Alloy Media + Marketing Expands Out-of-Home Network Across Fitness Club Venues.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Alloy, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : "ALOY"), under the banner of Alloy Media + Marketing and one of the country's largest providers of nontraditional media programs reaching targeted consumer segments, today announced an expansion of its out-of-home media network with the launch of its fitness club program, the Alloy Fitness Network, a lifestyle-focused initiative introducing placement-based billboard media assets, targeted product sampling, and experiential promotional services into a universe of more than 2,100 leading fitness facilities in all 210 Designated Market Areas ("DMAs") across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . In connection with its launch of the Alloy Fitness Network, Alloy has acquired existing media display and billboard assets in the fitness market from two nationally recognized out-of-home entities: VOX Visual Systems, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control and the company originally developed by Whittle Communications, PM Communications. The Alloy Fitness Network now spans a total of 225 markets with a concentration in the top 25 DMAs, including New York, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Chicago, Atlanta, and Boston, and has aligned with leading fitness chains across the United States, including World Gym World Gym is an American chain of gyms, reportedly the second largest worldwide in 2002 after Gold's Gym.[2] Founded in 1977 by Joe Gold seven years after he sold the Gold's Gym chain, its first location was in Santa Monica, California. International, Inc., Contours Express, Powerhouse Gyms, Gold's Gym Gold's Gym International, Inc. is an international chain of co-ed fitness centers (commonly referred to as "gyms") originally started in California by Joe Gold. Each gym features a wide array of exercise equipment and personal trainers to assist clients. International, Inc., and Curves International, Inc. Derek White Derek White is an American writer of daring, surreal and absurdist poetry and fiction, a visual artist, author of the review website 5cense, editor of Calamari Press, and publisher of the avant-garde literary & poetry journal Sleeping Fish. , Executive Vice President of Alloy Media + Marketing, commented, "Alloy has built a leading sampling services business across the fitness channel in the last few years, so our entry to the media side of the business was a natural progression for us. As we continue to forge alliances across spaces where consumers frequent and socialize so·cial·ize v. so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing, so·cial·iz·es v.tr. 1. To place under government or group ownership or control. 2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable. , this new channel compliments our other targeted networks providing access to another coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. consumer segment." "Over many years, VOX has forged strong long-term alliances with key industry fitness clubs across the country", commented Beth Rohlfs, President of VOX Visual Systems, "and it is exciting to know that Alloy's delivery capability, coupled with its existing sales force, will expand the services offering in this space to a whole new level for both clubs owners and advertisers." Solidifying Alloy's entry into the fitness club environment, The Quaker Oats Company will utilize the Alloy Fitness Network this month for a multi-platform promotion in 30 club locations across the nation, which promotion will include media billboard displays throughout the venues, product sampling and a larger-scaled onsite promotion allowing for direct consumer interaction. White commented, "We are pleased to be working with Quaker Oats on this initiative. This is just the type of face-to-face experience with members that clients should come to expect from the Alloy Fitness Network. We're very excited about the opportunities ahead." Display campaigns currently running across the Alloy Fitness Network include national advertisers across the telecommunications, worldwide energy, healthcare and insurance sectors. Alloy's out-of-home media network now boasts more than 100,000 media displays nationally, including digital and other high-tech offerings through its proprietary network of nightlife, restaurant, residential laundry facilities, laundromats and multiculturally-focused barbershop and salons, and also through Alloy's established network of school and campus-based media. About Alloy Media + Marketing Alloy Media + Marketing is one of the country's largest providers of nontraditional media programs reaching targeted consumer segments. AM+M manages a diverse array of assets and services in interactive, display, direct mail, content production and educational programming. AM+M works with over 1500 companies including half of the Fortune 200. For more information on AM+M services and investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. (NASDAQ: "ALOY"), please visit www.alloymarketing.com. |
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