Folio reports that 275 US and Canadian magazines have closed so far this year. In the same period, 187 new magazines have launched. 525 US and Canadian magazines closed in all of 2008.
if you are planning a shop fit, do not include purpose built magazine fixtures. Go, instead, for flexible fixtures which can be easily reconfigured by any staff member.
I am often left to wonder whether these businesses, including magazine publishers, are going belly up due to the “digital age” or the global economic recession we are apparently having or whether they are just a result of extremely poor management. It seems so easy to blame the internet, the financial situation or anything else without taking responsibility but at the end of the day it will not matter if your product is fantastic if it is accompanied by poor service and laclusture management then it is doomed from the begining.