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newsXpress provides small business newsagents free HR / IR assistance

Newsagency marketing group newsXpress has for years offered a free HR / industrial relations advice and assistance service. There is no additional cost for this service to members of the growing newsagency marketing group. The scope of the service and the value delivered make for a significant benefit for newsXpress members.

The service offers another opportunity for newsXpress newsagency members to not pay an extra fee to belong to a newsagency association like NANA, VANA or the ANF, which is now called ALNA.

Your locally owned newsXpress has the best range of Funko Pop! Vinyls in Australia

For Pop! Vinyls from all the movies and TV shows, get to your local newsXpress Funko Pop! Vinyl stockist. If they don’t have what you are looking for, they will hunt it down from the network of more than 100 newsXpress stores selling Pop! Vinyls.

We will do this because we love Pop! Vinyls. Many of our team members are collectors. One made this beautiful homage to iconic Pop! Vinyl characters.

newsXpress newsagency workshop digs deep into business

Day two of the newsXpress national conference in Sydney inc;lured a four hour business building workshop / round table with members attending participating on building stronger healthier businesses. People get out what they put in and this group of seventy newsxpress members did put in – it was a terrific and eye-opening event.

newsXpress Gympie brings Funko Pop! Vinyls to Gympie

newsXpress Gympie is now stocking Funko Pop! Vinyls. They have a wonderful range and more coming. If you live in Gympie and love Doctor Who, Batman, Spiderman, Orange is the New Black, Star Wars, the Flinstones and any other pop culture licence, get to newsXpress Gympie – the best newsagency in Gympie Queensland.

newsXpress swamped with competition entries

newsXpress has been running another shopper competition – this time giving away a $200 leather handbag. In a matter of days we received hundreds of entries driving engagement with our brand, our retailers and the supplier with whom we partnered.

The result is an excellent outcome for all concerned including one lucky customer set to received a beautiful bag valued at close to $300.

The good news is we will be running a similar supplier funded promotion very soon.

We will round out 2015 having given away thousands of dollars of sought after prizes to engaged newsXpress shoppers – spreading the love far and wide and helping people enjoy their newsXpress engagement more.

Newsagency marketing group members love change

Change is everywhere, especially in retail and even more especially in the newsagency channel.

Newsagency marketing group newsXpress helps its members pursue, embrace and leverage change to commercial advantage.

Our commitment to and knowledge of change helps newsXpress members play well ahead of the pack in trends and in categories that are not trends in the newsagency channel but are valuable trends in retail channels outside the newsagency channel.

Large and small, city and country, we help newsagents grow their businesses through change while respecting products that are core to the newsagency Australian consumers know.

This is a newsXpress difference.

Pop! Vinyls: Goku vs Perfect Cell & Frieza – a video from newsXpress the Pop! Vinyl experts

newsXpress has produced a stop motion video for Dragon Ball Z fans: Pop! Vinyls: Goku vs Perfect Cell & Frieza. Being released on YouTube, this video is part of the Pop! Vinyl fun from newsXpress in support of its Pop! Vinyl stockist network. This is an example of a newsagency of the future, playing in a fresh and fun space attracting new shoppers to the business. It’s a newsXpress difference.

newsXpress newsagency marketing group adds video training

newsXpress has enhanced the video training suite available to members. The latest video training launched two weeks ago trains newsXpress members in successful facebook advertising. It is an extension of training already provided at conferences and cluster meetings. Members can access the training as often as they like and from any location.

Funko Pop! Vinyl in newsXpress stores nationally

Close to 100 newsXpress stores have Funko Pop! Vinyl characters – bringing these sought-after collectibles to businesses around Australia. We have Funko Pop! Vinyls for Star Wars, Inside Out, Ghostbusters, Game of Thrones, The Walking dead, Breaking Bag, Scooby Do, The X Files, Batman, Firefly, Adventure Time, Dr Who and plenty more.

newsXpress is the place for pop culture, the place for fun.

newsXpress helps newsagents manage their businesses

newsXpress has published fresh advice to members this week on the basics of modern newsagency management. Covering many topics which are often overlooked or forgotten when training new newsagents, this latest list is a useful resource designed to help people remember what is important as they manage their businesses on a day to day basis.

