I spent yesterday at the second newsXpress national conference for 2014. It was a terrific day with stories of success by newsagents who are changing their businesses, introducing new traffic drivers yet who are not forgetting the importance of core categories.
While some in our channel are only now realising that change is important, I met with business owners who started making major changes years ago and who are not into the next generation of change.
In addition to a full conference day, there was a busy trade display with many suppliers who had never exhibited to newsagents previously. It was a thrill watching this first time interaction – it’s all about change for newsagents and for suppliers.
This was a practical conference with some excellent business management and merchandising workshop – attended by more than 100 newsagents from around the country.