OVERLAND PARK, Kan., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Starting at 6 p.m. today, 32 Sprint retail stores across the country will close for a makeover marathon by employee teams of EMBARQ . The company is closing all stores for the entire weekend to re-brand them with new colors and products that are distinctive to EMBARQ. All stores will open for business as EMBARQ Monday morning, June 5.
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Photo and interview opportunities will be available at the following stores:
Altamonte Springs Beaufort Butler
175 E. Altamonte Drive 2127 Boundary St. 101 Clearview Circle,
Suite 1010 Suite 16 Store 515
Altamonte Springs Beaufort Butler
Florida 32717 South Carolina 29902 PA 16001
Cape Coral Charlottesville Fayetteville
2710 Del Prado 187 Seminole Court 395 Westwood
Cape Coral Charlottesville Shopping Center
Florida 33904 Virginia 22901 Fayetteville
North Carolina 28314
Greenville Hastings Kingwood
1901 Charles Blvd 1735 N Frontage Road 730 Kingwood Dr.
Ste 1000 Hastings Kingwood
Greenville MN 55033 Texas 77339
North Carolina 27858
Las Vegas Sebring Tallahassee
330 S Valley View Blvd 311 US HWY 27N 1544-2 Governor's
Las Vegas Sebring Square Blvd
Nevada 89107 Florida 33870 Tallahassee
Florida 32301
About the EMBARQ Makeover Marathon
Store retail managers will spend the weekend in intensive training sessions to get up to speed on all products and services in the stores, while four-person employee teams remove every hint of Sprint "red" from the stores, including all collateral, literature, displays, interior and exterior signs and products.
"Our employee management teams underwent in-depth training programs in which they were taught how to properly assemble displays and attach new signs for a perfect transformation," said Harry Campbell, president Consumer Markets. "Most companies hire outside professionals to complete their store conversions but this is our chance to show the local communities in which we operate that we mean business. We are committed to success; and we're going to show up and prove it."
About EMBARQ
EMBARQ Corporation provides a suite of communications services to customers in its local service territories. EMBARQ, which is expected to rank among the Fortune 500, brings common-sense ideas, reliable service and a renewed commitment to the communities it serves. EMBARQ focuses on offering its customers practical, innovative products and competitive pricing. The company has approximately 20,000 employees and operates in 18 states offering local and long distance voice, data, high speed internet, wireless, and entertainment services. For more information, visit http://www.embarq.com/ .
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