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GENERAL: IKE: ikeGPS Expands Spike Reach With Guild Partnership
July 22, 2015
ikeGPS Expands Spike Reach With International Sign & Printmakers Guild
Partnership
- New relationships prime ikeGPS to capitalize on lucrative market
opportunities -
BROOMFIELD, Colo.--ikeGPS announces a new partnership with the International
Sign & Printmakers Guild to offer its 2,700-plus independent sign company
members Spike, a laser measurement solution that enables sign professionals
to quickly measure a sign or new sign location by capturing a photo using
their Smartphone or Tablet and the Spike device.
"Spike is a powerful tool for the sign and digital graphics industry," says
Mark Stevens, executive director of the Guild. "With this new measurement
technology, sign shops can respond to customer requests for estimations
faster and conduct site surveys without the need for additional labor and
expensive equipment."
ikeGPS has established co-marketing relationships with the leading sign and
graphics franchises in the U.S. market, including Alliance Franchise Brands,
AlphaGraphics, FASTSIGNS, Franchise Services Inc., Signarama and Signworld.
ikeGPS also recently introduced its first U.S. sign supply reseller with
Reece Supply Company, which operates eight locations in Texas, Oklahoma,
Louisiana, Georgia and North Carolina. Additionally, ikeGPS is quickly
expanding distribution outside of the U.S., including a recent Asia-Pacific
agreement with technology provider Sektor and American Technology Inc for
distribution in the Philippines.
According to the International Sign Association's 2014 Economic Impact of the
Sign and Visual Communications Industry study, conducted by Ernst & Young,
more than 200,000 professionals worked in the U.S. sign market in 2012, and
the industry as a whole purchased an estimated $10.4 billion in goods and
services from suppliers that same year. A report from research organization
IBISWorld also finds that the U.S. sign industry is projected to grow to $14
billion a year by 2020.
"Spike adoption within the U.S. sign market has grown rapidly since the
beginning of the calendar year," says Jeff Ross, chief marketing officer of
ikeGPS. "With new partners, resellers and U.S. and international distributors
in place, the potential for Spike in this industry is still mostly untapped."
ikeGPS expects to announce additional co-marketing and reseller partners in
the near term. Interested parties should contact ikeGPS at
[email protected] to explore go-to-market opportunities.
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 photograph, 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 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.
GE is a trademark of General Electric Company and is under license by ikeGPS
Ltd, 42 Adelaide Road, Wellington 6021, New Zealand.
About The International Sign & Printmakers Guild
The International Sign & Printmakers Guild is a member-led organization
designed to help sign and print providers grow their businesses and reduce
costs. The Guild is all about expanding the universe of wide-format business.
Founded by SA International and supported by other equipment manufacturers,
media suppliers, distributors, and industry publishers, the Guild relies on
an eight-member board of advisors comprised of sign and print business
owners.
Membership is free, courtesy of our Platinum Sponsor Arlon Graphics, and is
open to any wide-format sign or print provider. The only condition of
membership -- Guild members must agree to abide by the organization's Code of
Ethics.
Contact
Amanda McGrory-Dixon, Content Marketing Coordinator
ikeGPS, Inc.
+1 303- 222 3218 x713
[email protected]
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