From Crain's Thomas Corfman: A coalition of groups representing small-business owners is pushing the Emanuel administration to speed up the approval process for signs, which they say is needlessly slow and expensive. An application for a sign on average takes 10 to 12 hours to complete and then...
Read MoreA great retail sign should capture the customer’s interest enough to read it; just like a great email subject line gets someone to open it, or a compelling headline in a newspaper gets someone to read it. Here are seven tips to create compelling retail signage: Get to the point. We communica...
Read MoreHave you ever been stuck behind a truck and unsure whether to overtake it because your view of the road ahead is obscured? To overcome this potentially dangerous situation, Samsung has revealed its "Safety Truck," which allows you to ‘see-through’ the truck to the traffic ahead. The...
Read MoreDo you own a sign purchased from White Way Signs in Chicago? Have you had a service contract with White Way Signs to maintain your sign? If the answer is yes, Parvin-Clauss Sign Company can help. White Way Signs recently filed for bankruptcy protection, leaving many businesses without a sign servi...
Read MoreBy Dawn Rhodes Chicago Tribune Glen Ellyn's electronic message board in downtown Glen Ellyn comes with $102,000 price tag. The LED sign will replace the monument sign at Main Street and Crescent Boulevard, a dual-facing sign village employees change manually. Village trustees voted in late April...
Read MoreOne of the things customers will notice when they first visit a business is the signs, directing them to where they need to go. It might not be something that businesses pay the most attention to, but way-finding and destination signage are markers your customers will rely on when navigating your bu...
Read MoreFrom The Chicago Tribune: Steel beam by beam, metal spoke by spoke, construction workers at Wrigley Field are building the support of a structure that forever will change the game-day experience for Cubs fans. The jumbo-sized left-field video board, the Cubs insist, will be up and operating for...
Read MoreBy Lexy Gross with the Chicago Tribune: One of this year's "Chicago 7" buildings deemed threatened by a local preservation group isn't a building at all. Neon signs "throughout the city" made Preservation Chicago's annual list of the city's most endangered structures. The signs, which often be...
Read MoreSo you need a sign for your business.. Where should your sign go, based on your building location and the traffic flow, for the most effective visual impact? Take a look at a site map of your location (Google maps are great for this) and answer these questions: 1. What are the main roads near your...
Read MoreTo prevent another big sign like the one Donald Trump attached to his riverfront skyscraper, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is introducing an ordinance allowing new signs along the waterway but substantially reducing their size. Last June, through a spokesman, Emanuel called the Trump sign "awful" and in "very...
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