The QNF Board is to meet with Eugene Varricchio, Group General Manager – Retail & Distribution, ACP Magazine on Tuesday next week to discuss the why newsagents were disadvantaged compared to other retail channels over the supply of Woman’s Day and the Australian Women’s Weekly. The QNF Board will also seek to discuss these points as outlined to QNF members this late today:
Firstly, monetary reimbursement crediting the wholesale cost of all quantities of these two Royal Wedding magazines received by Queensland newsagents or by discounting subsequent issues to similar value. In the case of newsagents who were not delivered any Woman’s Day or Australian Woman’s Weekly they should receive the profit they would normally receive each week/month.
Secondly, ACP to formulate in consultation with the QNF, a special Queensland newsagents promotion which will drive consumers back into our newsagents businesses.
It’s a gutsy move by the QNF to not only seek compensation but to disclose this to newsagents at this stage.
HOORAY, we just got our AWW one week after the rest of Australia. It has been a disgusting, disrespectful week by Network who purport to “need newsagents”. The national AWW ads were on all last week and here in SA we had NO SUPPLY AT ALL AND NO EXPLANATIONS FOR THE SAME.
To be treated with such disdain is amazing when you consider how much rent we pay for retail premises and how much of those metres we give to Network and GG.
The greatest marketing tool of the year thrown into their lap and they leave half of Australia out of the distribution.
WESTERN AUST AND SOUTH AUST – SHAME SHAME SHAME!
I am being forced to look for alternative goods to sell in my store because the people with whom I have traded for 33 years are so disrespectful.
Not a single explanation or apology from anyone either.