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Inflation Raising Out of Home Costs

  Chart Source:  US Inflation Calculator The US inflation rate accelerated to 7% for December 2021.  That’s the highest inflation has been in 40 years.     Cost pressures are impacting out of home. Vinyl input costs are up more than 30% from pre pandemic levels. Shipping costs are up nearly […]

Company of the Day: Encore Outdoor

Company:Encore Outdoor Markets: Pennsylvania, New Jersey Headquarters:  PO Box 494, Hawley, PA  18428 Phone: (570) 493-2346 Email: info@encoreoutdoorllc.com Encore Outdoor was founded in 2012 and has an out of home plant of approximately 56 faces including 9 digital faces in Northeast Pennsylvania and Northwest New Jersey.  Glenn Khoury is General Manager and […]

Andy Goodman’s Caution to Newbies

Today out of home site development expert Andy Goodman gives a caution to newbies and talks about when and how to approach city planning departments. A caution to newbies I have meetings with a newbie or landowners.  We meet for 2 hours.  My comment at the end of our conversation […]

Company of the Day – El Paso Bench Ads

Company: El Paso Bench Ads Headquarters: 1423 E. Missouri St. A, El Paso, TX 79902 Market: El Paso Phone: 915.533.3771 Email:  sales@elpasobenchads.com El Paso Bench Ads has been providing quality outdoor, street-level advertising in El Paso to businesses of all sizes since 2008. The Company offers 1,600 bench ad locations […]

Huntington Outdoor Acquires Indian Creek Outdoor

Greenville, OH – January 12th, 2022, Huntington Billboards, an owner, and operator of outdoor advertising signs throughout the Midwest, announced today that it has acquired southern Ohio billboard company, Indian Creek Outdoor. Justin Powell (CEO of Huntington Billboards) on the Transaction: “Indian Creek Outdoor was built and managed by the […]

Company of the Day: Elite Media

Company: Elite Media Markets: Nevada Address:  145 Brightmoor Ct, Henderson, Nevada  89074 Email: sales@elitemediainc.com Phone: 702-=492-0654 Elite Media provides large scale building wraps in Las Vegas.  Some of the firm’s location include the Springhill Suites, Las Vegas Convention Center, Renaissance and the Las Vegas Monorail.   Chad McCullough is the company’s President.  Kate McCullough is […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds January 15, 2022

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager.  We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified”  Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor […]

Verde Outdoor Media Acquires Sizable Midwestern Operator Avery Outdoor

Avery Outdoor, a division of Avery Brothers, LLC, sold its third-generation outdoor advertising company based in Sioux City, IA to Verde Outdoor Media.  As part of the transaction, Verde Outdoor Media retains all of Avery Outdoor’s employees.  Avery Brothers Sign Company, known for its sign fabrication services, was not part […]

Company of the Day: Elevation Outdoor

Company: Elevation Outdoor Advertising of Tennessee Market: East Tennessee Headquarters: 5201 Kingston Pike, Suite 6, #138, Knoxville, TN  37919 Phone: 865-748-2427 Elevation Outdoor Advertising, LLC, based in Knoxville, Tennessee was founded in 2002.  Elevation Outdoor does business in a 14 county area of East Tennessee and has over 270 bulletin displays, most measuring 14’ […]

Jim Matalone on the Missouri Neon Sale to Link Media

Jim Matalone went into out of home consulting and brokerage after selling Ashby St Outdoor in 2019.  Billboard Insider talked with Jim this week about his consulting and out of home brokerage activities. Mad Dog Consulting After I sold my company, I tried to think about what to do next.  […]