Wensco Sign Supply announces the acquisition of NM Sign Supply in Elmhurst, Illinois. The acquisition extends the Wensco service area to Illinois and Wisconsin as well as Metro Chicago. “The combined depth of the Wensco and NM Sign Supply...
One of the first things I hear from shop owners when they hire me to help them turn their companies around is how proud they are of cross-training their work force and how they have sound production scheduling practices....
By Joe Arenella
To the average consumer, sign and print products may seem straightforward: they need the sign, you make the sign. Simple, right? But as a sign shop owner, you know the processes to produce these products can be...
Large sign projects can be complicated and can veer off track quickly without proper planning. Just like construction planning, sign projects follow a very similar path. From the initial meeting with the client to the last sign being installed,...
Harmon Brothers, the Provo-based social media ad agency behind "the greatest viral ad in internet history," has earned national headlines, more than 1.5 billion views, and helped drive over $400 million in sales with its social blockbusters such as Squatty...
There are over 45,000 commercial printers in the United States as of 2022, and once you extract the Top 500 players, you’ll find that the field is bursting with shops that are under $2,000,000 in annual revenue—with the greatest...
If your sign shop has experienced a loss in revenue or other damages due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you may be wondering if your insurance covers those losses. We corresponded with Pamela Woods, Esq., an attorney at Pasich LLP,...
Welcome to our third-annual spotlight of the young sign makers (thirty-five years old or younger) who we feel are making their mark in the industry—whether through sales, fabrication, management, or community involvement.
Each profile begins with a bio about the...
Company leaders and managers have a big responsibility in overseeing employees. But they can’t see everything, and sometimes there’s more going on in a worker’s life than meets the eye.
Employee disengagement or burnout isn’t always apparent, and some employers...
Like so many in our industry, twenty-eight-year-old Zach Wenger stumbled into signage accidentally. “I reached out to a recruiter who directed me to a national sign company (Everbrite) in Milwaukee,” he says.
After working at Everbrite for a year and...
