newsXpress has negotiated favourable terms with a leading boxed card designer and manufacturer to provide access to a unique and successful range of Christmas cards. The range will set newsXpress stores apart from other major boxed Christmas card retailers, provide excellent margin and also raise much needed funds for medical research.
The newsXpress terms deliver to our members excellent opportunities for the lucrative Christmas card season.
newsXpress has developed additional marketing collateral for Father’s Day. The new collateral will support our exclusive link with Morish Nuts and the Lighthouse Foundation to raise money for their important work with youth. The Dad’s Nuts Bag is a product exclusive to newsXpress members.
The poster is an excellent example of newsXpress combining social responsibility, business and retail fun in one campaign. $1.00 from every bag sold will go to the work of the Lighthouse Foundation.
The collateral shows off the newsXpress commitment to professional marketing.
newsXpress is proud to support the important work of the The Lighthouse Foundation with an exclusive Father’s Day promotion in partnership with our friends at Morish.
The Lighthouse Foundation was established in 1991 with the mission to reduce youth homelessness. They continue to work with the vision that every child will live in a family environment, within a community that fosters trust and love, and supports young people to grow and develop holistically. Their website has more details on their work and includes opportunities for others to become involved.
newsXpress is proud to be supporting the RSPCA Happy Tails Day campaign. Happy Tails Day is a celebration of the animals that make our lives better. As the RSPCA web says:
All money raised from Happy Tails Day helps the RSPCA care for animals just like Rusty. You can help by purchasing your Happy Tails Day merchandise during September and October either online or from one of our retail partners: BigW, newsXpress, Hill’s Vets, Bendigo Bank and Peter Alexander.
newsXpress is the only newsagency brand supporting this fundraising event.
newsXpress members are embracing our exclusive relationship with the organisers of Red Nose Day with fundraising products selling well in newsXpress locations. We are proud to be the newsagent channel partner for this important charity.
newsXpress members have a range of Red Nose Day product on the counter for sale and to bring awareness to the charity.
newsXpress is proud to be in partnership with the Sids for Kids Red Nose day initiative in 2009. Each newsXpress store has received a counter top merchandise unit with Sids product. All monies raised go towards the ongoing endeavours of the foundation. SIDS and Kids is dedicated to saving the lives of babies and children during pregnancy, birth, infancy and childhood and to supporting bereaved families.
With 28 days still to go before the celebrated ‘Red Nose Day‘, newsXpress members are already advising of strong sales of merchandise. Several stores have placed re-orders – what a success!
The photo above is the counter top unit in action at newsXpress Kin Kora.
newsXpress Members have commenced stocking the environmentally friendly O’BON range in their stores following the announcement of a commercial relationship between newsXpress and the Stationery supplier.
O’BON have created a great range of social stationery in some exciting fashion designs but with a very modern environmental twist, pencils made from recycled newspaper, notebooks made from sugarcane paper, and binders made from recycled cardboard make this a very impressive retail story.
The photo above features the O’BON range as seen at newsXpress Ascot Vale.
The free resume copying service we announced here for our forthcoming Stocktake Sale is gaining good traction as this story shows. We launched this initiative as a was of us putting something back into the community. Watch for more on this story.
newsXpress is proud to be supporting the sids and kids red Nose Day fundraising program this year. newsXpress joins the Wiggles and major national groups like Big W, Target, Best & Less, Mobil, Dick Smith, Terry White, Priceline, Blockbuster, Spotlight and Super Cheap Auto in supporting this worthwhile cause. We are the only newsagency marketing groupparticipating.
For more information, please go to the red nose day website.
newsXpress newsagencies are set to offer free photocopying of resumes to people looking for work. As part of the group’s 2009 Stock Take Sale, the free copying service will be available in all newsXpress locations from next month.
We are grateful to be able to help people looking for work commented Ben Kay, General Manager of newsXpress. We are also proud to show our group of proactive newsagents as leading on this important social challenge.
newsXpress will be promoting the free resume copying opportunity in a national advertising campaign which will commence in two weeks. This will be supported by bold, professionally printed, in-store marketing collateral.
newsXpress demonstrates its difference through this offer – it is helping its members provide a useful service in their local area, as service whichdemonstrates the connection between caring newsagents and their community.
newsXpress is proudly supporting Hallmark Cards and their fundraising efforts for the National Breast Cancer Foundation this Mother’s Day through their Cards For Cure campaign.
Hallmark has been supporting the NBCF since 2001 and have been recognised by the organisation for their commitment.
newsXpress locations across Australia have a full range of these fund raising Hallmark Mother’s Day cards on display as well as promotional material supporting the important work of the NBCF.
