Author: mark

I am a Director of newsXpress, a marketing group for newsagents keen for a bright future. You can reach me on +61 418 321 338 or mark[at]towersystems.com.au

newsXpress to host a national conference for newsagents

In the newsXpress member community, we see a powerful force: a community of passionate small business owners. We may run different shops, cater to different customers, but we share a common ground – the drive to succeed, to build, and to serve our communities.

The world throws challenges our way, from economic shifts to ever-changing consumer trends. But here’s the secret weapon of small businesses: we are not alone. This conference is about the power of “Together We Can.”

We can share best practices, learn from each other’s triumphs (and maybe even a few stumbles!), and build a network of support that strengthens us all.

So, let’s use this conference to connect, collaborate, and unlock the incredible potential we have together. Together, we can navigate any challenge, seize every opportunity, and create a thriving future for our businesses and our communities.

Monday September 9 is a full business day, focussed on sharing insights on newsagency retail transformation and how to execute this on a limited budget.

We will look to 2025 and beyond and consider ways we can make our businesses more resilient and valuable.

We’ll talk through how we can better support each other.

And, we will consider how to navigate challenges faced baby legacy products.

This is a conference for retail newsagents, designed to offer support and encouragement, to help us all find an enjoyable path to the future.

Thants to supplier support and support from newsXpress itself, participation is free.

If you are interested, please email help@newsxpress.com.au.

At the we conference, we anticipate we will launch an exclusive for newsXpress members range of limited-edition products with a significant partner already delivering terrific traffic and sales for newsXpress members.

Here what to expect at the conference:

  • Networking. You’ll get to meet fellow newsXpress members. This is thebiggest value members tell us about conferences. Catching up with others in a relaxed environment. Sharing, learning, nurturing.
  • It’s a no pressure event.
  • You can provide feedback we use to shape what the group does and offers.
  • You will be presented actionable opportunities.
  • Have a laugh.
  • Challenged. Not openly, not in public. Listening to the sessions though some of what you currently do may be challenges, and that’s good because change is vital.
  • Energised. We’re sure you will come away with an action plan.

If you’re an introvert and are concerned that you’ll find it uncomfortable. Hang out with me, we can talk one on one, privately. There will be plenty of us introverts at theconference.

How does the newsXpress newsagency marketing group help newsagents?

newsXpress is an Australian owned marketing group that serves Australian newsagents.

newsXpress is not a franchise or anything like a franchise, it does not fall under the franchise code of conduct.

newsXpress is a marketing group created to help local independent retail newsagents run more enjoyable and profitable businesses. For a modest monthly fee, newsXpress helps newsagents in many different ways.

Here is how newsXpress helps Australian newsagents:

  1. It leverages the common ownership of Tower Systems (the most widely used software in the newsagency channel) and newsXpress for evidence based guidance to more profitable business decisions. Through this, it also offers half price websites.
  2. It offers innovative pricing for EFTPOS, lower cost than least cost routing.
  3. newsXpress offers bias-free data-based card performance analysis that typically results in an increase in card sales of 15% or more.
  4. Member businesses benefit from an exclusive $1,000+ a year per store in-store marketing campaign – provided at no cost to the members.
  5. newsXpress runs a national in person conference with free accommodation for 2 nights and all meals covered.
  6. newsXpress helps newsagents with practical business advice, in-store support, awesome supplier deals and plenty of new traffic generating exclusive products.
  7. newsXpress directly owns and runs shops as testing grounds for innovation, sharing results with members.
  8. newsXpress direct imports good margin products.
  9. newsXpress is the only group to have authorised account access to four different Mints for access to new coin releases.
  10. newsXpress has suppliers who otherwise will not supply newsagents.
  11. newsXpress provides in-store visits from a business development manager.
  12. newsXpress provides visual merchandising materials including posters and on-location call-outs for all major seasons.
  13. newsXpress have access to a member only portal with a fully populated knowledge base and extensive business development resources.
  14. newsXpress members have access to a digital collateral library and cloud based resources for easy store level customisation.
  15. newsXpress members have access to a full video library of social media collateral and easy access to store level customisation.
  16. newsXpress offers signage and graphic design services at no cost.
  17. Rather than access to an Are Media account manager we provide a whole of magazine category problem resolution service. For free.
  18. Rather than a free postage for Christmas cards offer we provide free exclusive high-quality cards for Christmas for captions not covered by card companies.
  19. Each member has access to a dedicated and retail experienced business development manager.
  20. newsXpress helps with Google Business, Bing, and various maps profile setup and maintenance.

What newsXpress does for each member depends on their situation and what they want from from their engagement with newsXpress. Every business is different. Every business owner has different needs.

While all newsXpress members have access to our preferred suppliers, network wide connected websites, seasonal collateral, digital assets and networking opportunities, it is in our personal, business-specific, help where value can be found for plenty of newsXpress members.

We assess your business data as we prefer to offer advice based on evidence. Often when we do this we discover opportunities missed, low hanging fruit to be picked.

The approach is whole of business, considering location, product mix, financial resources, people resources and what you want and need from the business.

While we have members who prefer to do this work for themselves, we have others who appreciate a more engaged approach.

How much or little newsXpress members and our head office team members work together is entirely under control of each newsXpress member.

Nothing is required or mandatory.

When it comes to in-store retail though, we help you with the everyday:

  • Buy price. We help you buy better.
  • Stock turn. We help you sell products sooner.
  • We help you reduce the cost of theft.
  • We help you cast your business differently, to help improve shopper stickiness.
  • New traffic. We help you attract people not shopping with you today.
  • We help you tame them.

We help you make things happen by being actively engaged.

So what does newsXpress do for newsagents? It does all of this and much more, and it’s been doing it since 2001.