For today’s Fast Fact, we’re going to take a look at the San Diego market – the avocado capital of the United States! In addition to being the largest avocado producer in the US, San Diego County is also home to more small farms than anywhere else in the country. It also has the most ...
For today’s Fast Fact, we’re going to take a look at the Seattle-Tacoma market – the fourth-largest port in all of North America! Did you know that Seattle has the highest proportion of college-educated adults of any major US city, according to the Census? In fact, roughly 47% of adults in Seattle have bachelor’s degrees, ...
The 57th Super Bowl is this Sunday, with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs set to face off for the annual championship. This is actually the third time in the last 4 years that the Chiefs have made it to the Super Bowl! This year’s championship game is being held in the Phoenix market, ...
For today’s Fast Fact, we’re going to take a look at the Washington DC market – home to the US Capital and some very odd bits of history! It’s a somewhat well-known fact that the White House in DC today is not the original White House, which was burned down by British troops during the ...
In many ways, modern life, and OOH as we know it would be unrecognizable without something that’s as simple as the lightbulb – but this invention opened the door for widespread domestic use of electric lighting. In fact, it was on this day in 1880 that Thomas Edison was granted his patent for the incandescent ...
The 80th Golden Globes ceremony was held in Beverly Hills this week, and with it, accolades for outstanding TV and Movies were awarded to a lucky few. Though award shows like the Golden Globes and the Emmys are steeped in tradition, it goes without saying that the landscape of TV and Movies has changed drastically in ...
Happy Holidays everyone! With Hanukkah underway, Christmas approaching this weekend, and Kwanzaa beginning on Monday, there is certainly a lot to celebrate. (The Seinfeld-inspired holiday Festivus is taking place today as well!) As with many major holidays throughout the year, the end-of-year holiday season is a significant period of travel for those in the US. ...
It’s not often that the events of a single day have a seismic impact on everything from transportation, to manufacturing, to OOH itself. However, such is the case of October 7th 1913, when Henry Ford introduced the moving assembly line at his Highland Park factory, forever changing transportation as we know it. Ford’s Model T was introduced ...
At times, it can hard to fathom the sheer amount of data that get created and transferred every day, and the memory capabilities needed to facilitate that data. Modern processing power and memory storage technologies have evolved rapidly over the last few decades, and it can be easy to lose sight of what was impossible ...
Some brands are so well established and recognized that their name has become synonymous with the product itself. For bandages, they’re often simply called Band-Aids. For flavored gelatin, Jell-o. And in the world of making copies, the brand name Xerox is used conversationally the same way, sometimes even being used to describe the action itself ...
