I have been fortunate to participate in the Cairns and Townsville roadshows for newsagents and organised by the Queensland Newsagents’ Federation on Sunday and Tuesday of this week respectively. Attendance was excellent – showing that newsagents enjoy an opportunity to work on their businesses by learning and networking.
My sense is that the further from capital cities newsagents are located the more entrepreneurial they are. In Townsville yesterday, I talked with newsagents keen to develop new categories in pursuit of new customers and new revenue. They were open to try almost anything.
Maybe the difference is that the pioneer spirit which populated country areas is alive and well in newsagencies. There is certainly a different attitude and it is energising.