Newsstand operations have been notorious for their inefficiencies and waste. Now there’s an innovation that could change the business. But is it too late?
Meganews Magazines has introduced a kiosk that prints magazines on demand. In a space smaller than a traditional newsstand, the kiosk uses touchscreens to retrieve the digital files of more than 200 publications stored in a remote server. Magazines are then printed in about two minutes. Some think this is a throwback to the extinct era of print publications. But for the magazines whose readers prefer to read print, it promises to rejuvenate sales at a time that traditional newsstand is in its death throes.
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