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newsXpress is grateful to Hallmark Cards, Jenlist Distribution and Pacific Magazines for their tremendous support of our National Newsagent Conference next month in Melbourne.  Their financial and other assistance is helping newsXpress create a valuable and memorable conference for newsagents.

Supplier support is crucial for newsagent conferences on the scale newsXpress is planning for next month.  Hallmark, Jenlist and Pacific Magazines have been helpful in creating this event since day one.  This support has encouraged newsXpress to work hard to create a conference which will benefit all newsagents and their suppliers.

Hallmark is newsXpress strategic supplier of greeting cards, wrap and gifts.  Jenlist is key technology products supplier of mobile phones, mobile phone starter kits, mocks and a range of personal technology products.  Pacific magazines provides many popular magazines including New Idea, Women’s Health,  Better Homes & Gardens, Weight Watchers, Prevention, Diabetic Living, Famous, In Style, Home Beautiful, Girlfriend, That’s Life, Marie Claire, Men’s Health, K Zone, Who and Your Garden.

Click here for a copy of the brochure promoting the National Newsagent Conference.

newsXpress is pleased to have been able to help many members access additional stock for the launch issue of Prevention magazine.  As soon as we saw sales data half way through the first day on-sale we knew Prevention would sell very well.  We put out a call to members and those who responded were able to secure backup stock thansk to Gordon & Gotch and Pacific Magazines before supplies ran out.  Early intervention  by newsXpress driven by good sales data helped many of our members achieve excellent sales results.

This is another example of the newsXpress difference at work.  We work hard for our members on big projects and small.  Mutual engagement is the key to success.

Click here for a copy of the brochure promoting the National Newsagent Conference being hosted by newsXpress next month in Melbourne.

All newsagents in Australia are invited to this conference and to have access to excellent newsagency business building opportunities.  This is also a great opportunity to see the newsXpress difference in action.

newsXpress has released details of NRL aand AFL finals merchandise packs with which enwsXpress members can dress their shops and make an impact in sports mad markets.

newsXpress provides access to a wdie variety of collateral for major as well as minor in-store marketing opportunities as part of its member services.

newsXpress has announced application details for Team Member of the Year Awards to be made at this years National Newsagent Conference.  newsXpress is using these and other awards to recognise leadership and contribution to newsXpress member businesses and the newsXpress brand overall.

newsXpress is proud to welcome IKON Collectables / SCA Vending to the newsXpress supplier suite.  They offer a large range of licensed products including the likes of: Twilight/New Moon; The Simpsons;Top Gear; Harry Potter … and plenty more.  Many of their licences connect with products sold in magazines and greeting cards in newsXpress locations already.

newsXpress has presented members with several Twilight themed product opportunities.  The release of these will coincide with the release of the new Twilight movie.  The newsXpress sourced products beautifully supplement the coverage for Twilight in magazines already sold in newsXpress outlets.

The new product offers represent smart buying by the newsXpress merchandise team and are sure to help newsXpress members achieve deeper shopping baskets from customers.

newsXpress had a great night last night at the QNF Newsagent of the Year Awards. Great because newsXpress members bagged three of the four awards announced and great because it was such a good evening. Lots of laughter and lots of catching up. newsXpress was proud to be a sponsor of the awards again this year – reinvesting in the newsagency channel.

In the photo are some of the winners of the evening: Vanessa James, Employee of the Year, from newsXpress Lowood; Warrick Hosking, inaugural New Technology Newsagent of the Year, newsXpress Gympie and Mark and Shelley Petersen, Retail Newsagent of the Year, newsXpress Sarina.

For the record we note that newsXpress did not play a role in any of the judging.

Mark and Shelley Petersen took out the Queensland Retail Newsagent of the Year award last night at the QNF Awards Dinner. As anyone who has visited newsXpress sarina will know, this is a much deserved award. It recognises the professionalism, energy and fun they bring to the business and the success they enjoy as a result.

newsXpress congratulates Mark and Shelly and their team for winning this hotly contested award.  They are doing the newsXpress brand proud!

Warrick Hosking of newsXpress Gympie won the inaugural Technology Newsagent of the Year award on last night at the QNF Awards dinner. Out of more than thirty contenders, newsXpress Gympie claimed the prize. This reflects their sales and use of technology related products and services – products key to the future of newsagencies.

newsXpress has been presented with an excellent opportunity by a partner supplier to purchase end of line product at exellent prices.  This latest opportunity is another demonstration of the value of newsXpress to suppliers.  Our members can access product at amazing prices and suppliers can move end of line product through a retail group they trust.

newsXpress members are sending in photos of how they are using the double sided A1 colour posters we sent out supporting Father’s Day.  This free collateral from newsXpress is in addition to the Sat. Nav. unit being given away in each newsXpress location as part of the Hallmark promotion and the tremendous collateral supporting this offer.  newsXpress invests a considerable amount of money in developing, printing and shipping marketing collateral for key seasons so that newsXpress members can show their difference over other newsagencies.

The photos newsXpress receives from proactive members show the free marketing collateral we provide is much appreciated.