Category: newsXpress difference

Congratulations newsXpress winners!

Congratulations to two lucky shoppers for each winning a Galetta Retro Scooters valued at $2395 each:

  1. Chloe Zophie. Sold by newsXpress Harbour Town.
  2. Michelle Walters. Sold by newsXpress Emerald.

Congratulations to the following newsXpress stores for winning as part of our recent Virgin Mobile / Jenlist promotion:

  • Major Prize (Scooter) – newsXpress Sandgate
  • Runner Up ($500) – newsXpress Belconnen
  • Runner Up ($500)  – newsXpress Noosa Heads
  • Runner Up ($500) – newsXpress Halls Head

What a great promotion this has been thanks to Jenlist and Virgin Mobile.

Throughout 2012 newsXpress is offering prizes for lucky shoppers … both across the group as well as at store level.  Our next major prize will be our Mother’s day giveaway which will see in excess of $50,000 worth of prizes given away across newsXpress stores.

Customers are lucky at newsXpress newsagencies.

Exclusive magazine management training for newsXpress retail employees

newsXpress this weeks hosts two training sessions for retail employees working in newsXpress stores. This employee training is part of our commitment to deliver valuable and exclusive training to people in newsXpress stores who are charged with executing day to day decisions in the magazine space.

Too often newsagency training is delivered to the owners of newsagency businesses. We are changing that.

newsXpress is running a series of training opportunities this year for retail employees and therefore helping those working newsXpress stores to develop their skill set and be more commercially valuable to the businesses in which they work.

Access to the training is free. The first two sessions are being run in Sydney on Tuesday and in Melbourne on Wednesday. Both sessions will be run after the close of business.

Additional training will be scheduled in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Gippsland in Victoria.

Each of the magazine training sessions will be conducted on the shop floor and run for around two hours.

We understand that newsXpress is the only newsagency marketing group offering these training opportunities for newsagency employees … further showing off the value we deliver to members and to those who work in newsXpress stores.

newsXpress is excited for the opportunity of this new training as it encodes key aspects of the newsXpress offer and shares valuable knowledge and processes which will help newsXpress newsagency businesses for many years to come.

Meeting with newsXpress members in Western Australia

Rob Henderson newsXpress Chief Operating Officer has been in Western Australia  meeting with members this week, overviewing strategies and discussing plans for the state … and acquiring new members. This visit is part of an on-going campaign of connecting with newsXpress members and sharing insights and advice which will help drive business growth.

newsXpress members love our In-Store offers newsletter

newsXpress members continue to embrace our EXCLUSIVE In-Store offers newsletter which comes out in time for the start of each month.

This is a genuine point of difference for newsXpress, something which shows off our commitment to national brands and which provides our members with an excellent marketing tool for their businesses at no cost.

This month’s newsXpress In-Store offers newsletter is all about Easter products and the wonderful $10,000 in prizes offer for shoppers purchasing New Idea, That’s Life, Who, Famous, Better Homes & Gardens and Marie Claire. It is packed with news and opportunities which reinforce the value of shopping at newsXpress.

Amazing result from Toy Fair shopping day

newsXpress members banded together for a commercially stunning day at the Melbourne Toy Fair over a week ago. Suppliers closed their stands to other Toy Fair visitors for our group, so we could see their products without interruption.

This exclusive shopping day was a tremendous and valuable show of unity by newsXpress members. Participating members gained access to special deals and some wonderful products learnings through the course of the day.

newsXpress members flew in from around Australia to participate in this event and the newsXpress National Conference which was held the next day.

Suppliers participating in the exclusive buying day experience are thrilled with the result. Now that they have had an opportunity to tote up the value, they are all keen to participate with newsXpress in a similar exclusive buying day again.

newsXpress Conference redefines the newsagency marketing group offer for 2012

The newsXpress national conference in Melbourne yesterday saw close to 200 people fill the conference centre for a day of fast-paced, valuable and commercially confidential sessions. Unlocking deals and opportunities for newsXpress members, the conference has kicked off 2012 in a proactive and positive way.

Based on newsagency conferences over the years, we expect this to be the biggest newsagency conference, except maybe outside the ACP Connections conference, the channel will see in 2012.

newsXpress members loved the event, staying right through to the close at 5:30pm.

Suppliers loved the event and the face to face time they had with newsXpress members.

