Australian Newsagency Blog

The rough weather these past couple of days have thrown Christmas trading into chaos for several newsagents In know. Yesterday and Thursday were particularly bad in Melbourne - across the suburbs. While stock has been damaged, the more inconvenient pain has been the loss to communications from the shop – hitting the financial services and payment methods. If people can’t pay on a card they often leave the goods at the counter and walk out. In some stores, credit and debit cards are used for a third of all transactions.