Newstand Analysis

The magazine stand in Tesco's is tightly packed with each other allowing a greater number of magazine on each stand. It's arranged in such a way that each mast head and a majority of the front cover is seen in order for to be easier for people to recognise what magazine it is. Popular music magazines, such as "Q" are positioned at the front of the stand while other magazines of a less popular genre like opera, is situated at the far back of the stand, where the majority of the mast head and the central image is covered by other magazines.

Magazines are generally placed with other magazines that share a similarity, for instance if both magazines share the same genre they will most likely be next to each other. This can be shown on the stand as Kerrang and Rolling stones are placed next to each other, despite the fact that the layout and the presentation of both are completely different. In addition to this, magazines that may not directly share the same genre as another , may still be placed in roughly the same area if it is a sub-genre of one. For example, an indie music magazine will still be next a rock magazine like kerrang.

Magazines that aren't as popular as NME or Q, generally depend on a bright and attractive colour scheme that usually consists of 3 different colours in order to present a simple and professional look. Popular colour schemes usually consists of a bright colour like yellow or red on the colour mast head with a contrasting colour of white as other text.Other text such as the artists name are one of the largest text on the page in order to draw attention of the reader, however if the magazine is giving away a free product, that was also be bright, in large text. Magazines do take an advantage over the popularity of social sites. Most magazines do have a websites, and recently, taking an interest over the booming success of social network sites like Facebook, a perfect example of a magazine that does this is Kerrang.