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Father’s Day Promotion for newsXpress Stores

Last week newsXpress provided its Father’s Day promotional newsletter / flyer to newsXpress members for their use in the run up to Father’s Day 2011.

This newsletter is personalised by newsXpress members and used by them in shopper bags, on a stand at the front of the newsagency, for mailing with accounts and sent by email to their customer databases.

This excellent marketing platform is being used with terrific success by newsXpress members in growing sales and professionally and personally promoting their business locally.

Promoting Hallmark cards, magazines and other Father’s Day related items, this newsletter is an important part of the promotional push by newsXpress members.

The Ben Kay Difference

newsXpress General Manager Ben Kay lived and breathes newsagencies and has done since leaving school. In his role as part of the leadership of newsXpress Ben delivers a passion and commitment which reflects the newsXpress commitment to the channel.

From the shop floor to the back room Ben is able to talk the talk and walk the walk. It is nothing for ben to roll up his sleeves and help a newsXpress member undertake one of our famous and valuable magazine relays. He is equally able to work through business reports and uncover business growth and development opportunities.

newsXpress is lucky to have Ben on the team and is grateful for the tireless personal and valuable help he delivers to our members every day.

Optus Mobile Phone Offer at newsXpress Rosebud

Shoppers in Rosebud have access to Optus mobile phone handset and SIM card deals thanks to the newsXpress Optus offer.

The other benefit for newsXpress members is the 100% increase in Optus recharge commission over the usual Optus recharge commission. Delivering a 100% lift in Optus mobile phone recharge commission is a financially compelling benefit delivered by newsXpress, thanks to Optus and Jenlist, to newsXpress members.

The other benefit is basket depth thanks to the impulse nature of such mobile phone and SIM card purchases.

By placing this display unit at the main sales counter, newsXpress Rosebud is ensuring that they engage almost all shoppers in the opportunity.

Great Cadbury Toolkit for Father’s Day From newsXpress

This Cadbury toolkit is a key gift on offer from newsXpress stores this Father’s Day. newsXpress stores right across Australia are proudly offering the metal toolkit and the delicious and tempting Cadbury goodies inside as part of the 2011 Father’s Day campaign.

The newsXpress / Cadbury connection for Father’s Day is an example of our valuable connection with and support for national brands. newsXpress members are benefiting from extra traffic and easy selling thanks to Cadbury being the best known chocolate brand in Australia.

newsXpress Riverlink Loving the Smurfs Traffic and Sales

At the front of the newsagency facing shoppers as they enter newsXpress Riverlink is this display promoting Smurfs characters and Smurf movie product.

Sourced through our newsXpress preferred suppliers and promoted by newsXpress, the Smurfs range at newsXpress Riverlink connects the business with the nostalgia as well as new versions of the characters as shown in the soon to release movie.

newsXpress is thrilled to be the only newsagency marketing group connected with the Smurf juggernaut … we’re loving it! We are thrilled that great newsXpress members like newsXpress Riverlink are engaged and loving the Smurfs too.

newsXpress Beechworth – Technology Newsagent of the Year

Congratulations to newsXpress Beechworth on being announced Technology Newsagent of the Year.

This award is recognition for hard work in the business on the technology front. Embracing technology opportunities in operations as well as selling technology products and through this attracting new shoppers.

newsXpress appreciates the leadership of newsXpress Beechworth and is thrilled to have them in our community.

newsXpress Young Runner-up Technology Newsagent of the Year

Congratulations to newsXpress Young on being announced the runner up Technology Newsagent of the Year at the awards earlier this week.

newsXpress Young has innovated by introducing an Optus store within a store to their business and have attracted a slew of new customers as a result. Their work in this area was genuinely ground breaking – other newsagents have since followed their lead.

newsXpress is lucky to have newsagents prepared to innovate in our community. Congratulations newsXpress Young!

Placing Crossword titles Next to Weeklies Works at East Maitland

Lovatts crossword and puzzle titles are benefiting from this placement next to weeklies by the team at newsXpress East Maitland.

With mots crossword shoppers being women and most weekly magazine shoppers being women, it makes sense to place crossword titles next to the weekly magazines.

The result is a measurable sales lift. This is another newsXpress members do so well with magazines – because we actively engage.

Eli Waters Uses newsXpress Collateral

newsXpress Eli Waters is making good use of some of the new newsXpress marketing collateral to promote their Toy Sale.

This new collateral is part of an extensive marketing kit made available to newsXpress members earlier this year. Covering more than thirty marketing opportunities, the collateral pack is the largest of its type in the newsagency channel. It is helping newsXpress members attract new shoppers and drive a more efficient shopping basket.

Well done to newsXpress Eli Waters for embracing the Toy Sale opportunity.

Party at newsXpress Bray Park

newsXpress Bray Park is embracing the party goods opportunity with a good range of party supplies. Located on the shop floor in a high-traffic situation, the party supplies display (part shown in the photo) caters to a range of party opportunities.

newsXpress preferred suppliers offer a good range of party goods opportunities to cater for a range of party, kids and adults, situations. From balloons through to invitations to cups and place-mats, the party range serves a range of situations.

