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Audited
Coverage
THE KEY TO THRIFTY BUYING
97.4
%
85
%
of households in our
coverage areas receive
the Merchandiser weekly*
frequently buy products
or services advertised in
the Merchandiser*
• In print • In our digital edition @ www.themerchandiser.com
We can also distribute your preprinted
inserts.
Our sub-zip zoning capabilities allow us to
customize a distribution plan based on your
desired market area.
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Pre-Print Distribution Rates
Cost Per Thousand**
Number of Insertions Per Year
Quantity
500-9,999
10,000-29,999
30,000-49,999
50,000 +
K
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Your ROP (run of paper) advertising will automatically be seen:
1-11x
12x
24x
36x
48x
$47
$41
$36
$31
$45
$39
$34
$29
$43
$36
$32
$28
$40
$33
$29
$27
$38
$31
$28
$26
Audited
Coverage
THE KEY TO THRIFTY BUYING
ADVERTISING DISPLAY RATES
Kapp Advertising Service Inc.
Publisher of the Merchandiser
Corporate Office
PO Box 840 • 100 E Cumberland St. • Lebanon, PA 17042
(717) 273-8127 (800) 673-2434 Fax (717) 273-0420
** Up to 21⁄2 oz. & quarter folded to maximum of 81⁄2” x 11”
Lebanon Office
2nd Ave. & E Cumberland St. • Lebanon, PA 17042
(717) 270-2742 (800) 673-2434 Fax (717) 273-0420
Kapp Advertising Services, Inc.
• 11 Merchandiser Editions • About Families Publication
• Preprint Delivery • Commercial Printing • Website Design & Hosting
• Promotional Specialty Products
* Circulation Verification Council 3/31/13
Reading Office
www.themerchandiser.com
email: sales@themerchandiser.com
220 Park Road, North • Bldg. 7 • Wyomissing, PA 19610
(610) 670-2300 (800) 673-2454 Fax (610) 670-9251
Hanover Office
300 High St. • Hanover, PA 17331
(717) 632-8303 (800) 673-2474 Fax (717) 632-7487
Effective
March 1, 2015
Myerstown Area
Merchandiser
Zip
Kleinfeltersville
Myerstown
Newmanstown
Richland
Schaefferstown
Bernville
Bethel
Mt. Aetna
Rehrersburg
Robesonia
Shartlesville
Strausstown
Womelsdorf/Stouchsburg
17039
17067
17073
17087
17088
19506
19507
19544
19550
19551
19554
19559
19567
Total Door-to-Door
Balance of Distribution
*Wernersville
19565
*Rack Distribution
Total
40
6,002
1,855
1,055
375
2,559
1,247
135
181
1,977
180
172
2,012
17,790
1,503
(within circulation area)
TOTAL
53
19,346
Campbelltown
Grantville (RD #1 & #2)
Hershey
Hummelstown
Lawn
Middletown (RD #1 & #2)
Palmyra
Chambers Hill
17010
17028
17033
17036
17041
17057
17078
17111
Total Door-to-Door
Balance of Distribution
(within circulation area)
TOTAL
Zip
Berrysburg
Elizabethville
Gratz
Lykens
Wiconisco
Williamstown
Lake Wynonah
Friedensburg
Hegins
Muir
Pine Grove
Sacramento
Schuylkill Haven
Tower City
Tremont
Valley View
Total Door-to-Door
Balance of Distribution
(within circulation area)
*Halifax
*Millersburg
*Pottsville
*Cressona
*Schuylkill Haven
17005
17023
17030
17048
17097
17098
17922
17933
17938
17957
17963
17968
17972
17980
17981
17983
17032
17061
17901
17929
17972
*Rack Distribution
TOTAL
Hershey Area
Merchandiser
Zip
7 Community Editions to Serve You
Dauphin-Schuylkill
Area Merchandiser
Total
150
1,043
272
1,496
435
1,202
500
157
1,074
155
3,778
79
1,017
1,704
1,080
845
Audited
Coverage
Discount applies to all accumulated inches per month in any
or all papers when paid by the 10th of the following month.
