Newsagent's shop

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A newsstand in Salta, Argentina
A newsstand in Rosemont, Montreal, Canada, 1943
A newsagent's shop in Paris, France

A newsagent's shop or simply newsagent's or paper shop

public places like city streets, railway stations and airports. Racks for newspapers and magazines can also be found in convenience stores, bookstores and supermarkets. The physical establishment can be either freestanding or part of a larger structure (e.g. a shopping mall
or a railway station).

In

).

A newsstand in New York City

By country

Australia

A typical suburban newsagency in Pinewood, Australia

A newsagent is the manager of the newspaper department of the shop, often also the owner of a newsagency shop.

Newsagencies conduct either a retail business and/or a distribution business.

When they first appeared in Australia is unknown; the earliest reference known in Australia is an advertisement in 1855 in Melbourne.[2]

The number of newsagencies in Australia are falling in recent years and this decline is expected to continue. In 2000, there was estimated about 5,000,[3] by 2007/8 there were 4,635 newsagencies, and by 2016/7 there were just 3,150 newsagencies.[4]

Retail newsagencies

Retail newsagencies[5] primarily offer a comprehensive range of newspapers and magazines, as well as stationery and greeting cards.

Distribution newsagencies

Distribution newsagencies

Rural Press, The West Australian
and Australian Provincial Newspapers. These monopolies have been a major source of contention between newsagents and the Australian Consumer Affairs.

Brazil

In Brazil, newsagents' shops are known as "bancas de jornal" or "bancas de revistas" and are usually family-owned, free-standing kiosks that only deal in periodical publications, telephone cards, bus tickets and the occasional book and cut-price DVD. In suburban areas and villages they are normally housed in a shop selling stationery, tobacco and sweets as well as periodicals.

Greece

In

snacks, tobacco; and other kinds of merchandise. Opening times vary. They are typically found on the side of the road in crowded public areas.[6][7]

A periptero in Athens, Greece

Italy

In

stickers, bus tickets and the occasional book and cut-price DVD
. In suburban areas and villages they are normally housed in a shop selling stationery, tobacco and sweets as well as periodicals.

Japan

A kiosk in Osaka, Japan

In Japan, newsagents' shops are called kiosks, and are typically found in or around railway or subway stations. In addition to newspapers and magazines, they sell beverages, snack foods, postage stamps, cigarettes, and many other kinds of merchandise. Ekiben boxed lunches can be purchased at larger kiosks in inter-city rail stations.

United Kingdom

Teignmouth, Devon, England, 2008

In the United Kingdom, newsagents' shops are small shops selling newspapers as well as magazines, sweets and tobacco; some of them also sell provisions and alcoholic beverages. Opening times vary according to the owners' preferences.

Many shops are family-owned. These family-owned shops may carry purchasing group or wholesaler group branding such as

SPAR, Today's, "Local Shop" or NISA. Alternatively the private owner choosing to do his own purchasing (usually from cash and carries) may carry advertising for a local paper, national news group or soft drink brand externally. Prior to the banning of advertising of tobacco products, this was the most common form of external advertising. The primary employers association aimed towards looking after the interests of independent newsagents in the UK and Republic of Ireland is the National Federation of Retail Newsagents
.

Others are part of national chains such as RS McColl/Martins,

. Mini-marts, off-licences and supermarkets may also act as newsagents.

United States

An outdoor newsstand in New York City

On street corners in

Hudson News, a newsstand brand created in New York City, is operated by retailer the Hudson Group, with more than 500 stores around the world. This brand was created in 1987, and became more popular in the 1990s, during a time when newsstands in commuter terminals were being re-evaluated and reopened to better serve customers and the spaces with the most commuter foot traffic. Prior to this, newsstands caused limited visibility for police officers patrolling the subway stations, as well as impeding crowd movement.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Paper shop". Cambridge Dictionary. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020. Paper shop [..] noun [..] UK [..] a shop that sells newspapers
  2. ^ "The First Australian Newsagency?". POS Solutions. 20 January 2009.
  3. ^ https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/public-registers/documents/D05%2B12725.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ IBISWorld OD5495-Newsagencies-in-Australia-Industry-Report
  5. ^ a b "Australian Newsagents Federation". LinkedIn. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  6. ^ AthensFever (10 August 2015). "The Greek Kiosk "Periptero"". www.athensfever.gr. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  7. ^ "A visit to a Greek kiosk (periptero)". transparent.com. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Subway Group Protests Removal of Newsstands". The New York Times. 13 February 1988. Retrieved 18 December 2011.

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