Elliot Goblet was a wonderful, engaged, savvy MC. He made the day more fun and helped us laugh at ourselves.

newsXpress shared its vision for 2012 and beyond, suppliers enhanced this with their vision for working with newsXpress members in 2012 and beyond. In our closed member-only session we shared data which changed the way newsXpress members see the success they can achieve.

The long full day even was capped off with a wonderful evening of wonderful five-star food and drinks on the 89th floor of the Eureka Tower. Some conference attended also got to spend time on the observation desk, looking through a glass floor over Melbourne.

It is difficult to put into words what the conference and the pre-conference buying day at the Toy Fair has meant for participating newsXpress members. While it was a commercial, social and personal success, what the 200 or so attendees take back to their businesses will be seen in business results this year and beyond.

We are all excited for 2012 and beyond and what we will achieve together.

newsXpress members embrace Toy Fair opportunity

newsXpress is hosting a guided tour of the Melbourne Toy Fair later this week. Meeting with selected Toy manufacturers and wholesalers, newsXpress members will get to see new products and access special offers as a valuable and appreciated entry to the growing, for newsXpress stores, toy space.

Running the day prior to our national conference, the guided Toy Fair visit is another way newsXpress is adding value to newsXpress member businesses, guiding ranging decisions and unlocking excellent deals.

Our approach to Toy Fair is an excellent example of newsXpress demonstrating the importance of brand and the value of the group working together.

newsXpress members loving the Sydney gift fair opportunity

newsXpress members attending the Sydney Gift Fair over the last few days have benefited from newsXpress assistance with supplier connection. We hosted a drinks evening and caught up with members through the days. Connecting exclusively with our members in a co-ordinated approach has produced better outcomes for our members.

Beanie Kids Easter promotion at newsXpress Ballarat

newsXpress Ballarat has the newsXpress Beanie Kids Easter promotion setup in-store and facing shoppers as they enter the newsagency.

Being promoted nationally across all newsXpress stores, the Easter Beanie Kid products are sure to be a sell out hit … just like the Christmas Beanie Kid packs sold out across our retail network.

newsXpress supports respected and well-known brands like Beanie Kids because brands drive traffic and sales. As a national brand ourselves we understand the importance and value of brands.

While cheap China product can sometimes carry a better margin, shoppers are less likely to remember where they purchased a product on price compared to where they purchased a brand they know and love. Anyone can differentiate on price. few can differentiate around respected brands … like Beanie Kids.

Virgin Mobile Broadband promotion at East Maitland

newsXpress East Maitland is another of the newsXpress locations which has been promoting the Virgin Mobile Broadband offer in-store diving sales of Virgin Mobile products and providing shoppers an opportunity to win one of two scooters valued at over $2,000 in a newsXpress exclusive in-store promotion.

We are thrilled to bring such exciting retail competitions and margin boosting opportunities to newsXpress members.

Promoting Better Homes and Gardens at newsXpress Bairnsdale

newsXpress Bairnsdale has been promoting Better Homes and Gardens magazine with this excellent high-impac in-location display in-store.  It’s bold, attention-grabbing and successful. Having been up since the launch of the magazine it is the type of display which accounts for excellent success for Better Homes and Gardens at newsXpress Bairnsdale in country Victoria.

Better Homes and Gardens is from pacific magazines a strategic partner of newsXpress.  We have only two strategic partners – Hallmark Cards and Pacific Magazines.

Thanks to Pacific Magazines, newsXpress members have access to floor stock to enable us to get replenishment stock while other retailers sell out. This helps us achieve our fullest sales potential.

Displays like this one at newsXpress Bairnsdale for a key Pacific Magazines title is part of our commitment to support their titles. The reward is wonderful sales growth.

Virgin Mobile Broadband promotion at Wollongbar

newsXpress Wollongbar has been promoting Virgin Mobile Broadband at the entrance to the newsagency, right at the sales counter.  The Virgin Mobile offer is one which has been running right across the newsXpress network as part of a commitment around mobile recharge margin.  This simple tactical placement is all about driving brand awareness and leveraging impulse purchases of the Virgin Mobile Broadband offer.

Introducing gifts at newsXpress Rutherglen

newsXpress Rutherglen slightly trimmed display space allocated to magazines and introduced an expansion to the gift offer in-store – as shown in the photo.

