Did you know: Little Rock was at one point in the 1800’s briefly names “Arkropolis” during a land dispute. With 1,575 acres of land, Burns Park located in North Little Rock, is one of the largest municipal parks in the country. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Little […]
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Company of the day: Reagan Outdoor
Company: Reagan Advertising Markets: Utah, Central Texas, Nevada Headquarters: 1775 North Warm Springs Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Phone: 801-521-1775 Reagan Outdoor has been a leader in the outdoor industry for over 50 years. The company was started in 1965 by William Reagan. The company is privately held and has a billboard plant […]
Outfront and Lamar Outperform Market in 1Q 2019
Outfront and Lamar outperformed the market during the first quarter of 2019. Outfront was up 29% during the three months ended March 31, 2019 versus a 13% rise in the S&P 500. Investors were pleased with Outfront’s 12% annualized revenue growth during the last quarter of 2019.. Lamar was up […]
New Research Puts OOH Media Under a Microscope
My Turn: By Nancy Fletcher OAAA President and CEO Someone asked me what I’m looking forward to at the OOH Media Conference + Expo in Las Vegas next month. Plenty, because the agenda is a stacked deck. An ace in that deck is new national advertiser research that tells us: What our […]
Right hand reads get 31% more impressions.
We know intuitively that right hand reads get more impressions than left hand reads because the billboard is closer to the road. Insider recently joined Geopath. He reviewed the Geopath impressions data for his plant and discovered that his right hand had 31% more impressions than his left hand reads. […]
Company of the Day – Red Rock Outdoor
Company: Red Rock Outdoor Headquarters: 133 West 25th Street, 3rd Floor, New York NY 10001 Market: New York City Phone: 212-404-2758 Email: info@redrockoutdoor.com Red Rock Outdoor is a New York based Out-of-Home company providing a full array of OOH products to the New York Area. Those include: Wallscapes Bulletins Food […]
Judges Rejection of Association Health Plans and the IBOUSA
Many of you might have seen the stories at the of last week where a federal judge in Washington ruled the Trump administration’s push to make health insurance plans available outside the Affordable Care Act that avoid the requirements of the health-care law was illegal, calling the efforts “clearly an […]
Publicis’ Rishad Tobaccowala to Present at OOH Media Conference
Tobaccowala Will Reveal Ad Community’s Perception of OOH Based on Interviews, Surveys Washington, DC (April 1, 2019) – Rishad Tobaccowala, chief growth officer of the Publicis Groupe, will address attendees of this year’s OAAA\Geopath OOH Media Conference + Expo, to be held at the Aria Las Vegas May 20-22, 2019. […]
Out of Home Companies Form Fund to Finance Ad Agencies
The nation’s 200 largest out of home companies have formed a lending fund to provide working capital advances to ad agencies. Any US-headquartered ad agency will be eligible for a working capital advance of up to $250,000 from the Lending Enterprise Empowering Corporate Heuristics Fund (the “LEECH Fund”). “It’s clear […]
Transport of London Bans Food Ads
In June 2016 Transport of London banned junk food ads in transit and subway stations. Yesterday it went a step farther and banned all food ads. “There’s an indisputable link between food and obesity,” said Ida Raddish, London Transport’s Head of Ad Acceptability. “We should not encourage people to become […]