Business

Company of the Day: Roger Budd Billboards

Company: Roger Budd Billboards Markets:  Georgia Address: 2907 N Patterson St, Valdosta, Georgia 31602 Email: info@rogerbudd.com Phone: 229-2440-3300 Roger Budd Company operates a real estate business which includes a billboard plant with 31 faces including 7 digital faces in Georgia.   To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s […]

billups Announces Key Leadership Appointments

NEW YORK — September 25, 2024 – billups, the leading independent Out-of-Home (OOH) managed services agency, today announced the appointment of Claudia Valderrama as Global Chief Operating Officer and Ben Milne as Chief Executive Officer for the Asia-Pacific region. Both are new roles and are part of a significant company expansion that […]

Company of the Day – RoosterWorks247

Company: RoosterWorks247 Market: Jacksonville, AL Headquarters: 1590 Pelham Road South, Suite 3 Jacksonville, AL 36265 Phone: 256.591.6462 Email: billboards@roosterworks247.com RoosterWorks247 operates a digital billboard on Highway 21 Northbound across from Wal-Mart in Jacksonville, AL.  The company’s owner is David Glass who also owns an insurance agency.   To receive a […]

Tracey Hess on What’s New at SignDash

If you’re hearing more and more about SignDash, you’re not alone. Billboard Insider interviewed Tracey Hess in January, when she hinted at additional improvements to the software coming this year. We caught up with her again recently to see what SignDash is up to these days and what things look […]

Company of the Day – Robinson Outdoor

Company: Robinson Outdoor Headquarters: 50 Robinson Industrial Dr., Perryville, MO 63775 Market: Missouri, Kentucky, Iowa & Illinois Phone: (573) 768-8100 Email: info@robinsonoutdoorllc.com In 1989, founder and CEO Ed Robinson started his first billboard company, Robinson Displays. After over 15 years of success, he sold his business to Lamar Advertising and focused his efforts elsewhere. […]

Adams Outdoor Expands South Carolina Footprint with Acquisition of Cook Brothers

Florence, SC – Adams Outdoor Advertising (“Adams”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired all of Cook Brothers Corporation’s (“Cook Brothers”) billboard assets as of September 19, 2024. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Brothers Mike, Bill, Lawrence, and George Cook founded Cook Brothers as a property development […]

Zach Hogue on Entering the Out of Home Business

One of the things Billboard Insider enjoys most about the out of home business is talking to the impressive young men and women who start out of home businesses.  Today we talk to Roar Outdoor’s Zach Hogue.   Hogue entered the out of home business via commercial real estate. How […]

Company of the Day – RiseUp Outdoor

Company: RiseUp Outdoor Headquarters: 3245 Peachtree Parkway, Ste. D-111, Suwanee, GA 30024 Market: Lake Lanier, Georgia Telephone: 678-888-4855 Email: sales@riseupoutdoor.com RiseUp Outdoor specializes in hi-definition billboards located in the Lake Lanier region in Buford, Georgia. RiseUp’s signs are strategically located on heavily traveled I-985 showing to traffic heading from the Atlanta metro […]

US Miles Travelled Up 1.2% in July 2024

Good news for out of home in the US.  Miles travelled is  growing according to the July 2024 Traffic Volume Trends report published by the FHWA. Travel on all roads and streets increased 1.2% in July 2024 compared to July 2023. Year to date travel is up 0.9% for the […]

Something To Keep An Eye On

Though this is not in the US, Billboard Insider noted this article which was published in The Netherlands. Starting January 1 in The Hague, Netherlands, a new local ordinance will come into effect, prohibiting the advertising of high-emission products, particularly those using fossil fuels.  The Dutch city looks to make […]