Talking with a manager at Gordon and Gotch yesterday about the status of supply of the popular Art Therapy partwork following a query I received on behalf of a newsXpress member. Here is their update:
As expected this will be a sell out as EDI sales to date are higher than anything I have seen in partworks.
As of yesterday the store had sold 6 out of 10 and we have been topping up sell-out stores over the last two days and have exhausted all stock in Qld.
We are moving some additional stock overnight from NSW and are actioning EDI stores first. [REMOVED] should get picked up from this but again the stock is very limited.
We are speaking to the publisher about moving Part 2 on-sale earlier due to the demand and as soon as a decision is made will communicate to all stores.
I hope this response from Gotch, which I share with permission, is helpful to other newsagents.
It is good to see the TV commercial running in high rotation – going newsagents an strong reason to ensure the title is displayed at the front of the shop, next to the broader adult colouring range in-store.
We have had one of our subagents report she has had 3-4 customers come in-store and as she has sold out of the partworks that have reported that they will purchase them online. She expressed her annoyance about losing future sales from customers if they decide to do this. Will online customers be affected by the sellout across Aust or do they get copies before anyone else?
We are in NSW and have been told there is no stock left earlier in the week. Cannot order online.
This statement says there is stock in NSW and it is being moved to QLD.
We got 100, sold 85. If we had stock would sell another 85 over Fri-Sun.
lets wait until part 3 or 4 or 5 or whatever number and lets see what mess it will be, back orders everywhere. I hope im wrong but i doubt it.
Gordon & Gotch … you are still advertsing the Art Therapy 1st issue at $3.99 yet there are none available. You can’t even answer your phone either. Not Happy!
How can I get a back copy of the first issue of Art Therapy Weekly magazine. My local newsagent said I would have to wait 4 Months as I missed out. I live in Australia