Mark Fletcher speaks about the challenges facing Australian newsagents.

1. Building our newsagency of the future… Whatever that means…

8. Building our newsagency of the future… Becoming an entrepreneurial newsagent.

9. Opportunities

19. Not in my lifetime

20. News

31. Magazines

42. Social media

43. Old media versus social media

45. Greeting cards

47. Other categories

49. “ Yes, print is a burden. It’s expensive to produce for it. It’s expensive to manufacture. It’s expensive to deliver. It limits your space. It limits your timing. It’s stale when it’s fresh. It comes with no ability to click for more. It has no search. It can’t be forwarded. It has no archive. It kills trees. It uses energy. And you really should recycle it. Wow, when you think about it, print sucks. Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine

50. Yes, in our lifetime

51. Where are newsagencies in all this?

57. Sophie Randall

60. What do we stand for?

62. Not all newsagencies are the same. Not all newsagents are the same.

63. Not all newsagencies are the same. Not all newsagents are the same.

64. What is our Salads Plus?

65. What is our newsagency of the future? How do we find it?

66. I don’t know!

70. We need to embrace change to navigate to the future…

71. Ink

72. Calendars

73. Books

74. Confectionery

75. Art

76. Gifts

77. Respecting long term partners

84. The newsagents of the future will be entrepreneurial Surfers, riding the wave. Having a go…

85. What do we stand for?

87. Our future is up to us We are not victims. We are not process workers. We are newsagents, entrepreneurs, willing and happy entrepreneurs.