THE KEY TO THRIFTY BUYING
Inches are Accumulated Discount
Per Month
Level
20” - 79”
80” - 159”
160” - 319”
320” - 479”
480” - 719”
720” - 1039”
1040” & over
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
270
235
50
150
500
430
1,070
5,547
4,697
50
710
7,539
1,180
21,223
2,606
Zip
Annville
Cornwall
Fredericksburg
Jonestown
Lebanon
Lebanon
Mt. Gretna
Quentin
Rexmont
Gretna Springs
17003
17016
17026
17038
17042
17046
17064
17083
17085
17545
Total Door-to-Door
Balance of Distribution
(within circulation area)
TOTAL
1,205
4,200
550
1,275
2,847
14,308
11,318
60
210
300
130
*Rack Distribution
19518
19543
TOTAL
435
240
23,910
Zip
19540
19565
17569
19607
19608
19609
19610
19611
Total
3,959
3,033
607
7,580
7,167
3,883
4,649
2,928
33,806
1,662
19551
TOTAL
235
35,703
Greater Reading Area
Northern Edition
35,198
1,718
Advertising Policies
Effective
March 1, 2015
Display Copy Deadline: 12 Noon, Previous Wednesday
Rates Per Column Inch
Back Pg
Rate
*Douglasville
*Morgantown
22,775
460
*Rack Distribution
Display Copy Deadline: 4:00 PM Friday
Front Pg
Rate
(within circulation area)
*Robesonia
Berks County
Rates Per Column Inch
Total Door-to-Door
Balance of Distribution
(within circulation area)
ADVERTISING
DISPLAY RATES
Classified Ad Rates Available on Request
Open
Rate
Total
5,323
1,384
4,935
11,133
Total Door-to-Door
Balance of Distribution
Total
36,916
Lebanon/Dauphin/Berks/
Schuylkill Counties
Zip
19508
19547
19602
19606
Birdsboro
Oley
Reading
Mt. Penn
Mohnton
Wernersville
Reinholds
Shillington
Sinking Spring
West Lawn
Wyomissing
West Reading
17,962
Total
Greater Reading Area
Eastern Edition
Greater Reading Area
Western Edition
14,987
1,770
Lebanon Area
Merchandiser
23,829
Merchandiser Editions
Open
Rate
Greater Reading Area, Eastern
12.45
Greater Reading Area, Western
16.90
Myerstown Area
12.45
15.60
Greater Reading Area, Northern
13.50
Lebanon Area
17.45
21.85
Reading Area Western & Eastern
27.60
Reading Area Western & Northern
28.00
Hershey Area
11.00
13.75
Reading Area Eastern & Northern
24.40
Dauphin/Schuylkill Area
9.45
14.15
11.80
Reading Area, All 3 Editions
35.35
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Merchandiser Editions
Monthly Accumulative Inch
Discount Rates
Back Pg
Rate
15.55
21.15
16.90
34.50
35.00
30.50
44.20
Discount will not be allowed to any advertiser with past
due charges against his account. Open rate is due 30 days
after invoice date.
Recognized Advertising Agencies may choose, when
setting up their account, either the cumulative inch
discount, which requires payment with 10 days of invoice,
or the standard 15% agency discount payable in 30 days.
Agencies must submit camera ready ad materials to Kapp
Advertising on or before deadline.
All political advertising and all “Going Out Of Business”
advertising requires payment with copy.
Political
Advertising must include the words “Paid Advertisement”
and “By the authority of…” along with the name of the
person, or group that is placing the ad.
Advertising designed to look like editorial, must include
the word “Advertisement” in 12 pt. type on the top or
bottom of the ad and have a border around the entire ad.
Advertisements exceeding 14.5” will be charged at the 16”
rate, except on pages containing headers.
Requests for guaranteed special positioning will be
charged 25% additional (40” minimum). These are subject
to a first-come first-served basis and press capabilities.
Additional charge for intricate composition will be
Circulation Figures Based on
12/31/14 CVC Records
determined and discussed with the advertiser before the
advertisement is created.
Alteration charges of $45/hour will be billed if the
advertiser changes the original layout of the ad after the
ad has been composed by the graphics department. This
does not apply to typographical errors.
Advertising may not be cancelled after display copy
deadline.
Kapp Advertising Service, Inc. is not liable for any errors
in any advertisement published beyond the cost of the
space actually occupied by the item in which the error
occurred. Errors must be reported within 10 days after
publication date.
We will not be responsible or liable for delay or failure of
delivery in the event an edition is delayed or suspended
for any reason.
The advertiser assumes all responsibility for the content
and statements made within their advertisement and
will indemnify Kapp Advertising Service, Inc., and their
employees, against any liability and loss which may occur
due to said content.
The publisher reserves the right to refuse or cancel any
advertisement at any time.
Zip
19510
19533
19560
19601
19604
19605
Blandon
Leesport
Temple
Reading
Reading
Laureldale
Total
1,851
2,597
2,926
7,703
7,375
5,654
Total Door-to-Door
Balance of Distribution
(within circulation area)
*Fleetwood
*Kutztown
*Rack Distribution
28,106
800
19522
19530
TOTAL
35
45
28,986
Mechanical Information
Minimum Ad Size For Any Paper
3 Column Inches
Tabloid Page Size (5 Column x 16”)
80 Column Inches
Column Inches
1 Column
2 Column
3 Column
4 Column
5 Column
1 15⁄16”
4”
6 1⁄16”
8 1⁄8”
10 ¼”
Subject to slight shrinkage to accommodate tab size.