If magazine sales are anything to go by, interest in the Queen has faded. While coin and higher-end collectible sales remain strong, in the magazine space, a cover of the Queen is not driving sales like it did a few weeks ago.
I expected some of the collector one-shots may have still been selling well today, but they are not based on data I have seen from a range of newsagency businesses, city and country. large and small.
I mention it because it was on my mind yesterday, considering space allocation in-store. For something like this, a one-off news story phenomenon, I think it’s better for us to call time on space allocation rather than waiting for suppliers to make that decision. We are paying for the space after all.