Here’s your quick afternoon update on news in the sign industry:

1. Out-of-home (OOH) advertising firm Pattison Outdoor and Samsung Canada have installed a 9.8 x 3.7-m (32 x 12-ft) landmark ‘4K’ ultra-high-definition (UHD) light-emitting diode (LED) display at Edmonton International Airport (EIA).

2. Diamond Integrated Marketing’s campaign that announced the 2017 opening of Ikea’s first store in Atlantic Canada has won the Canadian OOH Marketing and Measurement Bureau’s (COMMB’s) first annual Grand Iris Creative Award.

3. Last month’s 2018 Digital Signage Expo (DSE) in Las Vegas, Nev., delivered the highest buyer attendance percentage in the annual show’s 15-year history, with 93.3 per cent of visitors comprising system integrators, advertising and brand executives and end users.

4. A FastSigns International franchise in Windsor, Ont., co-owned by Jackie Raymond and Donna Bilodeau, is among five across North America specially recognized by their franchisor for local philanthropic efforts over the past year.

5. Canadian clothing retailer Roots’ new ‘enhanced experience’ store at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre has won gold at the 2018 Shop! Awards, an accolade regarded as one of the highest achievements in retail design and brand marketing.