After more than 20 years in the market, we have decided to change the format of our newsletter. It is now more modern and easier to read.
The main stories are set in a new typeface on three columns to allow you to read it more quickly, like the pages of a daily newspaper. The summary on the front page gives you now the number of the page for each major article. The news briefs and short stops are arranged on two columns, but they are merged and divided into separate sections for different topics.
In addition to this format, which is meant for reading in the printed version - mailed out or printed out of a pdf file - we are offering subscribers a new version on a single column for reading on the screen of a computer or a smartphone. Subscribers to the e-mail edition will be able to access it through a hyperlink in the same e-mail.
Very soon, probably as of next week, subscribers will get a special password to access our new online archives. Like other services and benefits, there will be no extra cost, but the regular subscription fee is going up a little. We have kept prices the same for more than three years due to the financial crisis, in spite of cost increases and a growing amount of information collected by our seven reporters all over Europe and the rest the world.
As usual, SGI Europe is reserved for paying subscribers and cannot be shared with anybody else unless the company has a multi-user agreement. Please help us protect our intellectual property rights, as we are only supported by subscriptions and the revenues from our special reports.
The increased flow of information has led us to create THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY COMPASS as a separate publication with exclusive contents focusing on the important outdoor sector. More than half of the contents are now exclusive to THE COMPASS. We can send you a sample copy if you wish. You can see the difference in our YEARBOOK, which groups all the articles from both publications.
More and more SGI EUROPE subscribers have signed up for THE COMPASS as well, paying half the regular price. We are going to apply the same dual format of SGI EUROPE to THE COMPASS later this year. Compass subscribers will also have access to the electronic archives of this publication at no extra cost. We shall introduce similar changes in format and services for our two other business newsletters, SHOE INTELLIGENCE (non-athletic footwear) and EYEWEAR INTELLIGENCE.
