Our Magazine Services

Your UK magazine distribution is in safe hands with our Account Management team.

Our team works in partnership with you to create tailored circulation and retail marketing plans that balance brand exposure and profitable sales.

Our team of experts work with you to;

• Understand your business and create appropriate objectives
• Build retail plans that create impact at the point of sale
• Creating a targeted retailer and range strategy
• Optimise magazine supplies to deliver maximum sales & efficiency
• Provide sales & market intelligence that allow fast decision making

We are proud to be recognised by our peers for service excellence. Marketforce is frequently awarded Supply Chain Company of the Year at the National Newspaper & Magazines Awards and Industry Partner of The Year at the PPA Awards.

At Marketforce we aim to deliver the best possible impact and return on investment for our clients at retail. Our unique approach to delivery is based on three key principles:

• We utilise our scale through a coordinated approach to building our retail trade marketing plans and agreements, delivering maximum impact and value to all of our clients.
• We are creative, innovative and passionate about developing new ideas and opportunities that excite retailers and activate consumers at the point of purchase. We are proud to have delivered many magazine ‘retail firsts’.
• We take a data led approach to the analysis of all of our retail activity. Our consolidated database drives our planning and decision making, providing leading intelligence on optimising ROI.

So no matter the size of your budget we can produce the right marketing and distribution plan for your business to gain the maximum impact and ROI at the point of purchase.

We understand the importance of in store positioning – ensuring your brand/s are front and centre of your target customer. Our Category Management team, work to identify opportunities to influence and maximise magazine on shelf range positions for our clients.

Whether through on shelf range listings, planogram positioning, seasonal strategy or highlighting title and sector performance, our Category Management team is highly effective at supporting our client’s objectives in all areas.

Supported by the development of our proprietary RAPID range tool, we are able to provide a unique data led solution by identifying and influencing range opportunities. Our team are experts in devising and securing new on shelf range opportunities, achieving industry leading results.

We have a long standing partnership as Category Manager for Waitrose. This sees us managing Waitrose’s magazine range and display, maximising category sales and value.

We understand the global market. Our award winning International team are experts in building productive partnerships, with a strong track record in growing magazine global revenues.

Locally based resources in key territories is what helps make our International Team unique. With boots on the ground we can quickly identify and respond to opportunities in these markets faster than anyone else. Our success is built on a detailed understanding of the global market, an entrepreneurial approach to business development and crafting innovative solutions.

The team is highly regarded within the industry, winning International Newsstand Team of the Year in 2023 by the Association of Circulation Executives.

Our dedicated Marketing Services team provides magazine leading insight and data analytics support across the business. Our tailored reporting offers intelligence from a wide range of data sources from magazine total market data through to EPoS level performance.

We create compelling stories that help convert the access we have to a wealth of insight sources, that helps our clients shape content, sparks innovation and product development.

Our scope is wide ranging, the work we do includes deep dives into magazine sector analysis, pricing strategies, front cover analysis, trends and webinars, which all sits alongside our monthly core reporting. Need something more? We offer bespoke reporting across all facets of the magazine lifecycle to meet our clients needs.

If you’re looking for your next ‘big thing’, come and talk to our team and they’ll help inform your thinking.

Our Production team transforms the inspirational content and design visions of our magazine teams into physical products. Working with our printers, mailing houses, advertisers and paper suppliers, the team manage the end to end process of paper, print manufacture, mailing and distribution into Marketforce’s logistics team.

Constantly researching the market for innovative new print solutions, our Production team create everything from one-off bookazines to monthly and weekly magazines as well as any other bespoke print for our clients and partners.

Our Logistics Team is the crucial link, for all of our magazine publishing partners, between distributor, printer, finisher, wholesaler and international agents, and they ensure that on-sale dates are met. Adept at building and managing logistical solutions and supporting the navigation of our UK and ROI primary supply chain, international consolidation and freight forwarding networks.

Often referred to as the engine room at Marketforce, our Operations team are at the forefront of our retailer and wholesale communications. Responsible for managing all of the key data attributes for every title and the associated processes, they integral to the accurate delivery of our client’s products into the newstrade.

Our Supply Management team works in tandem with our Circulation teams to provide advice and recommendations on the optimisation of magazine print supplies.

We understand that things are ever changing in our industry, that material and production costs are a key focus and therefore profitability of magazine supply is vitally important to our clients. Our Supply Team is here to help support decision making around maximising copy placement through finding the right exchange between volume sales, efficiency, availability, volatility and profitability.

As our conduit to wholesale, the Supply Team manages compliance, both in retailer ranges and paid for retail promotional placement, ensuring a cohesive allocation approach across our wholesale network.

Our dedicated Finance Team manages our self billing payments system, which means we take care of the hard work of processing all trade related invoicing, credits and payments. The team works closely with all service departments to ensure accuracy and attention to detail in this crucial area of the business.

We understand the importance of cash flow and can work with you on the best payment options for you and your business, creating the optimum solution for your needs.