The Quiet Achiever Gets Results

The newsXpress VIC / SA / TAS Business Development Manager Michael Elvey is your quintessential quiet achiever. Preferring the back room to the main stage, Michael helps our members drive better business outcomes by working with them through newsXpress processes and opportunities.

Through more than fifteen years working with newsagents Michael brings logic and quiet grace to his important role of guiding our members to pursue their business potential. We truly appreciate his focus and commitment.

Michael is one of a team of newsXpress Business Development Managers who share the newsXpress difference every day in their work with and for us.

newsXpress Streaky Bay Promotes Lovatts Titles

newsXpress Streaky Bay is promoting Lovatts crossword and puzzle titles with this placement in with the weekly magazines. This is in addition to their regular crossword department.

We know from sales data this this co-location drives incremental business. By freeing a few pockets newsXpress Streaky Bay is able to significantly increase the return they get from this space and drive crossword sales.

Promoting Optus Mobile Phones and the newsXpress Phonecard

newsXpress Middle Park is promoting a range of Optus mobile phones as well as the newsXpress phonecard in the front window of their newsagency. This terrific high profile location promotes good value deals to mobile phone as well as phonecard users. It presents the business as a competitive destination in the telco space … an important pitch in today’s wired world.

Karen’s Energy in Infectious

Karen Sutton is newsXpress to many of our Queensland members as she was there at the beginning of the group and has helped many switch to newsXpress.

Karen is a bundle of energy focused on store buying, merchandising and process management. Her experience in these areas in newsagencies is excellent – meaning that Karen can deliver wonderful practical and motivating advice and support to newsXpress members throughout Queensland. Most of all, Karen defines herself with energy and enthusiasm for business and newsagencies in particular. We appreciate Karen’s commitment to newsXpress.

Karen is one of a team of newsXpress Business Development Managers who share the newsXpress difference every day in their work with and for us.

Sock It To Me – Ideal for Father’s Day 2011

newsXpress Wetherill Park has this stand offering the Sock it to Me range of socks for Father’s Day. It’s an excellent floor unit, easy to move and ideal for driving impulse purchases. The placement of the unit at the entrance to the business has been excellent for customer engagement.

This is another innovative product from one of our terrific newsXpress preferred suppliers.

While it is on the shop floor for Father’s Day, this Sock it to Me stand will work all through the year. These socks are an ideal add on to a greeting card purchase.

Kudos to newsXpress Wetherill Park for engaging in this innovative and basket-building product.

Belinda’s Experience Builds Businesses

Following years working in one of our newsXpress stores on the Gold Coast, Belinda Adshead joined our Business Development Manager team, bringing excellent personal and valuable shop floor through to the back office help on a range of issues including merchandising, buying, people management and store processes. Belinda is a quiet achiever, working deeply with our members. She has a track record for turning businesses new to newsXpress around by helping them embrace the newsXpress difference. We are grateful for Belinda’s commitment to newsXpress and our members.

Belinda is one of a team of newsXpress Business Development Managers who share the newsXpress difference every day in their work with and for us.

Baked & Delicious Promotion Continues at Sunbury

newsXpress Sunbury Square is promoting the latest part of the Baked & Delicious partwork with this high profile display facing shoppers as they enter the store.

This display has been helping the store generate excellent further impulse purchases of this part series product.

newsXpress stores right across our group continue to report good sales from the Baked & Delicious title – thanks in part due to displays like this.

Partworks perform well – driving valuable sales of other titles as well.

Former Newsagents Helping Newsagents

newsXpress NSW / ACT Business Development Managers Roger and Lesley Bortfield are a formidable team … in a good way. In each visit with newsXpress members Roger and Lesley draw on years of experience owning and operating their own newsagencies, considerable involvement in the channel and years working with newsXpress on elite processes and programs to help our members achieve greatness.

Roger and Lesley are proof that embracing change can be fun and valuable. They help our members do this every day, often well into their own time and for that newsXpress is grateful. We benefit from their wisdom and their energy in helping our brand extend its reach in NSW / ACT.

Roger and Lesley are two of a team of newsXpress Business Development Managers who share the newsXpress difference every day in their work with and for us.

newsXpress St Clair Promotes Lovatts Titles

newsXpress St Clair in NSW has created a second promotional display of Lovatts titles with high volume weekly and women’s magazines. Capping the display with cover copies makes the display stand out more than the traditional magazine waterfall display.

We know from pocket counting experience that Lovatts titles placed next to weekly and women’s magazines will respond by delivering double digit sales growth in most newsagency situations.

Well done to newsXpress St Clair for finding the space for this tactical placement of Lovatts titles.

Smurfs selling out at newsXpress Knox

newsXpress Knox has had to order more Smurf products given the success with the range so far. In just a few weeks the business has sold out of some lines and the new Smurf movie is still several weeks away.

There is no doubt that the Smurf collectible and fun range has been a terrific success at Knox and many other newsXpress stores … drawing good new traffic and converting this into valuable sales.

This is another newsXpress merchandise success story, delivering commercially valuable results for newsXpress members and preferred suppliers. And bring plenty of happiness to newsXpress shoppers … this is what will bring them back!