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GENERAL: IKE: U.S. Sign Industry Rapidly Adopts Spike
For Immediate Release Sept. 23, 2015
U.S. Sign Industry Rapidly Adopts Spike
- ikeGPS plans to replicate U.S. market success in more regions around the
world -
Wellington, New Zealand--ikeGPS (NZX: IKE) continues to see exceptional
market adoption of Spike across the U.S. sign industry. The basis of the
company's U.S. success has been the introduction of product adoption programs
with leading franchise businesses, co-marketing initiatives with national and
regional sign industry associations, and advancing a comprehensive reseller
program to win the even larger independent sign company market.
With new Australasia and European marketing programs and partnerships in the
works, ikeGPS expects to see similar growth and success in other regions of
the world.
Specifically, over the past six months, ikeGPS has established relationships
and sold into major sign industry franchise businesses, including:
o FASTSIGNS: with more than 590 FASTSIGNS(R) locations around the world,
including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, Puerto Rico and the United
Arab Emirates.
o Signarama: with more than 850 Signarama sign centers around the world,
including the U.S., Australia, France, the U.K., Singapore, and locations
throughout Latin America and Asia. Signarama also operates the largest
franchise business, Speedy Signs, in New Zealand.
o Signworld: with more than 290 owners in the U.S. and Canada.
o Alliance Franchise Brands: with more than 600 locations in North America
and the U.K. operating under the brands Signs Now, Signs By Tomorrow and
Image360.
o Franchise Service Inc.: with more than 680 locations operating under the
brands Sir Speedy, PIP, MultiCopy and Signal Graphics. In addition, FSI
operates EastNetPrint in China.
o AlphaGraphics: with more than 280 franchises located in the U.S., Brazil,
China, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and the U.K.
o SpeedPro Imaging: with more than 120 locations in North America.
To advance distribution of Spike, ikeGPS has created a reseller program and
partnered with leading sign supply companies to sell Spike to the large
independent sign company market, which is not affiliated with a franchise
business. Initial key U.S. reseller partners include:
o Reece Supply Company: with eight locations based in Texas, Oklahoma,
Louisiana, Georgia and North Carolina.
o Earl Mich Company: based in Illinois and serving the Chicago and greater
Illinois region.
o Denco Sales: with five locations based in Colorado, New Mexico, Washington,
Oregon and Idaho. Three locations in California service Northern, Central and
Southern California.
o Tubelite: Headquartered in Apopka, Florida, with nine operations in
Florida, New Jersey, Arizona, Tennessee, Indianapolis, Ohio, North Carolina
and Alabama.
Additional North American, Asia and Western European sign supply resell
partners will be announced in the coming months.
ikeGPS began targeting this vertical market, estimated by an Ernst & Young
report to spend more than $10 billion per annum on goods and services, less
than six months ago. In that time, a large number of sign companies have
integrated Spike into their business processes--relying on the mobile app and
cloud-based software to reduce costs and increase revenue potential.
"Through our sales and marketing programs with franchises, industry
associations and leading sign supply resellers, we expect to see continued
fast-pace adoption of Spike within the U.S. and around the world," says Jeff
Ross, chief marketing officer of ikeGPS. "We also believe that the approach
we've taken to win this vertical market is indicative of the potential for
Spike in other large markets, such as insurance and real estate appraisal,
where there is also growing adoption."
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About ikeGPS
ikeGPS is changing the way the world is measured, utilizing its smart laser
measurement solutions to capture, record and export measurement data.
Electric utility, telecom, government, engineering, construction, real
estate, signage, and other field data collection-based professionals use
ikeGPS products to modernize the way measurements are taken and shared.
Spike, a laser accurate Smartphone measurement solution, and GE MapSight, an
all-in-one customizable field data collection solution, uniquely combine
intelligent software and hardware into comprehensive but simple-to-use tools.
With an ike photo, you can capture measurement, distance, location and other
data in real time, significantly improving business process, user
productivity and safety.
ikeGPS is headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand and is listed on the New
Zealand Stock Exchange under the stock symbol IKE. The company's global sales
and marketing organization is based in Broomfield, Colorado, which supports
global efforts in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. For more information, visit
http://www.ikegps.com/.
Contact
Amanda McGrory-Dixon, Content Marketing Coordinator
ikeGPS, Inc.
+1-303-222-3218 x713
[email protected]
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