Dear proprietor,

Displaying "Women's chat mags" on shelves

As someone who regularly shops in your store, I am writing to ask whether you would be willing to promise that womens "chat" magazines (such as "Chat", "Take a Break", "Pick Me Up", "That's Life" and "Love It", ) with adult-themed headlines on their covers are kept out of children's sight in your display racks.

For example, in May 2017, these headlines included subjects such as sex abuse, incest, pedophiles, murder, rapists and dead babies. Previous headlines have covered cannibalism, child killers, brutal rapes and the feeding dead bodies to pigs as a means of corpse disposal. Unfortunately, headlines such as these are very typical for all these chat magazines.

I'm sure you agree that these headlines are not suitable for young children. Major retailers such as Sainsburys, Morrisons, Waitrose, ASDA, the Co-op and Tesco are also being asked to take action to ensure that these adult publications are displayed appropriately. This means moving them to a top shelf that is well above the eye-line of children and sealed in polythene covers in such a way that the titles are visible but the headlines are not.

I would ask that you also agree to take these actions, so I can feel confident shopping here with my family.

Sainsburys and Morrisons, which have operated similar policies for some years, have said that this form of action does not affect the sales figures of such titles, and I feel sure that such a policy would pay off for your business because of the goodwill you would receive.

Please let me know what you think.

Regards,

<your name here>