Can the Newsagent survive if everything they sell is …
- Out of Date
- Not competitive with other stores.
- …
The Newsagent must evolve if it is not to disappear!
- Newspapers (available Online)
- Stationary (no longer competitive)
- Greeting Cards (social media etc …)
- Magazines (electronic distribution)
- Lotto and Travel Passes have online alternatives
- With declining customer base even harder to cross sell complimentary products etc!!
These things are really disappearing!
- Calendars
- Diaries
- Gift Wrapping
Newsagents (& Computers) means new Products:
- Expanded Scanning and Printing Facilities
- Convenient Supplies (Readily Available)
- Ink Cartridges & Toner
- Smart Phone Batteries
- A4 Paper
- USB Keys and Flash Drives
- Skype Gift Cards etc …
- Gift Vouchers etc …
But a Physical Presence is useful even if they no longer sell physical copies!
- Rent Newspaper Space to Newspapers
- Rent Magazine Space to Publishers
- Rent Lotto Space to Lotto Corporation
- Rent Greeting Card Space to Printers
Innovative Newsagents
- News agencies (& Similar) could develop labs for new product Offerings
The Post Office needs to sit down and have a similar think!
I think they can in part as scanners and printers become (more) ubiquitous!
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