With some newsagency software programs having offered the ability to provide sales data to Hallmark and John Sands for years, it is good to see both parties making use of this to drive better value from the newsagent / supplier relationship.
Newsagents who ensure they have accurate business performance data and who share this automatically with their suppliers can be certain of receiving amore finely tuned and appropriate supply of products.
The automatic flow of sales data sits at the heart of just in time supply, enabling newsagents to better manage their inventory investment.
Now more than ever there is real value for newsagents in using technology to drive supplier relationships.