Category: greeting cards

Early Christmas card sales in 2020

Storytime: ”That’s a lot of Christmas cards,” I said to regular customer Nancy, who is known as a big card giver. “Yes,” she said, pushing 15 boxes of 10 cards each across the counter, “I have revised my list and added many people to it. Everyone needs Christmas cards this year, more than ever before.” “Good for you Nancy.”

As I bagged up the cards, Nancy explained. “I’d cut people over the years, pairing back and all that. But the other day I thought if people feel how I feel this year they would love to get a Christmas card and they’d love to get it early. So, that’s what I’m doing, spreading Christmas cheer early.”

“Well done Nancy and thanks for shopping here for them.” We appreciate every one of our local shoppers who support local community businesses.

We are seeing everyday generosity from customers in their purchases with Christmas already popular and here we are only in September. People like Nancy are looking for ways to share joy and love with those they care about. It is wonderful to see. #Christmas #love #cards #hope #happiness

Local small business newsagents serving local shoppers with Aussie products

Local newsXpress newsagents are grateful to bring more and more locally made Aussie products to local shoppers keen to support creative local makers.

Bringing joy and happiness to local makers and to homes where the locally Aussie made gifts and other products are used, newsagents are thrilled to be helping grow these creator businesses.

Our products brighten homes and lives, filling them with happy memories, laughter and welcome hugs. We are thrilled to help celebrate life events in an optimistic and happy way.

From candles, to discussers, to soap, to clothing, to calendars, to greeting cards, to coins, to other gifts, there are more and Australian made gifts and other items through which people can express themselves as a result of newsXpress newsagents bringing these Aussie made products to availability.

These items and more bring so much happiness to homes, from the local newsagent. It’s part of what makes us essential, besides the news we sell, helping people connected, feel loved and love others is part of what we do every day in newsXpress newsagency businesses.

newsXpress newsagents preference buying Australian made where possible. We see this as an important role as we serve local shoppers who are keen to themselves source locally made.

We think it is important, where possible, that local retailers who seek to attract local shopping themselves source locally as much as possible.

We are grateful to be able to find so many creative makers who can bring opportunities toile for people celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, weddings and more using gifts and greeting cards that we sell.

newsXpress newsagents are not your usual newsagency business. No, we are newsXpress. We are our own thing, a focused community of locally owned businesses that are here to serve in each of our own communities where we serve locally, in country towns. We have a few of our businesses in shopping centres, but most are local strip shop newsagents serving local shoppers and serving the local community.

newsXpress newsagents are Aussie owned and run. We sell cards, magazines, newspapers, gifts, jigsaws, toys, plush, beanie Boos and more … to local families in towns and cities across Australia.

Storytime: 2020, corona and a trade and his dad

Storytime. “I don’t usually buy father’s day cards,” 20-something Jackson said with a wry smile, as he pushed a Father’s Day card across the counter, “but 2020 is a year of firsts.”

Jackson is a local tradie, he moved here last year when he started his apprenticeship. He’s not our usual Father’s Day card shopper. “I get on okay with dad, but we’ve never been card givers, we both prefer a beer.”

He’d chosen a fun card that said ‘Happy Father’s Day from the good one.’“ “The thing is, I don’t know what to write.” This is a common comment with Father’s Day cards. “Be yourself. Imagine it’s the last thing he ever reads,” I said, delivering our fine-tuned advice.

Jackson stood to the side of the counter and write his dad a note. I’m pretty sure I saw him wipe a tear, a happy tear, from his face as he closed the card to put it in the envelope.

This Father’s Day is different. The hugs being sent to dads will be cherished.