Talking retail reports that Irish newsagents are angry that the publisher of the Belfast Telegraph has taken home delivery away from them in favour of a direct to consumer approach. The publisher is offering a “modest” fee for home delivery data from newsagents. It’s all about cutting costs in the supply chain.
As a Distribution Agent, home delivery is obviously very important to us. I don’t know how well newsagents in other states know of the peculiarities of South Australian Metro Agencies but many ‘shop front’ agents don’t have a home delivery component here. Given the costs do most Agents interstate with small delivery rounds promote Home Delivery or see it as a necessary evil?
Given what I heard about the apathy and mishandling eastern state Agents had towards the NSDP program that got it scrapped it would seem to me perhaps many agents would not miss handling home deliveries or is too important a community service and extra contact point for retail agencies to lose?
AS A SMALL DELIVERY OPERATOR IN A SMALL TOWN I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOME DELIVERYS DISAPEAR FOREVER . WITH THE HIGH FUEL COST LATLEY WE ARE LUCKY TO BRAKE EVEN . THEN ADD TO THAT THEY ARE ALL ON ACCOUNTS AND NO ONE LIKES TO PAY THERE BILLS ON TIME . I WOULD MUCH RATHER SLEEP IN FOR AN EXTRA 2 HOURS . THEN THERE IS THE PLUS SIDE I SUPPOSE WHEN THE CUSTOMER COMES IN TO PAY THERE BILL THEY USUALLY DO BUY SOMETHING ELSE
home delivery can only be seen as a community service.
what we get back from the publishers as delivery does not even cover the wages/fuel costs.
Also people want to be compensated for having to wake up early to do the paper runs. we had such a problem and my husband now have to take on 3 days himself as we cannot afford to pay more.
About the accounts, prefer Fairfax where subscribers pay direct.
Not News Ltd where there are options.
When we ring culprits up to remind them on payment some even said oh it’s just less than twenty dollars owing!!!
yep that all sounds so familiar .