Jock Gibb, VP of Sales for Formetco, announced a partnership with Marshal Safety to deliver bulk pricing discounts for safety equipment for all IBOUSA Associates in Columbus OH today. “The portal will give the Independents a combined buying power that is equivalent to that of much larger companies,” said Gibb. […]
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Company of the Day – Hart Advertising, Inc.
Company: Hart Advertising, Inc. Headquarters: 69 E Seminary St, Norwalk, OH 44857 Market: North Central Ohio Phone: (419) 668-1194 Email: hart@accnorwalk.com Hart Advertising, Inc. was a family-owned, outdoor advertising company with over one thousand faces located in the Vacationland area of North Central Ohio between Cleveland and Toledo. Hart Advertising, […]
Sriubas to Address IBOUSA on Increasing Industry OOH Buy
The USA OOH Industry enjoys roughly $8 billion (4%) of the overall U.S. advertising spend and has shown growth over the last decade attributed in a large way from the acceptance by advertisers of digital OOH inventory as a way to be a last contact before a decision point by […]
Vince Miller On The Importance of Safety
The OAAA Operations & Safety Seminar is scheduled for October 8-10 in Rosemont, IL, at the Embassy Suites. Insider talked to the OAAA’s Safety, Standards, and Technology Committee Chair Vince Miller, President of DDI Media, about the importance of safety in OOH operations. Why is safety an important topic for […]
Company of the Day: Giesken Outdoor
Company: Giesken Outdoor (Ohio) and Giesken Outdoor (Michigan) Markets: Ohio, Michigan Headquarters: 115 Sophia’s Lane, Ottawa, OH 45875 Phone: (866) 443-7536 or (419) 233-71453 Email: tom@gieskenoutdoor.com Giesken Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan, mainly Dearborn Heights with both digital and static billboards. Tom Giesken started the company […]
Reilly Preparing for Consolidation and Ad Agency Turmoil
Lamar must be prepared to take advantage of industry consolidation and ad agency turmoil. That’s how Lamar CEO Sean Reilly began his remarks to the Goldman Sachs Communicopia Conference last Thursday. Here are the highlights. On changes in the ad agency market There’s great turmoil in the big agency business. Clients […]
Hurricane Florence Damage Update
The news after the weekend was encouraging as Insider checked in with several Outdoor companies with operations in North and South Carolina. Hal Stevenson at Grace Outdoor was feeling very blessed as the impact of the store was minimal for the Company. Claude Dicks at Allison Outdoor says all is […]
Acquisition Activity – Perspective From The Brokers
Most of you may have noticed a number of acquisition related articles recently on our Insider web site. As a thought experiment we started listing them for the year. This is the list we created with links to the articles, and we stopped after we had only gone back as […]
Company of the Day: Harvest Outdoor
Company: Harvest Outdoor Markets: Illinois Headquarters: 2516 Waukegan Road, PMB 350, Glenview, Illinois 60025-1774 Phone: 847-509-8876 Email: info@harvestoutdoor.com Harvest Outdoor operates a wall and billboard plant in Chicago. Mike McHugh is the company’s owner. He started the company in 1998 after a stint as a special projects coordinator for the City of Chicago. One of […]
Out of the Office: Dave Daucanski
Dave Daucanski, Senior Vice President, Vector Media, says this: I enjoy cruises as it gives me an opportunity to find hidden gems and return for a longer vacation at a later date. I am not sure yet which one will become the next vacation spot like St. Barts became after […]
