Billboard Insider spoke with Rod Rackley, the CEO and President of Circle Graphics on trends in the vinyl market. Circle Graphics leads US out of home printing market in market share, number of factories, customer base, employee count, and revenue. Rod you’re on the OAAA Board of Directors. Could you […]
Here’s a post for everyone under 30. Want to stand out from the crowd? Try hand written notes. Billboard Insider attended the OAAA Geopath 2023 show a couple weeks ago. Look what arrived in the mail. A hand-written note from CircleGraphics CEO Rod Rackley thanking us for doing business and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 28, 2023 – Scott Wells, the CEO of both Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (“CCOH”) (NYSE: CCO) and its Americas subsidiary, is taking on the role as chair of the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), the leading trade group representing the entire out […]
Circle Graphics and ODN are pleased to announce a new three-year partnership covering almost every aspect of OOH print production. The teams at both companies have known each other for many years, and this foundation of trust and respect enabled a mutually beneficial agreement. “We are very pleased to be […]
Insider continues our conversation with Rod Rackley, this time focused on maintaining and building revenue and what the future might look like for Circle Graphics. Before Covid became the dominate issue, being an OOH printer in this new digital environment was becoming a growth challenge. Yet Circle Graphics has not […]
Rod, let’s talk about issues most businesses supporting the OOH industry have dealt with coming out of the pandemic. I think most printers would agree it’s been a very difficult 6 months as far as getting material and finding enough labor to help get product printed and out the door. […]
Insider had the opportunity to meet with Rod Rackley, President of Circle Graphics OOH Division, for a tour of their Longmont, Colorado facility. Circle Graphics maintains operations in Colorado, California, Ohio, Virginia and Missouri. The Colorado plant is their largest. They print and ship around 2,000 posters each day. Since […]
Static billboards have been an OOH mainstay for decades. You know the media: Those “traditional” 14’ x 48’ bulletins lining high-traffic thoroughfares, be they city centers or well-travelled highways and freeways. And while this type of outdoor media has always been highly effective, and often highly creative in its execution, […]
Clockwise from top left: Kerry Yoakum, Rod Rackley, Michael Provenzano, Jeremy Johnson The OAAA’s Kerry Yoakum moderated a brisk panel discussion in which three out of home industry suppliers reviewed 2020 and discussed the outlook for 2021. Here’s what the suppliers said about the impact of covid on their […]
Yesterday, Circle Graphics announced the purchase of a majority stake in Anthem Displays. Insider interviewed Circle Graphics CEO Andrew Cousin and Out of Home Division President Rod Rackley about the transaction. Here are the highlights. Cousin says that despite softness in the OOH Division, Circle Graphics has thrived through COVID […]
