KSC-Social SCCL
KSC-Social is a Catalan cooperative initiative focused on the newsstand sector, its changing role in neighborhood life, and ways to make kiosk businesses viable.
About KSC-Social SCCL
A cooperative focused on neighborhood kiosks
KSC-Social SCCL is a cooperative—SCCL stands for Catalan Limited Cooperative Society—that presents itself as an initiative for the kiosk sector. The cooperative says it was founded to restore the role of kiosks as a center of social and commercial life in neighborhoods.
Press changes and kiosk owners
The cooperative's blog focuses on the press industry's crisis and its effects on kiosks. It reports that newspapers lost several million readers after the crisis began and that circulation fell year after year through 2015. The cooperative describes the sector as undergoing a major transformation and outlines two priorities: supporting suppliers and their products, and finding solutions that can make kiosk businesses viable for their owners.
Topics covered
- Changes in the press and their effect on kiosks
- Modernizing the sector, including a 2017 example from Paris kiosks
- Promoting kiosks as neighborhood gathering points
- Encouraging kiosk owners to strengthen the value of their businesses
Cooperative initiatives and advocacy for neighborhood kiosks