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.
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!
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!
newsXpress Watergardens is attracting new traffic with this promotion of the newsXpress Phonecard on a column facing out into the shopping mall.
Featuring the excellent internal and local calling deals accessible through the newsXpress Phonecard the display is a valuable marketing initiative from the business.
Shoppers can stop and easily compare the GREAT VALUE calling rates and terms of the newsXpress Phonecard. Being a what you see is what you get card and having NO HIDDEN FEES, the value proposition is strong.
newsXpress backs its own brand phonecard because of the brand promotion embedded in the regular use of this product by shoppers. We reached this point of endorsement after engaging with other products and comparing the phonecard deals in the marketplace.
We are proud to support the newsXpress phonecard right across thee group.
newsXpress is thrilled to be at the GNS Market Fair in Melbourne. On our stand yesterday we met with some excellent Victorian newsagents who are keen to take their business to the next level. We can help them achieve this. We also met with some of our Victorian members.
A feature of our stand was a wall showing off some of our major season collateral…
We appreciate the opportunity from GNS to participate in this important trade show for Victorian newsagents.
The trade show is on again today and we will be there showing off the newsXpress difference.
newsXpress Harbourtown in Queensland is promoting the Lovatts crossword and puzzle titles with this terrific display in-store. The Lovatts brand is well supported as the beacon brand in the crossword department, drawing attention to the full department.
We know from newsXpress experience that this type of bold and brand-focused display drives incremental business for the Lovatts titles – they are the top selling brand of crosswords and puzzles after all.
Well done to the newsXpress Harbourtown team for such an excellent display.
newsXpress stores are promoting the newsXpress Phonecard at the sales counter, usually next to The Sticker Family placement. With the phonecard offering such excellent value on calls overseas as well as within Australia, it is a perfect impulse purchase for personal use as well as a gift for almost any occasion.
The newsXpress Phonecard is a what you see is what you get phonecard. There are no hidden fees, no nasty surprises when it comes to charges. It is an excellent newsXpress point of difference compared to many other phonecard products – we back it with our own brand.
The candy lane created by the team at newsXpress Pakenham is delivering impulse business as shoppers move toward the sales counter to make their purchases. Packed with good value items from newsXpress preferred suppliers, this well-stocked and structured candy lane is a boost to the business, and the shopping basket in particular. It brings to Pakenham shoppers something quite unique and valued – easy gift shopping.