Steve Duck, Chief Revenue Officer: Media at Tractor Outdoor, says South Africa now has roughly 16,200 billboard faces, with steady growth over the past six months, and digital inventory expanding even faster, with roadside screens up around 10% year-on-year. But most of that growth continues to concentrate in Gauteng, where new sites are added to […]
Troy Niddrie, Managing Director, Billboard Management Technologies (BMT), says digital billboards are an inescapable part of our urban landscape, lighting up highways and malls alike. As more of them go up, we have to plan digital infrastructure that’s more resilient by design. This year will build on the momentum of last year, with the focus […]
South Africa’s retail economy runs on predictable rhythms and nowhere is this more visible than in the country’s mid-market malls. Far from being discretionary or ‘nice-to-have’ shopping destinations, these centres serve as essential retail hubs for millions of South Africans who shop close to home, commute through connected commuter nodes and make frequent visits that sustain local economies. Retail accounts for [...]
Currently, only 9% of out of home (OOH) media spend is directed towards the Western Cape, while 66% is allocated to Gauteng. Mali Motsumi-Garrido, Sales Director at Tractor Outdoor, discusses why you should be directing more of your out of home OOH spend towards the Mother City. It’s no secret that Gauteng currently devours the bulk of the out of home [...]
According to Lizelle Mc Connell, Sales Director at Tractor Outdoor, out of home (OOH) is not the same industry it was two decades ago. Across the global landscape, the OOH arena has typically been an industry that has seen more men enter its ranks than women – but things are starting to change. And this change is desperately needed, said Mc Connell, but [...]