I have been in several WH Smith transit locations recently and found magazines in a slow traffic location in -store, and poorly stocked.
This photo is from one of the Melbourne stores just over a week ago.
In one store, okay, it could be one-off. But more? I mentioned this to someone in the magazine publisher space and they had noticed it too and felt it was a deliberate decision.
Time will tell.
This is awful, truly poor retail standards. It they are going to reduce magazines then action should be positive and fast. For a company that has been retailing in travel locations for over 180 years they should know about the cost of empty space.
Hope its a one off but I am sure you will share more on this story as it develops.
Cheers Mark
Steve I saw it and did think it was one-off. This photo is from the second time, and later that trip I saw it again.
Covid must have really hurt all airport based retailers. Guessing that they have made a decision to focus on on higher margin products as sir travel numbers recover. I agree a half baked decision is not a good look.