The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc along the entire economic landscape, and small businesses in the United States, such as now-deemed-essential sign shops, are feeling the brunt of this slowdown. Many sign makers have experienced a significant decrease in...
It's no surprise that the ISA Sign Industry Quarterly Economic Report anticipates a tough second quarter of 2020. But the good news: The pandemic is expected to subside by the third quarter.
The QER is compiled by IHS Markit and...
The May 3-7, 2020 LightFair trade show and conference, previously announced as postponed, are now canceled reports the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), and International Market Centers (IMC). The next LightFair will be...
In today’s COVID-19 environment, governments enacting shutdowns and/or stay-at-home orders are making decisions about which businesses are deemed either essential or critical to infra-structure and allowing them to remain open and operational—which has led to some confusion and navigation...
As social distancing becomes the new normal throughout the US and the world, professionals across industries are making drastic and immediate changes to their work and presentation styles. With the quick shift to working from home, business leaders, lawyers,...
In the midst of our current uncertainty, everyone involved with Sign Builder Illustrated wanted to come up with a single unifying message that would bring industry suppliers, manufacturers, and sign makers closer together even during this time of social...
It's happening! Virtually experience SEGD’s first-ever Branded Environments Throwback Event beginning March 31, at 10 a.m. EDT, hosted via Facebook Watch Party. The association will be showing a series of fourteen videos from past BE events all day until...
The recently passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) enacted on March 18, 2020 and taking effect on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and...
Suzanne Rappoccio is Vice President of Administration at Sign Pro, Inc., a family-owned sign manufacturing company based in Plantsville, Connecticut that currently employs seventy-plus employees. In addition to overseeing payroll, receivables, 401K and insurance plans, vehicle records, vital documents,...
We profiled Eric Lazar, co-owner of SpeedPro Chicago Loop, in our February issue (“Going the Extra (Digital) Mile”), where we took at close-up look at his company’s “evangelical” approach to large format printing. Eric and his business partner, Rebecca...
