Blog: Full Service Sign Experts

It’s amazing how much can change in 60 years, but Bob Dylan let us know in 1964 and sure enough, here we are. With communication becoming faster and easier every day, our businesses are all faced with the challenge of adaptation. One of our favorite images of Parvin-Clauss Sign Comp...

A.B.M. Auto Repair at 5433 North Clark Street in Chicago was recently torn down, leaving the neighboring building wall exposed. A vintage mural ad for Coca Cola was unearthed, its slogan "Relieves Fatigue - Sold Everywhere - 5 cents" dates the ad to the early 1900's. Back then, advertisements were...

Bradford Real Estate is bringing some big changes to downtown Wheaton, Illinois. The former Wheaton Central High School, home of such famous alumnus as Red Grange, professional football player, Edwin Hubble, astronomer, Bob Woodward, reporter, and John and Jim Belushi, actors, has stood the test o...

When it came time for G&W Electric to discuss how to makes its new 371,000 square foot headquarters and manufacturing center in Bolingbrook, Illinois, more energy efficient, they contacted the ComEd and NiCor Gas New Construction Service. By working with the program early in design, this project...

Everyone is a customer at one time or another. So what are your expectations? A recent Crain's Chicago Business to Business survey found seven key customer needs that make the difference when purchasing a product or service: 1. Personal Accountability. Customers are looking for a sales person to b...

Tom Parvin and Bob Clauss painted signs for a living back in 1952 at 1200 S. 17th Avenue in Maywood, Illinois. Back then, artistic skill and attention to detail was a requirement for a successful sign company . Hand-lettered wall signs, gold-leaf window signs, and detailed truck lettering were all p...

Saladworks just opened a new location in the Streets of Woodfield shopping center in Schaumburg, Illinois. Their brightly colored illuminated channel letter sign fits in well with the variety of stores in this shopping center, which is right across the street from Woodfield Mall. Many shopping...

Does your name, your logo, your brand, connect with your customers? Do you identify with your customers through your brand? Your exterior and interior signs play a key role in how you present a lasting image of who you are. Here are nine points on designing your brand and emphasizing the best of w...

You finance most of your large expenditures - house, car, basement renovation - so why not explore lease financing as a way to invest in a quality sign/sign program for your business? Your signs are your most efficient and effective form of marketing. According to The Economic Value of On Premise...