ANGLESEA News & Lotto has been recognised as one of the standout newsagencies in the state during the annual Victorian Association for Newsagents Gala Industry awards.<\/p>\n
The sold-out VANA Gala awards took place on May 1, with the Anglesea Newsagency up for two awards and business owner Corrine Nigro nominated for businesswoman of the year.<\/p>\n
“I was pretty chuffed and a little embarrassed but overall, very pleased to be nominated,” she said.<\/p>\n
Anglesea News & Lotto was announced a finalist for the Victorian Newsagency of the Year, nominated by Fairfax, as well as the Greeting Card Shop of the Year, as nominated by Hallmark.<\/p>\n
In both categories Ms Nigro’s business was the only Surf Coast-based newsagency to be listed.<\/p>\n
“We didn’t come away with the trophy although we feel as though we did,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Just being nominated is enough for us.”<\/p>\n
Ms Nigro said they had been previously nominated for Newsagency of the Year two years ago and while they did not win, a staff member was titled the annual retail employee of the year, while another won a separate national award.<\/p>\n
“We are very happy and very surprised to be recognised not only in Victoria but nationally,” she said.<\/p>\n
“We work hard to have a good little business and we are all very proud of it, we are like a family in a beautiful community.<\/p>\n
“It is not hard to run a business in a nice environment with nice people.”<\/p>\n
Ms Nigro said the secret to their success has been maintaining good relationships with customers and suppliers.<\/p>\n
“We are always trying to evolve and adapt to whatever the needs are,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Especially over the past 18 months we have adapted our business by trying to read what our customers want and by changing our stock regularly to keep up-to-date with the latest trends.<\/p>\n
“To top it all off we just love offering excellent customer service.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ANGLESEA News & Lotto has been recognised as one of the standout newsagencies in the state during the annual Victorian Association for Newsagents Gala Industry awards. The sold-out VANA Gala awards took place on May 1, with the Anglesea Newsagency up for two awards and business owner Corrine Nigro nominated for businesswoman of the year. […]<\/p>\n