This is another newsXpress difference – proving advice and support to newsagents keen to ensure they run modern and efficient businesses.

newsXpress launches more presell opportunities

newsXpress last week launched another two pre-sell opportunities for members – enabling them to lock in revenue for what will be two highly sought after ranges when stock becomes available.

In addition to negotiating access to traffic generating product, newsXpress is able to provide members with access to marketing and sales tools that help the businesses to maximise the opportunities.

This is feet through the door and money in the bank – a newsXpress difference!

Newsagency marketing group newsXpress says no to discount wholesalers

As part of its commitment to premium brands, newsXpress has recently said no to approaches from two discount wholesalers who offer lo price point average margin product.

Our belief is that you cannot grow long-term customer relationships selling cheap products like those in discount variety stores.

Successful newsXpress members today make far more money from premium brands that attract premium margins.

Our strategy is a key factor in our margin transition campaign.

Newsagency marketing group newsXpress helps newsagents manage magazine supply

newsXpress offers its members a best practice approach to managing magazine supply. This approach includes newsXpress developed tools and facilities through which they can better manage floor space and engage in smarter ways of pitching magazines outside what is usual for an everyday newsagency.

The newsXpress approach respects the importance of magazines and magazine related traffic at the core of the business yet it appreciates the cost base of space and labour in many newsagencies. Our work in this area is thoughtful, comprehensive and business beneficial.

newsXpress first with new Beanie Boos

newsXpress members were thrilled to have first access to the four new Beanie Boo designs recently released in Australia.

Enabling our stores to be first with social media and in-store engagement, the results are excellent with several stores ordering extra stock already to keep up with the demand for these engaging and fun collectible plush items.

newsXpress supports the Beanie Boo engagement with in-store collateral as well as out of store marketing connecting the respected Ty brand with the newsXpress brand and our store level opportunities.

Newsagency marketing group newsXpress launches new tag line

Along with the launch of our new website this week, newsXpress has launched a new tag line through which we define our focus.

Developed out of conversations with newsXpress members, the tag line is good for our next steps.

newsXpress … newsagency of the future.

Everything we do as a group and everything we offer to our members is about their future as businesses different to what Australians think of as average newsagencies.

Another great newsXpress story

We received this in the office Monday:

We received our delivery on Thursday pm, got our stock out on Friday in amongst all the storms, sold one that afternoon and on Saturday we sold 12!! That’s big for us, it’s great to be selling something other than lotto. We used your posters and have put our display in our front window.

This is a success story for a product newsXpress discovered and is supporting with advice, buying help, terrific deals and other newsXpress exclusive benefits.

We love success stories.

newsXpress stores receive new Beanie Boos first

One of the many benefits for newsXpress members from its relationship supporting the Ty range of products is first to market access to new beanie Boo designs. The latest shipment is en route to retail and it includes three new designs which many newsXpress members preordered months ago – giving them first to market opportunities. The is another valuable newsXpress difference – helping newsXpress members grow.

Our national newsagency marketing group

Check out the national coverage newsXpress offers through its growing reach of engaged newsXpress members.

Created using geo mapping tools, this graphic shows a national spread within easy reach or the majority of Australia’s population.

This latest research of our reach is part of our 2015 campaign expanding the group and expanding the leverage we gain for our members through the group.

newsXpress leverages Walking Dead opportunity

If you love The Walking Dead TV show then newsXpress is the place to shop thanks to leveraging inside information about collectibles including these very special lucky-dip collectibles. The success here is an example of the unique value newsXpress brings to the table – an excellent deal supported by inside information and backed with smart marketing. The results for newsXpress members are excellent.

newsXpress national cluster meeting series to kick off

Next week, newsxpress members will be meeting around the country in a series of cluster meetings to talk business. focused on networking, business growth strategies, current data results and other information, newsXpress members love these business-buulding sessions.

Our experience is networking like we’re about to kick off drives change in member businesses and change drives sales and profitability.

No other newsagency marketing group runs the type of sessions newsXpress runs. The results are valuable for our members, our suppliers and the group as a whole.

The cluster meetings are a key newsXpress difference in action.