed all its outlets, leaving as many
as 100 tenants scrambling to recover
payments owed by the company.

Tenants at inQbox, or 'boxpreneurs' as
they are referred to by the store, claim
they are owed sums ranging from
$300 to $31,000, which include sales
proceeds, advance rental and
deposit payments.