Retail News|April 2016|www.retailnews.ie|59
NFRN Anniversary
Ann and Peter Steemers are pictured with John Burke O'Leary, Chairman of Enniscorthy & District Chamber of Commerce and his wife, Julie.
Jim O'Connor, Area Sales Manager, Premier Lotteries Ireland, is pictured with Trish and Pat Byrne.
exchange for a dubious partial rebate system that is openly guaranteed until the end of 1917. What is to come before us thereafter is anyone's guess. One of the main reasons given by the newspaper group for this reduction in margin is that their titles will be more appealing to the readership and so are going to drive footfall into our stores which will, therefore, drive sales. It is unlikely that retailers will accept this, as it is widely accepted that it is the store itself, along with its product mix that drives footfall and no single supplier, publisher or even wholesaler can rightfully take ownership of that. Pictured are (l-r) David Vaz, Circulation Manager, Irish Daily Mail, and Michael Curran, Sales Manager, Irish Daily Mail, with Nicky McGrath and Brian Murphy, Head of NFRN’s news department.
Peter Steemers, NFRN Ireland President, is pictured with Ray Griffin, Business Development Manager with Musgraves' Day Today news portfolio.
Ralph Patel, NFRN National President, UK, addresses the audience.
Athlone retailer Martin Mulligan is pictured receiving his certificate, having being enscribed on the District Roll of Honour for his outstanding contribution to the NFRN membership.
Pictured are Frank Mullrennan, Celtic Media; Martin Mulligan, NFRN District Vice President and Linda Sood, NFRN National Deputy Vice President.
The Development of COPPI One of NFRN Ireland's main achievements in recent years is to have contributed in a significant way is to the formation of the Joint Industry Committee (JIC), which led to the Code of Practice for the Print Industry, COPPI. This arose out of a meeting held with the Department of the Environment, which detailed a wastage survey undertaken by the NFRN which had very different findings to a previous survey from NNI, which suggested that there was negligible wastage within the industry, this at a time when box-outs and constant over-supply was the order of the day, at huge costs to retailers. It is suggested that JIC and COPPI should be revisited so that dominance and anti-competitive behaviour within the industry may be addressed. The news retailer is deemed by a wholesaler to have accepted the terms and conditions of that wholesaler upon receipt of goods from that wholesaler, which seems a bit rich when you consider that there is no alternative supplier. It is along these lines that NFRN Ireland intend to continue to represent our members’ interests so that a fairer system may come into play for all.