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

1. The ninth annual Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) rolled out short, silent movies on Pattison Onestop’s Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway station screens, a Pattison Outdoor digital billboard near Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square.

2. The worldwide digital textile printing market for industrial, home décor and garment applications is experiencing a strong compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34 per cent, according to a new forecast by research and consulting firm InfoTrends.

3. Mirada Media, based in Saint-Laurent, Que., is providing digital menu boards and associated software for the newest Java U café-bistro in Montreal, which opened in May and is reportedly the first ‘milk bar’ anywhere in Canada.

4. Toronto-based Shikatani Lacroix Design (SLD) is rolling out new retail merchandising displays for Adidas’ golf apparel division that incorporate digital signage to better engage and excite customers and increase sales.

5. Colourful murals on five roadside pillars were recently unveiled in eastern Toronto, as part of an ongoing effort to help beautify space beneath the Don Valley Parkway’s (DVP’s) overpasses to and from the city’s downtown core.