A Wireless, an Exclusive Premium Retailer for Verizon Wireless, announced the plans to celebrate the opening of a new retail location on August 27, 2010 in West University Place. The retail store is located at 5310 Kirby Drive, Suite 102. The hours of operation are Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. and the telephone number to the store is (832) 460-4645.
Guests are invited to celebrate and attend the three day Grand Opening event beginning on Friday August 27 at 10 a.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The celebration will feature an appearance by the Houston Texans cheerleaders on Saturday. There will be entertainment for children and pizza provided by Papa John’s. Guests will have the chance to enter drawings for exciting prizes including a 5 day cruise, autographed footballs by Houston Texans players, phone accessories and other prizes. Members of the A Wireless corporate team will be present to welcome guests and celebrate the store opening. A Wireless will offer a Buy One Get One Free sale on every item in the West University Place location from August 27- August 29.
“We’ve experienced tremendous growth in the last year that has allowed us to open second and third locations in existing markets,” stated Rich Balot, CEO of A Wireless. “We pride ourselves on providing a unique customer experience. The addition of our ‘live-islands’ allows us to educate our customers on their new phones before they leave the store.”
A Wireless was founded as a partnership in October 1996 in Wilson, North Carolina and incorporated as ABC Phones of North Carolina, Inc. in 1999. The privately-held company, headquartered in Greenville, North Carolina, is an Exclusive Premium Retailer for Verizon Wireless and employs over 700 people at 110 locations in eight states and the District of Columbia. For more information or for employment opportunities, please visit www.vzawireless.com.
Verizon Communications Inc., headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, serving more than 91 million customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America’s most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of approximately 222,900 and last year generated consolidated revenues of more than $107 billion.