Rising transportation costs and a 25 percent sales drop since 2008 to blame.
By the start of February, magazines will no longer be sold at overseas commissaries, according to officials with the
Defense Commissary Agency (DeCa). This includes 68 stores in Europe, the Pacific (Japan, Okinawa, South Korea and Guam) and Puerto Rico.
Sales at these stores amounted to roughly $1.46 million—620,000 units—in 2011.