See how a small footprint (25 sq m) convenience store at Hung Hom station in Kowloon displays magazines. This fanned out approach is what newsagents in Australia used to do decades ago before moving to full face in the 1980s.
With rent and labour increasing annually and magazine revenue flat or declining for many, newsagents need to cut overheads associated with magazines. One way to do this is to reduce floor space. The fanned magazine display approach lets us do this without reducing range as much as otherwise might be the case.
Note the lower shelves where more space is dedicated to these titles.