In 2019, the City of Clovis New Mexico proposed a new sign ordinance which would have significantly impacted several Out of Home operators’ ability to conduct business in the city. Proposed changes to the new ordinance included unconstitutional takings, retroactive legislation, content-based free speech violations as well as compelling immediate […]
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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 […]
McConnell Named Formetco Digital Sales Manager
Duluth, GA – Formetco, the nation’s leading supplier and manufacturer to the outdoor advertising industry, has promoted Digital Billboard Sales Manager, Britt McConnell to Director of Digital Sales. After running his own sign business, McConnell joined Formetco as Print Division Sales Manager in 2010. Nearly doubling revenue within the first […]
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 […]
Sales Tip: OOH Reaches Ten Times the Audience for the Cost of a Super Bowl Ad
By Steve Nicklin, SVP Marketing and Analytics, OAAA With the NFL playoffs picture now decided, there’s building anticipation about Super Bowl LVI on February 13. Most advertising professionals know that the Super Bowl is the most expensive media platform available, and this year’s thirty-second spots are projected to hit a […]
Jim Poage On Minimizing OSHA Record Keeping Fines
Poor record keeping is one of the top OSHA citations each year . Billboard Insider talked with Formetco’s Safety Director Jim Poage to learn what record keeping requirements OSHA expects from out of home companies. What is the OSHA requirement for record keeping? Employers are required to keep accident, illness, […]
Daktronics and Ströer Continue Partnership
Daktronics will supply several hundred screens for Ströer’s Public Video Roadside Network this year BROOKINGS, S.D. – Jan. 17, 2022 – As Ströer continues to bring digital signage to cities across Germany, they also continue a long-standing partnership with Daktronics to manufacture and deliver their LED displays. Previously, Daktronics has […]
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 […]