Gaston Chamber Events Calendar Highlights
A series of business seminars and luncheons hosted by the Gaston County and Lincolnton chambers and the City Club of Gastonia runs from June through October. Topics include adapting to change, small business marketing, communications, team building, and customer service with various sponsors and contact numbers for reservations.
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Gaston Chamber of Commerce
City Club of
Gastonia
Malinda Lowery
Loretta Dodgen
Multiple Choice Inc
Lincolnton
Gaston College Small Business Center
Lincoln County
Small Business Administration
Gaston County
Gaston County Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Bill Drury
Gaston Gazette
Business News Desk
P.O
Gaston County debates regional partnership dues
Gaston County Economic Development Commission may delay paying its annual dues to the Carolinas Partnership. Commissioner David Cline opposes a quick funding cut and suggests phased payments over two to three years to avoid harming the county's economic development efforts. The partnership aims to market and lobby for 12 North Carolina counties plus three in South Carolina, with state support tied to regional blocks.
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Gastonia
Gaston County
Opment
North Carolina
Gaston
South Carolina
Kimbro
Cline
EDC
Greensboro
Raleigh
N.C. de
Partment of Commerce
Alexander
Burke
Cabarrus
Catawba
Cleveland
Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly and
Union and
Chester, Lancaster and
York Counties
Starkist's Charlie returns to tuna ads after 12 years
Starkist previews new Charlie commercials in four test markets Charlotte Tampa Pittsburgh and Houston with spots set to air June 26. Charlie, StarKist's diver mascot, first appeared in 1961 and endured a long history of trial and error before becoming a cultural reference with the catchphrase Sorry Charlie.
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Gastonia
Charlie
Starkist
Charlotte
Tampa
Pittsburgh
Houston
Rabbit
Cartoon
Tony Tl Tiger
Chai
Charlie’s new TV spots feature 90s icons return to air
Mike Sumner of Gastonia analyzes four Charlotte commercials. Charlie appears above water for the first time with no hook. He praises the production, notes the soccer spot as strongest and the beach spot as weakest. He targets women 25 to 45 and young adults with no kids as the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Charlotte
Mike Sumner
Gastonia
Sumner
Corvette Dream Tour draws 900 Corvette fans at CMS
At Concord Chevrolet's Corvette American Dream Drive Tour, about 900 former Corvette owners and enthusiasts visited Charlotte Motor Speedway to meet designers and marketers. No racing occurred but attendees, including Pam Huffstetler, expressed interest in buying. Chevrolet cites 280,000 reached in 3 years and notes Corvette ranking high in customer satisfaction while pricing ranges from 35,000 to 43,000 dollars.
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Concord
Chevrolet
Charlotte Motor Speedway
CMS
Chevy
Pam Huffstetler
Wingate
Ed Lewis
General Motors Corp
Lewis
Corvette
J.D. Powers & Associates
Woman voices elevators easing fears in Otis rides
Linda DeMartino, once Otis secretary, provides the calm female voice for Otis Elevator Co. she records new messages several times yearly. Her reassuring lines guide riders on where they are going and reassure them during power interruptions.
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Wethersfield
Otis
Ms. DeMartino
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Greater
Gaston County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
West Charlotte
West Charlotte Senior High School
West Charlotte Merchants Association
Ninth District
Sue Myrick
Belmont Abbey
Mount Holly Area Council
Mecklenburg
Gene Kimbro
Nancy Moore
Gazette
Associated Prass
Linda DeMartino
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