The Ancol trade day yesterday in Adelaide yesterday was a good kick off for the a crazy busy trade show season for newsagency suppliers. The fair was a good size and a decent number of newsagents came through.
What I really like is that the Ancol trade day is a one day event from 11am to 5pm. Yeah, it’s short but newsagents respect that. I’d rather meet more newsagents in a shorter time than have a whole weekend taken up seeing close to the same number of newsagents.
The mood of newsagents was upbeat … plenty of positive stories. It was great to meet some new owners as well as newsagents from regional areas who don’t often get into Adelaide for industry events.
yesterday was special because Newspower launched gift cards for Newspower members. I funded these for South Australian Newspower members through by newsagency software company.