I am collecting basket data from newsagents for an April – June 2020 compared to April – June 2019 newsagency sales benchmark study.
I already have data from seventy stores and am hoping for data from another 50 at least.
My goal is to have the data collated and assessed early next week.
based on what I saw for May 2020 compared to May 2019 and May 1 – 30 2020 comp[ared to April 2020,l I anticipate seeing a strong result from regional and rural Australia and a good result from high street suburban.
It is the shopping centre b businesses that I anticipate will provide challenging results as that was the trend in both May data sets.
There are plenty of newsagents doing well right now and kudos to the engaged retailers who have taken the steps necessary to position themselves for this success. Agility is key to this success.