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, Argentina]]A newsagent's shop or simply newsagent's or paper shop (British English), newsagency (Australian English) or newsstand (American English and Canadian English) is a business that sells , , , and often items of local interest. In the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia, these businesses are termed newsagents (or newsagency in Australia). Newsagents typically operate in busy General public places like city , Train station and . Racks for newspapers and magazines can also be found in convenience stores, Bookselling and . The physical establishment can be either freestanding or part of a larger structure (e.g. a shopping mall or a railway station).
In Canada and the United States, newsstands are often open stalls in public locations such as streets, or in a transit terminal or station (Metro station, Train station, or Airport terminal).
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.
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, by 2007/8 there were 4,635 newsagencies, and by 2016/7 there were just 3,150 newsagencies.IBISWorld OD5495-Newsagencies-in-Australia-Industry-Report
Many shops are family-owned. These family-owned shops may carry purchasing group or wholesaler group branding. 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 Ireland is the National Federation of Retail Newsagents.
Others are part of national chains such as The Co-op and WHSmith. Mini-marts, off-licences and supermarkets may also act as newsagents.
In 1934, John J. Mulvany, Vice President of a Bank of America branch, across the street, donated the materials and labor to build Paul’s Newsstand at the northwest corner of Santa Clara Avenue and Park Street in Alameda, California.
Los Angeles, California
In the late 1940s, at the corner of 1st and Soto streets, in Boyle Heights a newsstand opened and survived. 1st street and Soto street
San Francisco JCDecaux installed news kiosks in downtown San Francisco, as part of a contract for advertising displays, toilets and other street furniture, replacing steel beam and aluminium siding newsstands painted beige, telephone pole displays, and plywood shacks painted green. They remain, without news vendors, with a few repurposed for "Free Bike Repair", other printed sales, and continue to display advertisements.
New York City
On street corners in New York City, for instance, newsstands are often shacks constructed of steel beams and aluminium siding or roofing tin; and require a city permit to build and operate. Other New York newsstands are located inside airports, hotels and office buildings – and even beneath street level in underground concourses or on subway platforms. 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.
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