Further to my reports here recently about a magazine theft problem experienced by some newsagents, I have been contacted by a newsagent with a report that some sub agents only want them to supply weeklies, saying that is all they need. Checking in these shops sows a range of monthlies on display – being sourced outside the traditional sub agent relationship.
The question is where these magazines are coming from? If they are being sourced through a newsagent the margin would most likely be the same. It begs the speculation that the monthlies are stolen magazine stock. The sub agents when asked are vague in their answers.
This situation demonstrates that there is leakage somewhere in the supply of monthly magazines in Brisbane.
Could have just been that they were supplied in part by another agent ?
I was actually approached by a group of service stations to in a couple of the local suburbs to supply them instead of their current agent as they were having “issues” with supply and were finding him less than easy to deal with. I of course declined as they were outside what I considered my “territory” but with territories now effectively ceasing to exist here in parts of Brisbane I would think it would be free reign if people are so inclined.