I have spent two days in Queensland at the ACP Magazines Connections conference with 200+ other newsagents and it struck me how wide the gulf is between proactive newsagents building businesses by being entrepreneurial versus those who are process workers, expecting others to develop their business strategy and give them a future.
Deregulation in 1999 has meant that newsagents must see their own future and pursue it, individually and collectively.
The Connections Conference draws together more of the entrepreneurs and for that alone you leave feeling energised and renewed in faith in the newsagency channel.