Customer service seen as key to repeat business
The piece highlights how poor help after a faulty purchase risks losing customers while advocates insistence on courteous, proactive service. It cites Wyman unhappy with a failed warranty, Publix staff aiding a Christmas stamp mix up, and Aiken Drug Co. leaders stressing greeting customers by name and keeping service central to profitability.
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Wyman
Jackie Moore
USC Aiken Small Business Development Center
Doug Henderson
Greater
Henderson
Browder
Aiken Drug
Renee Riley
Aiken
Turkish community leader tours Aiken for Children’s Day event
Mrs. Clare, cofounder of the Turkish Society of Augusta, aims to bring a Children's Day celebration to Aiken Apr 23. She praises Turkish family values, commends Women of Woodside for their volunteer work, and notes braille books will help blind children read. She calls Aiken safe and blessed to raise children there.
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Turkey
Turkish Society of
Augusta
Aiken
Woodside
Aiken Standard Highlights Local News Briefs
The Aiken Standard emphasizes local news coverage with a focus on community events, public notices, and regional updates across Aiken and surrounding areas.
Former school board member enters Aiken County Council race
Walter Moore, a former Aiken County school board member, becomes the fourth candidate in the District 1 special election. GOP primaries are March 18 and the general is May 6 to fill Judith Warner’s unexpired term. Other filings include Fay Hatcher and Bob Goldman. Kathryn Rawls is the sole Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Walter Moore
Judith Warner
Republican Party
Adrien Marine
Cocaine Ring Led by Nelson Permits Huge South Carolina Sales
Government lawyers described Nelson as the wholesale operator of a large cocaine network moving drugs from Florida to South Carolina and Pennsylvania in hidden compartments. Montcriest allegedly served as a regular customer and local distributor in Orangeburg Bamberg and Barnwell counties. The operation reportedly earned over two million dollars in six years with cash laundered into real estate and a horse farm. Ira Bowers testified he helped finance a Kentucky church with a $54,000 loan through a Nelson linked finance outfit.
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Nelson
Montcriest
Orangeburg
Bamberg
Barnwell County
Florida
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Caughman
Ira Bowers
Miami
Kentucky
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Aiken Fejonal Medical Centers
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Ramada
West Frontage Road
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