It’s a scan-dal

NEWSAGENTS are becoming frustrated with newspapers that do not publish barcodes on their newspapers.
These 2D barcodes are used to process payment at the cash register.

The Australian Newsagent Federation reports that it is having challenges with smaller newspapers that have not responded to requests by local newsagents to use a barcode.

The automated nature of retail stores – and especially newsagents – means it is important for all newspapers to print a barcode so each sale can be completed efficiently.

Newsagents experience the heaviest foot-traffic of all retails stores.

Nothing slows the queue of customers faster than an assistant having to manually type in a product code when it could have been scanned in milliseconds.

It’s bad for their business and bad for our newspapers.

There is not a customer alive who wants to stand in a queue any longer than necessary to buy their newspapers.

The foot-traffic of newsagents is due in large part to the popularity of our newspapers – so it makes even more sense to support the very people on whom we rely to sell our products.

If your newspaper does not carry a barcode, and you would like to know more about them, please contact Mark Hollands at the association – +61 2 8338 6300, or mark.hollands@panpa.org.au