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MID - MARCH 2020 | VO LU M E 242

EDITORIAL + DESIGN
ROBIN DONOVAN

editor-in-chief

robin.donovan@stmediagroup.com
MARK KISSLING

managing editor

mark.kissling@stmediagroup.com
GRANT FREKING

associate editor

grant.freking@stmediagroup.com
JEFF RUSS

senior art director

jeff.russ@stmediagroup.com

BLACK
BOOK
2020

KAITLIN WINCHESTER

editorial intern

CONTRIBUTORS
CHRIS + KATHI MORRISON

signcountry@softcom.net
LAURA PETERS

lpeters40@gmail.com
DALE SALAMACHA

dale@media1signs.com

PRODUCTION
LINDA VOLZ

production manager

linda.volz@stmediagroup.com

SALES + MARKETING
LOUIS ARNEBERG

senior market strategist

lou.arneberg@stmediagroup.com
(800) 654-5169
JIM KARWOWSKI

senior market strategist

jim.karwowski@stmediagroup.com
(630) 474-4038

In partnership with the
International Sign Association

FROM THE EDITOR

6

VERNITA JOHNSON

directory + classified
account executive

A LOOK AHEAD

vernita.johnson@stmediagroup.com
(513) 263-9313

28

BY ROBIN DONOVAN

BY THE INTERNATIONAL SIGN ASSOCIATION

KELLY COTES

Minimum business maintenance

A report on technology and trends
of interest to the sign industry

kelly.cotes@stmediagroup.com

STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL

8

BY ROBIN DONOVAN

Planning isn't just for staid corporations. It's a must for businesses
of all sizes.
MEETING THE INDUSTRY'S MOST
PRESSING CHALLENGES 21
BY THE INTERNATIONAL SIGN ASSOCIATION

The many ways ISA partners with
the sign industry in addition to the
Sign Expo
2

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

MID-MARCH 2020

MANUFACTURERS +
RESOURCES 34
ISA Sign Expo 2019 Exhibitors and
the Signs of the Times online Buyers'
Guide
ADVERTISING INDEX
LAST LOOK
BY JEFF RUSS

Good times

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marketing manager
CORPORATE
MURRAY KASMENN

president

TOD SWORMSTEDT

American Sign Museum
CHRISTINE BALOGA

vp, mktg. & customer acquisition
CUSTOMER SERVICE
(877) 494-0727
sot@omeda.com



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