Last Friday we caught up with Selective Structures Matt Schulze as he was riding in his truck between out of home job sites. Matt and Jon Odom at Productivity Fabricators are the two smartest guys Insider knows when it comes to billboard structures. Matt talked about steel prices and permitting trends. […]
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Can JCDecaux buy Clear Channel Europe?
JCDecaux is a candidate to buy Clear Channel Outdoor’s international business but it depends on financing. A stock analyst asked JC Decaux CFO David Bourg about the company’s leverage last week and Bourg said this: …in our business, we know that it is quite important to go back to a […]
85% of US Adults Expect to Travel this Summer
WASHINGTON, March 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The overwhelming majority of U.S. adults (85%) are expecting to travel this summer, taking even more vacation time than they did in 2021: nearly half (48%) of Americans who plan to vacation this summer will take two weeks or more, up from (41%) last summer. Driving […]
Rate This Ad by Greg Callaham
Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]
Company of the Day: Greyline Outdoor
Company: Greyline Outdoor Markets: New York Address: PO Box 281, Bryant NY 14027 Phone: 716-983-9820 Greyline Outdoor originally formed in 1988 as S&S Enterprises, a small, local sign shop under owner/operator(s) Everett Scritchfield, Jr. and Linda Scritchfield. 1993 marked the first purchase of billboard by the company and set the path […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds March 12, 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 […]
Sean Reilly: Right Now Everything is Flashing Green
Sean Reilly was bullish at this week’s Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. Here’s a selection of his comments. The outlook It feels great…Looking at Q4 we set records with every financial metric…we’re seeing the same momentum carrying forward…as of right now everything is flashing green. Political It breaks […]
Daktronics Sales And Orders Are Up – Supply Chain is Still a Struggle
BROOKINGS, S.D., March 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daktronics, Inc. (DAKT) today reported its results for fiscal 2022 third quarter which ended January 29, 2022. Q3 FY2022 financial highlights: Net sales of $139.6 million as a result of record orders and eased pandemic related site restrictions Operating loss of $5.7 million realized due to […]
The National Police Association Launches ‘Thank a Cop’ Billboards
INDIANAPOLIS, March 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The National Police Association has started a national billboard campaign asking people to support the police by thanking a cop, due in part to the lack of support for police by elected officials and violence against police by criminals. The initial cities to receive billboards are Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, […]
Company of the Day: GreenSigns
Company: Greensigns Market: Chicago Headquarters: 2700 S. River Road, Suite 203. Des Plaines, IL 60018 Phone: 312-624-8550 Email: info@greensignschicago.com Greensigns operates a network of digital and static billboards in the Chicago area. Joseph Mancino is CEO. David Williams is President. Here are some highlights from our June 2020 podcast interview with CEO […]