Australian Newsagency Blog

DOS software died close to ten years ago.  At least that is when most software companies moved onto Windows based software.  Newsagent suppliers moved on too and from the late 1990s Windows based software was the industry standard.  Any newsagent who hae purchased DOS software since has wasted money.
This matters to me today because scrambling […]

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We are benefiting from integrating Eftpos with each register.  Customers like that they don’t have to move to enter a PIN.  Team members like that they can provide better service.  I expect that we will see an increase in basket size as a result.  It makes sense – the more convenient the payment options the […]

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We have been involved in three sales based replenishment trials in the magazine category on behalf of newsagents through Tower Systems over the last four years.  Two of these trials also involved our newsagency. While I cannot comment on the specifics of the trials for confidentiality reasons, I can say that the process is […]

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Since we sold our home delivery run we have used the POS Solutions software to collect payment of home delivery accounts on behalf of the distribution newsagent.  We have recently experienced first hand the service or lack thereof with this software.  After almost two days of down time, waiting for something, anything, to happen, the […]

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Tower Systems is offering a free current model highly configured Dell laptop (with built in camera) to every newsagent purchasing a package from the company to celebrate the official launch of its national online training program for newsagents. The online training, in addition to face to face in-store training, a national free group training program […]

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Tower Systems earlier today released advice for its 1,450 newsagent users on how to handle the variable price model for the new Elvis partwork. This advice sheet, N5.1 at the Tower website, provides a data management standard to help ensure consistently accurate pricing for retail sales and putaways.
We have been able to develop this […]

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Following success of the November and December newsagent benchmark projects I have decided to benchmark the seven months to January 31, 2008 to the same seven months a year earlier.
 
I have chosen seven months to get the most up to date data and include back to school 2008.
 
For Tower Newsagents, please send a Monthly Sales […]

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Click here to download a copy of the latest technology news for newsagents newsletter being sent this morning to all newsagents. It’s been a busy month on the IT front since the last newsletter with new standards in a couple of categories imminent and an incredible response to the free online training being delivered […]

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Below are the details of more (free) online training opportunities for newsagents using the Tower Systems software. The new courses on offer are:
Magazine Management Jan. 29 at 10am. This session will cover all aspects of magazine management; from Arrivals, Returns, Putaway Management and over/under supply. This session will be repeated several more […]

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Tower Systems has announced new (free) online training opportunities for newsagents. Newsagents can access these live training from their home or business through any computer with broadband access. Voice content is over the phone line via a toll free number. The new courses on offer are:
Magazine Management 9am Jan. 22 at 9pm […]

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The industry’s first ever online training session, announced earlier this week by Tower Systems, is full.  The free training session on Magazine Management will be held next Tuesday.   Tower expects to announce more dates for this session next week.  The goal is to help Tower Newsagents cut time spent managing magazines and improve commercial outcomes […]

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Tower Systems published Technology News for Newsagents - Jan 2008 yesterday.    1,450 newsagents use Tower software for newspaper home delivery and retail management.

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In addition to the free magazine management training event I blogged about earlier, Tower Systems has announced its first online user meeting.  This free forum connects newsagents using the Tower software along with some experts from within Tower.  Most of the meeting will be spent answering user queries - newsagents learn well from listening to […]

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Tower Systems has announced the newsagency channel’s first ever online magazine management training session for Tuesday January 15. The session filled in no time. Using the latest web event hosting tools, newsagents will be able to participate without having to leave their own businesses. Connecting to the Internet for visual content and […]

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