Posts Tagged ‘retractable banner stands’
Know Your Type: Helvetica Part I
Few typefaces have become as ingrained with our society as Helvetica. If you know what to look for, you’ll see it almost everywhere. The New York Subway System uses Helvetica almost exclusively. Many U.S. street signs are set in Helvetica. So is U.S. currency. If you’re reading this post on an iPhone right now, your [...]
Popular Print Designers
If you’re making large format graphics or creating signage or posters for display on retractable banner stands for a trade show, commercial or retail environment, you may be interested in finding some design inspiration in today’s most popular print designers. While most design is done digitally these days, created and made to be seen on [...]
Banners Help Salespeople
Sales is no cakewalk as far as jobs go. For many salespeople their entire ability to earn money is linked to results. There is no vague accomplishment a salesperson can charge for other than closing a sale. More and more of this kind of sales work is done on the phone but for most consumers [...]
New York’s Biggest Trade Show
New York hosts many trade show events at numerous conference centers across the five boroughs. No doubt this means that a lot of retractable banner stands are making their mark around the city. The largest of them all, however, is one that happens at the Javits Center. The Greater New York Auto Dealers Association trade [...]
Turtle Logic: Retractable Banner Stands
In mythology and fables, the lowly turtle and its close relative the tortoise are often granted the position of wisdom, purity and integrity. The most famous and well known example of this, obviously, is the tortoise and the hare, wherein the tortoise’s humility and steady work ethic provide success. As well, there are myths which [...]
St. Augustine and Retractable Banner Stands: An Unlikely Connection
Retractable banner stands are an indespensible tool for any business headed to a trade show. They allow for greater portability and therefore greater numbers, thus occupying more eye space in the vast sea of material calling to clients’ and consumers’ attention. Yet, few would imagine that these handy tools have any relationship at all to [...]
Retractable Banner Stands: Freedom of Expression
When heading to a trade show, certain considerations must be made. First, what kind of space have you been allotted and what type of traffic flow can you expect? Second, what materials will you bring? In the latter’s case, you should bring the most attention grabbing material you have available to you, the signage that [...]
Control When and Where You Advertise with Retractable Banner Stands
You’re on your way out of the trade show. You’re tired. After a bit of heaving and struggling, all of your promotional material and products are jammed into your car, finally. Relaxed and on the road, maybe you’ll stop at a gas station, maybe you’ll grab a quick bite, or maybe you’ll just drive straight [...]
Ditch that Old Sandwich Board
For many years, the sandwich board has been a staple of street advertising, quickly displaying to passersby what they can get by just taking a quick step inside to a nearby shop or business. Though computers, inkjet machines and large format printing have been around for many years, a lot of businesses were deterred by [...]
Summer Business Slow, Get Their Attention!
There is one more month of summer and for so many businesses that is an important thing to consider. The time people spend out doors on boardwalks, at parks, in areas that are uniquely focused on servicing tourists, can be the most important time for a wide swath of the retail industry. If you are [...]