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In Style Cover Quiz

Posted by Scott On August - 10 - 2018

To illustrate just how tough it is on Canada’s newsstands these days, even for a top brand name American magazines like In Style, take a guess how many of their 12 issues in 2017 sold more than the prior year in the same time slot?

Question #1  Is it:

A.  6 of 12

B.  4 of 12

C.  2 of 12

D. 1 of 12

 

Now, by what percentage did In Style’s sales in Canada contract in 2017?

Question #2 Is it:

A.  12%

B.  18%

C:  22%

D:  24%

 

Now, of the first 6 issues of 2018 are concerned, only 1 has sold more copies than the prior year.

Question #3  See if you can guess which one.  Is it:

 

Jan 2018                                      Feb 2018                                   Mar 2018

Apr 2018                                    May 2018                                   Jun 2018

 

Answers Below.  No cheating.  No peaking.

 

 

 

 

Answers:

Question #1:  If you guessed D, you got it right.

Question #2:  If you guessed C, you got it right

Question #3:  If you guessed Jun 2018, you got it right…it’s up 5,203 copies, selling 25,768 in Canada

  • The Jan issue is down 33%
  • The Feb issue is down 29%
  • The Mar issue is down 18%
  • The Apr issue is down 21%
  • The May issue is down 12%
  • The Jun issue is up 25%

 

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Scott Bullock is a veteran circulation expert with over 38 years experience in both Canada and the United States. He has worked on trade titles such as Publisher’s Weekly, Library Journal, School Library Journal and Small Press in the USA. In consumer magazines, Scott was the Circulation Director for D Magazine (the city magazine of Dallas, Texas), and in Canada he was the Circulation Director for Toronto Life, Fashion, and Canadian Art. From 2000 to 2004, Scott was a partner at Coast to Coast Newsstand Services. Scott has also held the post of VP Sales & Marketing, for CDS Global, Canada. Currently, CoversSell.Com is Scott’s circulation consultancy. Active clients include: Fly Fusion, Canadian Geographic, Canadian House & Home, Canada’s History, Canadian Real Estate Wealth, Canadian Woodworking, Canadian Cycling, Canadian Running, Canadian Scrapbooker, Legion, Harrowsmith, SkyNews, and SuperTrax.

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