This photo shows the state of one magazine title distributed by Network Services to a newsagent recently. This magazine is unmerchantable: not fit for retail, yet Network Services sent it.
Network is part of Bauer Media and Bauer thinks newsagents need help to manage and display magazines. They ought to tidy their own house first.
No wonder newsagents don’t trust Bauer when they receive products like this.
This Sponge Bob title is a good example of unmerchantable product.
While I expect the company would have an excuse and offer an apology, it happens too often for it to not be the result of poor leadership and poor management in Bauer when it comes to managing the newsagency distribution side of their business.