Zoo Weekly to close amid poor sales

Men's magazine Zoo Weekly and its website will reportedly be shutting down amid collapsing sales.

Publisher Bauer Media said the October 12 issue will be the final one, according to mUmBrella, because of "tough retail conditions in the men's market".

It comes after a 36 per cent decline in sale during the final quarter of 2014 and Bauer Media withdrawing Zoo Weekly from the ABC circulation auditing figures in May.

Last month Coles removed the magazine from its stands, after a petition organised by 23-year-old Laura Pintur from activist group Collective Shout gathered 40,000 signatures.

Another member of Collective Shout, Coralie Alison, took to social media to say she was thrilled at the news Zoo Weekly would soon disappear altogether from shelves.

"Great news! Bye bye sexploitation in supermarkets #NotBuyingIt @CollectiveShout #BinZooMag #LoseTheLadsMag," she tweeted on Thursday.