The change at newsXpress Ruthergen was completed as part of magazine range review and the result, thanks to a small shop fitting change is this selection of homewares gifts next to magazines.

While we understand and respect magazines and their very important place in the product mix in a vibrant and growing newsXpress store, occasionally, thanks to a data based range review, we are able to unlock space for more product, This is what has been done at newsXpress Rutherglen – creating a win win … magazine sales growth and gift sales growth.

The move at newsXpress Rutherglen was achieved with a very small capital investment for a good commercial outcome.  This is excellent for the business and for the newsXpress preferred suppliers who now have better representation in the business.

retail today is all about serving the customer. This requires data based business decisions tweaking and finessing your business to serve your customers. This is exactly what is being done at newsXpress Rutherglen.

newsXpress Grovedale display wins award

Congratulations to newsXpress Grovedale for winning an award from ACP magazines for this display for Wheels magazine.

We love this display as it brings to life the magazine it is promoting in a way which will connect with the target purchaser of the title … perfect for visual merchandising.

newsXpress believes in magazines and feels that they play an important role in traffic generation and basked building in newsXpress newsagency businesses across Australia.

Congratulations to everyone at newsXpress Grovedale who made this display happen … it’s excellent!

Promoting Beanie Kids at newsXpress Parkmore

newsXpress Parkmore at Parkmore Shopping Centre in Victoria is promoting Beanie Kids with this excellent in-store display printing the range.

Available from one of our preferred suppliers, the beanie Kid range is developing as a terrific newsXpress success story, delivering excellent traffic growth and basked building sales for each business in which the opportunity is installed.

newsXpress Parkmore is providing excellent space and great customer service for the beanie Kid range.  This is another example of smart engagement around a trusted brand … a great way to grow retail sales on today’s marketplace.

newsXpress national conference brimming to capacity

With more than one hundred newsXpress newsagencies booked for our national conference in Melbourne next month there is no doubt that it will be the biggest newsagent conference event outside of the ACP Connections conference held last year in Sydney.

We are thrilled with the member support of the conference and the EXCLUSIVE Toy Fair buying events being held the day before the conference.  Tapping into commercially valuable and exclusive buying opportunities at Toy Fair will help newsXpress members to broader their product mix, network and learn from experts about success with toys.

The conference, pre-conference buying day and Eureka Tower Cocktail Party will provide us with an excellent focus for success in 2012 and beyond.  The agenda provides for some value-packed announcements for newsXpress members.

New members for newsXpress

newsXpress will be announcing details of several news members at its conference next month in Melbourne.  The latest new member acquisitions are in New South Wales and Queensland and are as a result of our rigorous member vetting process which looks for proactive newsagents committed to growing their businesses with newsXpress.

The new members are signed up and ready to roll from the start of March.

In addition to looking for members who want to engage with our strategies and programs, we look for members who can add to the body of the group. We know that growth is a collective and mutually respectful experience.

My Family sticker success rolls on for newsXpress stores

newsXpress members continue to enjoy excellent sales success with the My family stickers from The Sticker Family.  The photo shows a family making their purchase selections at one of our member stores just a couple of days ago.  Parents, grandparents and extended families are identifying their family units with the fun stickers on the rear windows of cars, windows at home and on fridges with the wonderful range of fridge magnets.

Key to the success of the My Family stickers is the placement of the pull up banner at the front of the newsagency. Every day it draws shoppers to the business and they purchase not only My Family stickers but also other items in-store.

The Sticker Family range is a tremendous success story for newsXpress, a success story which is loved by customers and newsXpress members alike.

The latest sales data shows that there is tremendous success sill to be had from the My Family sticker range.

Promoting Coke and a magazine

Several newsXpress member newsagencies are running a Coke and a magazine campaign thanks to the wonderful assistance of the marketing team at newsXpress Strategic Partner Pacific Magazines.

The very special Coke and a Pacific magazine offer – New Idea, Who, That’s Life and Famous – is designed as a basket builder and a value reinforcer at the sales counter.

Supported with professional marketing collateral, the offer is a key value-add pitch at the counter of participating newsXpress locations.

This is the first step in an exciting new Coke relationship for newsXpress members … watch this space more deals and offers as they come down the line and onto newsXpress sales counters.