12.31.09 Year end sales: With the help of our dedicated staff, we are pleased to announce RugMedic.com sustained a double-digit increase of 11% compared to 2008. Notable figures were obtained through increased revenues from our carpet & area rug cleaning division, and also our floor sales division.
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12.12.09 Christmas Party: This years Christmas party was a huge success! Employees enjoyed an evening of eating AND racing go karts at Chicago Indoor Racing. Special thanks out to all our employees who made 2009 a huge success!
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12.3.09 Growth: October and November sales grew an incredible 52% and 105% respectively. Largely due to the addition of the Vortex carpet cleaning truck we added this year, and also the increased flooring sales in both new carpet, new hardwood & new tile.
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11.17.09 Tile Flooring: Our tile programs are now coming with micro ban antimicrobial technology. In today's world, it's just one more line of defense against viruses which makes a difference.
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10.26.09 New Employee: A blast from the past... Long awaited arrival of John N. our newest sales manager. John comes to us with 22 years experience in the flooring industry. Welcome aboard John! ...just in time for our holiday company outing.
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9.29.09 ADDED ACCOUNT: We have successfully won a bid for the Ethan Allen Stores in the entire Chicago-land region. After rigorous negotiations and bidding, the flooring in the Ethan Allen stores will be maintained by our firm. Maintenance includes, but not limited too, installation, repair, stretching cleaning & possibly new carpet sales every.
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9.21.09 NEGOTIATIONS: We're in negotiations to service all ten (10) Ethan Allen furniture stores in the Chicago & suburbs.
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9.11.09 Head to Head carpet cleaning: Today, RugMedic had the opportunity to clean carpet head-to-head against Stanley Steemer. The customer (Nadia M. of Aurora) saw the difference in service, quality and professionalism and selected RugMedic.com at double the price. We offered to place duct tape down the middle of the room and see who got the carpet the cleanest... Stanley Steemer literally drove away. As soon as they saw our Vortex carpet cleaning machine, they knew right away it would be impossible to win.
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8.25.09 HANDS DOWN: Time and time again, we get customer and fellow carpet cleaners wanting to view our Vortex carpet cleaning machine when it's operating. The Big Red Truck definitely draws a crowd when we're at a customer home, possibly from it's sheer brute power, size and attention getting stance. We've had ZERO customer call backs since we've started utilizing the Vortex and drying times are about an hour or less. The carpets are all fresh water rinsed with 290 degree water, leaving ZERO sticky residue & maximum cleaning power which means ZERO call backs
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7.3.09 New Employee: Another warm welcome for Linda L., our newest receptionist. She comes to us with accounting experience, excellent communication & phone skills. We're glad to have her with us. Linda is able to work off site when it's needed.
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6.26.09 GRAND RE-OPENING: Our continued growth and requests from our new carpet customers has enabled us to open our carpet cleaning division. Special thanks out to everyone who supported our return venture into carpet cleaning.
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6.9.09 A warm welcome to Bill S. a lead technician who used to work with us 4 years ago. Bill was called out to help with flooring installation after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Unfortunately, when he came back a year later, his position was taken. Fortunately, a spot is open for him now. Welcome back Bill !!
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5.26.09 Our firm is currently in negotiations to purchase our 4th vehicle.
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4.15.09 We've added smiley faces to the front fender of our trucks to represent our courteous technicians. Everyone seems to like the smiley faces, so we decided to add them from now on to all our trucks.
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