Newsagency - Magazines
Magazine Barcodes Missing from Barcode Manager
This is for Newsagencies Only Here are a few reasons why your magazine barcodes are missing from the Barcode Manager queue and what to do. Check arrived EDI invoice to confirm all magazines have fully arrived All magazines are on the invoice in ...
Under Supply Report
This is for Newsagencies Only The Under Supply Report can be used to work out which titles have been sold out early for ordering purposes. Generating the Report From the main screen of Retailer, click on Reports -> Newsagency -> Under Supply Report. ...
Group Stock Issues - Assigning Magazine Parents & Children
This is for Newsagencies Only Group Stock Issues allows you to assign child issues to their correct parent magazine. In Retailer, the parent magazine will be highlighted in yellow on the stock search screen, and should always show the most recent ...
Backordering Old Issues of Magazines for Customers (one-off)
This is for Newsagencies Only Retailer allows you to create a one-off order for a customer for an old issue of a magazine via the putaways system. You will still need to manually order the magazine from Are Direct (Formerly Gordan & Gotch), but when ...
XchangeIt Variance Report
This is for Newsagencies Only You've received a Variance Report from XChangeIt. The report cannot be fixed. But you can prevent failing future reports. However it is also essential that you understand what dates this report actually relates to. A ...
MPA Magazine Categories
This is for Newsagencies Only The MPA (Magazine Publishers of Australia) have come together to create a magazine category system to make it easier for customers to find the magazine they’re looking for, and see similar magazines in the same area. ...
Mills & Boon Books
Many newsagencies who receive Mills & Boon books find that the labels don’t match up with the title of the books. This is because the supplier reuses the Supplier Stock Code based on price point, rather than using a unique code for each title. This ...
Reports and Utilities For Magazine Management
This is for Newsagencies Only Outside of the day to day magazine management tools in Retailer (accessed through invoice arrivals and returns scanning), there are reports and facilities which can help proactively manage magazines in a newsagency. ...
Code-128 Barcodes for Magazines
This is for Newsagencies Only Certain scanners need to be programmed to scan addendas (additional 2 digits that designate the issue) on magazines. If this is not set up, magazines will scan incorrectly which can then lead to errors in sales and ...
When Is A Magazine Expected To Arrive?
This is for Newsagencies Only Retailer gives you the ability to find our when the next issue of a magazine is due to arrive. This can be handy to answer a customer question, or to help manage your magazines so the latest magazines are always ...
How To Do A Putaway Stocktake
This is for Newsagencies Only When you do your general stocktake it is a great idea to do a stocktake of your putaways at the same time. Over time, putaways may be collected but not cleared from the system. Doing a putaway stocktake will reconcile ...
Magazine Returns Through EDI / XChangeIT
This is for Newsagencies Only Before returning magazines through EDI, the following requirements need to be met: Suppliers in Retailer need to be set up to allow for EDI files from XchangeIT. Click HERE for Gordon & Gotch. Click HERE for Integrated ...
Returning Subagent Magazines
This is for Newsagencies Only Scanned returns will be entered into the current billing week for subagents. From the main screen of Retailer, click on Stock and then Stock Returns. Select Return from Subagent to Original Supplier. Select the subagent ...
Early Returns
This is for Newsagencies Only Early returns is a fantastic way to reduce your shop supply for non-performing titles. It checks each title as it is being arrived to see if it meets the early returns criteria and will prompt you for the quantity you ...
Setting Up Retailer for XchangeIT
This is for Newsagencies Only For Retailer to work with XChangeIT, the following requirements need to be met: XChangeIT must be installed and running, preferably on the MAIN computer. Contact XChangeIT on 1300 551 212 for assistance on installing ...
Manually Arriving a Magazine
This is for Newsagencies Only We strongly recommend arriving magazines via EDI / XchangeIT, as it is much faster and less prone to error. Click HERE to learn how. From the main screen of Retailer, click on Stock -> Invoice Arrivals. In Supplier, type ...
Managing Magazines & Dealing With Parent / Child Items
This is for Newsagencies Only Parent and Child Items Retailer uses the concept of parent and child items when handling magazines. This is the underlying concept used in Retailer is the most important aspect to understand for managing magazines ...
Magazine Arrivals Through EDI / XChangeIT
This is for Newsagencies Only Before arriving magazines through EDI, the following requirements need to be met: Suppliers in Retailer need to be set up to allow for EDI files from XchangeIT. Click HERE for Gordon & Gotch. Click HERE for Integrated ...
Removing Duplicate Magazine Parent Items
This is for Newsagencies Only Proper parent and child item relationships within your magazine stock is vital for aspects such as arrivals, sales, returns, deliveries/putaways and reporting to XchangeIT. This relationship is explained in more detail ...
How to Handle STANDARD / METRO & COUNTRY Versions of Magazines
This is for Newsagencies Only For certain newsagents, you will receive both STANDARD/METRO and COUNTRY versions of the same magazine. Despite having the same title, these magazines are not the same and in fact, have different Supplier Stock Codes. ...
Delay Charging of Non-Weekly (Other) Magazines
This is for Newsagencies Only For magazines with a frequency of Other (fortnightly, monthly, annual etc.), Retailer allows you to delay the delivery and charging on these titles to the next day. This means that these titles will appear on Run Lists ...