The Audit Bureau of Circulations of South Africa released its consumer magazine statistics for the period of January – March 2015 and three of Caxton’s monthly magazines, Rooi Rose, BONA and Woman and Home, are in the top five selling lifestyle monthlies in South Africa.
Rooi Rose is the number one monthly magazine in the women’s general category and it has increased its circulation figures from 83 895 to 91 766. Number two in the women’s general category is BONA magazine, (the country’s most read monthly consumer magazine) its circulation may have fallen to 91 555 from 96 569 for this quarter, but it’s still up from 73 606 in Q4 2014. Woman and Home has also grown from 85 206 to 86 129, this title is number four in the women’s general category but is still the top selling English women’s glossy magazine.
“Caxton Magazines prides itself on doing things differently and better, and the latest circulation statistics are proof that we are on the right track,” says Anton Botes, general manager of Caxton Magazines.
“We are excited to see the growth in our monthly titles and this is motivating us to continue to give our readers the best content in the most innovative ways. We eagerly look forward to this quarter’s figures.”
