Key Travel Points

Key travel points include press retailers, who are directly supplied by publishers and national distributors and run sales outlets on the sites of public carriers (passenger train stations or airports). For this, certain criteria have to be fulfilled. In Germany 37 companies currently (as per January 2009) belong to the Verband Deutscher Bahnhofsbuchhändler (VdBB).

With their broad title range and generally good presentation, key travel points hold a traditional significance for special interest titles and international press. Approximately 11% of the German press retail turnover (as per December 2008) is achieved with over 8 million customers per week at 495 sales outlets in 366 locations.


Requirement to achieve the status of direct supply:

• Opened 365 days per year and a minimum of 90 hours per week

• Full range of press - between 1,000 and 6,000 publications

• Major percentage of turnover is press

• Main source of income with press products

• Obvious flow of goods, data transparency, handling of returns by external companies

• Approval for the practice of returns on affidavit