I feel for UK newsagents who have been hit with a new £8.50 delivery charge by Menzies Distribution following them taking on titles previously delivered direct to newsagents by News International. The Grocer has the story.
Unfortunately, I think we can expect to see moves like this as product manufacturers who previously supplied many accounts directly move to a model of supplying fewer accounts and expecting these businesses to manage newsagent accounts. The moves in Adelaide I wrote about yesterday are an example.
Being across the moves in the UK is something those representing newsagents ought to pursue. Some aspects of T2020 can be found in the UK model. I wonder how much that was looked at over the last two and a half years we have known of T2020.