The World Out of Home Organization annual Congress – cancelled in 2020 because of the Covid-19 outbreak – is re-scheduled for 2021 at the same venue – Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel – from May 12-14 2021. Attendees who booked for 2020 will be able to rollover their bookings for May […]
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Chris Cowlbeck on 4 letter words – good ones!
By Chris Cowlbeck, General Manager, IBOUSA I’m writing now again from the Sunny Side of the Arbuckles in the isolation of the ranch looking out over the horses walking by as the spring grasses and flowers come to life. In the midst of all that is impacting us I recently […]
Company of the Day – Garden State Outdoor
Company: Garden State Outdoor Headquarters: 2 Convention Boulevard, Suite 100, Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401 Markets: New Jersey Phone: 609.340.0040 Email: info@gardenstateoutdoor.com Garden State Outdoor and its affiliate companies, Camden Outdoor and East Coast Outdoor have created some of the most iconic outdoor advertising displays in the industry and throughout New Jersey. […]
Covid-19, the economy and US out of home revenues
Goldman Sachs has a great powerpoint on Coronavirus and the US economy. Some of the highlights. The coronavirus will reduce US real GDP on an annualized basis by about 35% for the second quarter of 2020. US GDP will bounce back with annualized growth of about 15% in the […]
Matt Schulze on 4 mistakes owners make when they build structures.
Today’s podcast guest is Matt Schulze, a partner at Selective Structures. Matt talks about the impact of coronavirus on sign fabrication and the 4 mistakes that operators make when they build structures. Matt you have an entertaining story about entering the out of home business. It is kind of a […]
Inrix reports traffic is 52% of pre-covid levels.
On Monday Inrix issued auto and truck travel data for the week ended April 3. Inrix’s gets location reporting on 100 million trips covering 1 billion miles a day. That’s about 10% of all US car trips. The highlights. Nationwide travel for March 28-April 3 declined by 47% versus a […]
Supreme Court Says No to Washington DC Transit Ad Religious Clash
Reuters reports that the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a religious rights dispute brought by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington DC against the Washington DC area transit authority over its policy barring advertisements in its stations and on buses and trains on divisive issues including religion. […]
Shoutouts to Porlier Outdoor, Tyler Outdoor and Capitol Outdoor
Porlier Outdoor is running public service ads thanking first responders and encouraging people to give blood and encouraging people to be kind. Tyler Outdoor Advertising is running creative thanking healthcare workers. Capitol Outdoor is using digital billboards to highlight where the nearest coronavirus test kits are available. Here’s the press […]
Company of the Day: Freeway Advertising
Company: Freeway Advertising Markets: Arizona, Montana, Nevada and Utah Address: 2604 West Van Ross Drive, South Jordan, Utah 84095 Email: sales@freewayadvertising.com Phone: 801-243-4255 Freeway Advertising operates a billboard plant with 5,197 faces in Arizona, Montana, Nevada and Utah. The company was started in 1972 [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement
The Data You Should Look at on Coronavirus
To keep focused, Insider thinks you should spend 15-20 minutes each morning looking at covid-19 data and then tune out the talking heads and do your work. Here’s where to find the best data. Healthdata.org. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington runs a projection […]