newsXpress Eli waters promotes Better Homes & Gardens Christmas tin offer

Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 7.05.50 amnewsXpress Eli Waters, our newsXpress Retailer of the Year, is promoting the Christmas tin gift with Better Homes and Gardens at the counter, driving excellent sales for the title. This prime position promotion shows the business with a point of difference over supermarkets and others who do not have access to the tin. The display looks terrific and we share it here as a best practice example for all the newsagents who visit this blog.

Newsagency marketing group helps with letters to Santa

nxchristantaNewsagency marketing group newsXpress is helping members connect with shoppers and Christmas mail to the North Pole with these cute post boxes.

While initially offered as a homewares line in our stores, this post box is being more often used as a letter box for santa in a nice piece of retail theatre for newsXpress members and their customers.

newsXpress is regularly sourcing exciting and innovating product in a range of categories. This is another thing newsXpress members love about the group.

Newsagency marketing group members love more jewellery options

nxjewellNewsagency marketing group newsXpress is receiving kudos from members for the broader range of jewellery product options being pitched.

Covering a broad rand of gift giving opportunities, these jewellery items are bringing a product point of different to members – helping expand the appeal and engagement of their business with locals.

Driving traffic and delivering excellent margin, the latest jewellery offerings are helping newsXpress members create a more valuable future.

Newsagency marketing group promotes teacher gifts

nxteacherNewsagency marketing group newsXpress is promoting a terrific range of teacher gifts including these boxed gifts that acknowledge teachers for the work they do in educating our kids.

These are great gifts from parents, kids and even others in the community for teachers – thanking them for their service.

newsXpress helps members find product opportunities like these for seasons and all year round thanks to a dedicated merchandise team in place to serve the needs of our members – from head office as well as through in-store engagement.

Newsagency marketing group advice helps newsagents colour block for success

Newsagency marketing group newsXpress has researched and published thorough advice for members on how to colour block professionally and with success using products in a typical newsXpress newsagency in a special paper called: HOW TO COLOUR BLOCK FOR VISUAL MERCHANDISING SUCCESS .

Switching from Newspower to newsXpress

More and more newsagents are switching from Newspower to newsXpress. Here are some who have made the move:

  • Minlaton SA
  • Blakes Crossing SA
  • Hope Valley SA
  • Westridge Toowoomba
  • Trentham Victoria
  • Childers Queensland
  • Narrandera NSW
  • Kyneton Victoria
  • Mt Druitt NSW
  • Merriwa NSW

newsXpress is thrilled to offer opportunities, encouragement and enjoyment to these and other businesses in our newsagency marketing group.

newsXpress newsagents love our deals envelopes

aug1Newsagents who are p[art of the newsXpress newsagency marketing group are today receiving an August deals packed filled with excellent deals, opportunities and insights that will help them make more money in the lead up to Christmas 2014 and beyond. Posted on Monday, the latest deals pack has exclusive opportunities for newsXpress members – offering savings unavailable to other newsagents.

Exciting time following Melbourne Gift Fair

donutsAfter an excellent week of dinners, drinks, networking and supporting each other, newsXpress members have headed home from the busy and fun-filled Melbourne Gift Fair.

In addition to good deals, excellent buying support and many hours of heartfelt friendship contact, it’s back to business turning the wonderful knowledge and sales from newsXpress suppliers into cash in the bank.

One of our suppliers, B.Gentle, the small personal slab business, shared some amazing information that will help newsXpress members make more money than other retailers. Information like this is gold.

newsXpress has the first newsagency offering Paypal payment option

paypknxscreennewsXpress Knox in Victoria was the first newsagency to offer Paypal as a payment option with a launch this week after passing stringent trials.

Launching Paypal as a payment option demonstrates the forward thinking of newsXpress and helps the group better connect with a mobile and tech-savvy consumer, a younger shopper who is valuable to today’s newsXpress business.

The Paypal engagement is as much about business marketing as it is about business management.

This is another example of newsXpress innovation benefiting newsXpress members.

newsXpress newsagency marketing group promotes Poo Pourri

poo2Newsagency marketing group newsXpress was on to Poo Pourri early thanks to very early engagement with the Australian distributor. newsXpress members had early access to ordering and exclusive access to marketing collateral months ago – making for an excellent suite of commercial opportunities for newsXpress members.

First move advantage feels good.

This is the newsXpress advantage.

newsXpress members are reporting good sales of this fun product.

EXCLUSIVE TO NEWSXPRESS: Giant Itty Bitty

giantittynewsXpress outlets will be the only retailers in Australia with the giant Mickey Mouse Itty Bitty thanks to a deal between Hallmark and newsXpress. This opportunity will drive traffic for newsXpress members given the tremendous success of the Itty Bitty range since its launch here by Hallmark.

Having an EXCLUSIVE such as this is great kudos for newsXpress and a wonderful opportunity for newsXpress members.

newsXpress has delivered more exclusive opportunities for members in 2014 than in any year previously, making membership of our group more enticing.

 

Hallmark Itty Bitty takes off – newsXpress members love the range!

nxhmkmeltonnewsXpress members are loving the Hallmark Itty Bitty collectible range. Promoting them using insights newsXpress gained exclusively earlier this year in a study trip to the US, newsXpress members are armed with information to drive sales – and that is exactly what we are seeing as members achieve excellent sales for the Itty Bitty range.