Canada’s History magazine posted their best year ever in 2017 at the newsstand. Editor, Mark Reid; Art Director, James Gillespie; Danielle Chartier, Circulation Director; and Publisher Melony Ward please take a bow.
The list of accomplishments is impressive:
- Total copies sold were 31,250…up 12% from prior year
- Revenue was up 15.7%
- 5 of 6 issues were up compared to prior year
- 3 of 6 issues were new all-time Record Breakers for their time slots
Some notable achievements with retailers:
- Sales at Shoppers Drug Mart up 12%
- Sales at Wal Mart up 24%
- Sales at Presse Commerce up 20%
- Sales at Hudson up 35%
- Sales at SaveOn/Overwatie up 46%
- Sales at London Drugs up 84%
The Record Breaking Covers are:
- Feb/Mar 2017 (Sitting Bull) Best Ever in this time slot
- Apr/May 2017 (Vimy/Montreal split cover) Best Ever in this time slot
- Jun/Jul 2017 (Big Questions/Expo split cover) Best Ever in this time slot
The other 3 covers in 2017 are:
- Aug/Sep 2017 (Dieppe) 3rd best ever in this time slot
- Oct/Nov 2017 (Timber) 3rd best ever in this time slot
- Dec/Jan 2018 (Trains) 2nd best ever in this time slot, and 2nd best ever of all time slots
