Out-of-home advertising could reduce the carbon emissions of your ad campaign. Global OOH ad agency Billups worked with carbon intelligence firm Cedara to measure the environmental impact of OOH compared with other ad formats. Cedara's research found that billboards and other traditional OOH ads were 188% more efficient that programmatic display ads, 246% more efficient...

This article was originally published in May 2024, and has since been updated with new information The first billboard ads date back to 1835 when Jared Bell debuted 50-foot-high placards to advertise the Barnum & Bailey Circus in New York. After nearly two centuries, giant posters remain popular among marketers, and as 2024 has shown...

As you're scrolling through Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals this week, your purchases just might make an appearance on the Las Vegas Sphere. Shopify worked with Sphere to create a real-time activation on the structure's Exosphere--which it claims is the world's largest LED screen--enveloping Sin City's immersive, globe-shaped venue. That screen opened up to...

Dollars spent advertising on posters, billboards, and other out-of-home (OOH) placements climbed to $2.04 billion between July and September, according to U.S. trade group the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA). The amount represents a 4.3% increase compared to the same time last year and an all-time high for the third quarter. Overall,...