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Retailers and publishers have warned that the proposed exclusive magazine supply deal between Tesco and WH Smith News must not be allowed to destroy the viability of smaller outlets.
The supermarket plans to have national distribution arrangements for magazines in place with WHS News by 2001.
The deal is a radical departure from the existing supply model, under which publishers appoint wholesalers exclusively to supply all outlets in a particular area.
Any of Tesco's 660 stores currently supplied by...