Business

More Feedback on Supply Chain Issues

Insider heard from Chad Kaehr of RMG Outdoor on Out of Home supply chain issues. Everything is more expensive. Yes, steel prices are increasing quite dramatically, but other costs associated with materials have increased as well.  Shipping, hardware, paint, labor, etc. How are lead times? 6-10 weeks depending on the […]

New To Classifieds This Week

Some new activity for this weeks classified section.   J&B Signs has 10 structures along I-75 in Western Ohio comprising 29 faces for sale!  You can get more information at this link.   If you are a leasing agent, you will want to check out the posting from Summit Locations.  […]

Company of the Day: Bender Billboard

Company: Bender Billboard Markets: New Mexico Phone: 575-390-3950 Email: BenderBillboard@live.com Bender Billboard operates a billboard plant in Hobbs, New Mexico, including a digital and static billboards.  Bobby Pennell is the firm’s owner and president.  The company was the subject of a September 2009 Signs of the Times article in which it […]

Road Trip – Circle Graphics, Longmont, CO

Insider had the opportunity to meet with Rod Rackley, President of Circle Graphics OOH Division, for a tour of their Longmont, Colorado facility.  Circle Graphics maintains operations in Colorado, California, Ohio, Virginia and Missouri. The Colorado plant is their largest. They print and ship around 2,000 posters each day. Since […]

Company of the Day – Berlin Sign Company

Company: Berlin Sign Company Headquarters: 264 Bahama Street Venice, FL 34285 Market: Sarasota & Charlotte County, Florida Phone: 941.488.1314 In 1952 John Berlin took a correspondence course to become an electrician. He developed an interest in signs, and after visiting Pioneer Neon in Pittsburgh, he decided to give neon tube […]

Remembering Mark Natzke

By Kevin Gephart A lot has been written about the making of a great OOH media sales pro…. Mark Natzke (known around the Green Bay/Milwaukee area as Mipps??!), who passed unexpectedly on Aug 25 at the age of 53 in his home in Wauwatosa, WI., embodied that and much more. […]

Company of the Day – Besko Outdoor

  Company:  BESKO Outdoor       Markets: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York. Headquarters: PO Box 280, Hamlin, Pa. 18427 Phone: 570-689-3226 Email: info@beskomedia.com Besko Outdoor, originally called Interstate Outdoor Advertising, was created in the 1970’s by Ted Ericson. Ted built two outdoor advertising structures along Interstates 81 and 380 near the Scranton, Pa. area. […]

Your Next Billboard Structure is Going to Cost More

Your next billboard structure is going to cost more.  Here’s what several fabricators tell Billboard Insider: Steel prices are increasing “Fabricators are getting hammered on steel pricing still with no slowdown in sight.” “Nothing like this in my 35 years of building signs.” “Steel costs continue to increase.  Steel beams […]

The Wisdom of John Arnold on SignSprings

Arnold Outdoor founder John Arnold has learned a lot in a 21 year career in the Out of Home business.  Last week John talked about the benefits of selling a competitor’s billboard.  Today he talks about how the SignSpring installation system helps him minimize install costs. “Hats off to John […]