In buying a Hallmark card this Mother’s Day you support breast cancer research and show that together we can make a difference.
newsXpress has written to the Minister for the Environment to outline the challenges for small business retailers under carbon trading arrangements and today’s environmental situation more generally. While our submission is on behalf of newsXpress member newsagents, it usefully opens a discussion which could benefit all newsagents.
newsXpress is committed to helping its member newsagents operate successful best practice businesses. Our engagement with the Federal Government on environmental matters pursues that goal.
Robyn Ritchie of newsXpress Whittlesea, along with a group of Whittlesea women, is involved in an important bushfire recovery project focusing on two areas of recovery:
The Phoenix Group Project. A project which aims to replace treasured photos that were lost in the tragic events of Saturday the 7th February 2009. Anyone connected with someone affected by the bushfires – former neighbours from years ago, old boyfriends and girlfriends, past workmates etc. – is asked to look through old photo albums and find any pictures that feature, or would be of special significance to, the fire affected families. The website has details of how to pass these photos on securely.
The Disaster help Site. A furniture register website which aims to meet immediate needs of the fire affected families as they move into temporary accommodation. All items should be in good condition, clean and fully functional. Ideally, the items remain with you until required, but if storage is a problem, collection can be arranged.
newsXpress has shipped a range of stationery for by among schools in fire ravaged areas. We heard about the need through one of members who is a fireman and gladly joined the project to help get school materials so that classes have materials so that learning can get under way. This project has been co-ordinated by several of our members working together to ensure that we understand what is needed and that it gets to the right place.
Vaughan Lawrence and the team at newsXpress Seymour raised $2,600 in five days for the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal. Customers have been encouraged to donate direct to the Red Cross at their website and leave their change in the bucket at the counter. This is a campaign newsXpress developed with the Red Cross immediately after the fires. The money has been deposited into the Red Cross account and the receipt put on display for customers as recommended by newsXpress.
The support from the people shopping at newsXpress Seymour has been exceptional. $2,600 given in just five days shows heartfelt concern for bushfire victims.
The photo was taken after the first deposit.
Notice the challenge on the sign – let’s get another $3,000.
Neil and Robyn Ritchie at newsXpress Whittlesea have had an extraordinary ten days in their newsagency – but they can still manage a smile for customers and a quick photo.
Besides the challenge of a huge influx in the population of the town – it is a major holding area and contact point for bushfire relief in the area – they have customers, employees and friends directly affected.
In the tradition of newsagents of years gone by, Neil and Robyn are working very long days behind the counter of their newsagency in the heart of town and doing newspaper deliveries early in the morning as they have a driver off because his house was burnt to the ground. Their home is a resting place for many they know who have been affected.
Valentine’s Day and what would usually have been an excellent trading period came and went without notice as the sole focus of everyone in town is to understand the extent of the personal and property losses.
This Friday is Robyn’s birthday and an opportunity to celebrate even if only briefly because of the work waiting to be done the next day.
Our thoughts are with Neil, Robyn and all newsagents affected by the bushfires.
To raise funds for the victims of the bushfires in Victoria, the team at newsXpress Silver Sands in Western Australia rallied together with local business to raise funds. Touched by the stories of survival and the desire to help staff member Angela, the dedicated team at newsXpress Silver Sands and proprietor Phillip Foo in just a little over 4 hours, raised over $1000.00. This was a direct result of a sausage sizzle, raffles and of course the open generosity of the numerous shoppers passing by and dropping their donations in the tin. The store also donated a HP printer. The local pharmacy donated perfumes, Poolwerx a $100 voucher for the raffles, IGA the sausages, the bakery bread rolls, the local pub donated the can drinks and newsXpress Silver Sands’ own insurance broker ths one-off public liability.
The photo shows Jeannie, Angela(organiser, and staff member), Phillip Foo, and Amanda
newsXpress members are sharing stories with us about how their customers are reacting to our invitation for them to leave their loose change as a donation to the bushfire appeal. Across the counter, with the donations, come stories of family members and friends touched by the tragedy in Victoria. Listening to each story and providing another way to support the Red Cross appeal helps newsXpress newsagents to demonstrate their community connection.
Our members also give out the Red Cross direct donation access point details for customers who whist to make a more considerable donation than loose change from a sale.
We are grateful to the Red Cross for their help in ensuring that the advice we provide is accurate and best suited to their wonderful efforts.
Following further advice from the Red Cross, newsXpress today published guidelines for our member newsagents on how to collect change from customers to be on-forwarded to the red Cross. At the same time, we have provided material for our members to use to encourage their customers to donate direct to the Red Cross. Below is a copy of one of the notices we have provided to our members.
newsXpress has members in Victoria directly affected and we have offered practical assistance to these businesses.
newsXpress has had discussions with the Red Cross today about how its members and their customers can support the Red Cross Victorian Bushfilre Appeal. The Red Cross has asked that for the moment all donations are made direct – this provides appropriate tracking and receipting. newsXpress is due to talk with the red cross tomorrow following further discussions within the Red Cross on how we and others may be able to more practically assist.