newsXpress Goulburn are all in the pink, with Mothers Day only a couple days away sales are really picking up.
The gifts from newsXpress recommended suppliers they purchased as a trial for Mother’s Day were displayed early on and to their surprise they have had to reorder twice since just to have some stock for the originally planned promotion.
newsXpress Shellharbour have shown their background in card retailing with balloons suspended above the valley of Mother’s Day cards and gifts. All dressed in purple shirts, including the guys, they make a great team. Their kiosk is also performing well with the Hallmark Mother’s Day promotion posters.
You can even buy a cookbook to cook mum dinner …
Dominic and Connie at newsXpress Jamison just love presenting gift buying opportunities to their customers, its working well and bringing in a revenue stream traditional newsagents miss out on.
Narelle and the team at newsXpress Belconnen have a renewed focus on the store. Having been in the industry for a couple of years now they are taking the bit between the teeth and making some changes.
Change is good, however as a general rule something newsagents are not good at. A rolling stone gathers no moss at newsXpress.
newsXpress Woden are outposting for the first time, all signs are it’s a little ripper. Anthony and Nic are new to the industry, and are about to do a brand new shop fit.
What is impressive is the energy and focus they bring to the store and the newsXpress network. They are not held back by the past and take on board ideas and run with them which is exactly what a newsXpresser does being forward thinking and progressive.
newsXpress stores all over Australia do the brand proud with their thoughtful and innovative displays but none better than newsXpress Orange.
You cannot go into this store at any time of the year with money in your pocket as they will always get some of it. Everywhere you look and as you browse the different departments you get an alternative gift offering. A wonderful lesson to all retailers.
The team at newsXpress Beechworth have done a wonderful job with their visual merchandising and in integrating their card and gift areas to upsell for this huge season.
By working with Hallmark, hiPP and other suppliers to make a real statement and enhancing the shopping experience in the store.
When Hallmark re-launched the Forever Friends range a couple of years ago, they did not think that the range would sell as well as it has.
newsXpress through its strategic partnership with Hallmark is driving even greater sales with this wide range and at the same time increasing store average sales. Wait till you see what we have in-store for customers during Care & Friendship month, an exclusive newsXpress promotion coming soon…
How many pens does it take to fill a wall in a newsagency? Too many….
newsXpress encourages all of its members to measure space to effectively merchandise a store. Data is king and the team at newsXpress Indooroopilly carefully choose what pens they stock.
By having what sells and not having every pen available, merchandising by functionality and not being lead around by the tail by suppliers, they have taken control of their stock, lowered capital employed and increased return on space and return on investment. The more stock turns you get the more profitable your operation.
The team at newsXpress Ivanhoe are making a lot of changes to their shop.
They have just changed over to Hallmark and with Mother’s Day in the next few days are well placed with gifts and other complementary products to really up sell to their customers.
As this shop is in a premium high street location, watch it really take off as it is fully rebranded and the shop goes through a realignment and more product is added. Its all about attitude and the way the team at Ivanhoe are going they will be reaping huge rewards in the not so distant future.
newsXpress is holding its very first market fairs this year. There will be four held in total: Sydney, 17th June; Melbourne, 24th June; Queensland, 26th June; & Perth, 3rd July. Select suppliers and service providers have been invited.
As newsXpress is all about its members, the only charge levied on suppliers is splitting the cost of the hire of the venue. In doing that newsXpress can help suppliers deliver the lowest possible prices to its members which would otherwise be passed on by keeping costs to a minimum. This is exclusive to newsXpress members.
The team from newsXpress Indooroopilly do it so well, you would think the three shops had just opened. Clean, well merchandised and first class service whilst embracing the hiPP range, new giftware, ribbon by the meter, wrap, bags and bow, and the Willow Tree range of statues.
Have a look at this premium operation to see how to operate a retail store. Simply stunning 365 days a year, at all three stores.
Recently a lot of newsXpressers have adopted the newsXpress newsletter template supplied by newsXpress support.
Here are some examples from newsXpress Reservoir and newsXpress Southport Park. They keep the customers informed and show how newsXpress stores connect with their local community, simple but very effective.
newsXpress Southport Park – newsxpress-southport-park-newsletter-april-08.pdf
newsXpress Reservoir – follow the link here
The photo says it all Graham Randall & foundation CEO Kerri Shanks (now Stockwell) at the launch of newsXpress at the GNS Trade Fair September 2001.
It’s a credit to the foundation team for what they did to get the brand moving in South-East Queensland. Their hard work paved the way for the 140 plus store national network that has blossomed in the past 7 years in all states and territories of Australia.
newsXpress Thornlie have realised a very important retail lesson and listened to their customers.
With their loyal consumer base not totally enamored with the planned marketing theme for Mother’s Day, Jits and the team sought guidance from their Hallmark representative to create these stunning gift baskets. Which provide a magnificent visual merchandising statement as well as a convenient yet coveted gift appropriate to the season.
Mother Day is traditionally a good spike in revenue for newsagents. When you embrace it as newsXpress does and let the store and merchandising do the work, sales spike even higher.
newsXpress The Pines are a good example of this coordinating Hallmark product with gifts.
newsXpress Arana Hills sold two second division last week, a $30,000 prize in OzLotto the other a $50,000 windfall in Powerball. It’s all smiles at Arana Hills.
As of today newsXpress goes national with its first store in Tasmania. See here for more details.
As a selective business solutions group offering more than your traditional franchise and marketing groups, newsXpress continues to grow with proactive and forward thinking newsagents.
Read the full Press Release here: nx-pr-national-_may08.pdf
