TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 3, 2015) — RNR Tire Express & Custom Wheels is rolling into the "City on the Circle,” and the company's very first employee will be helping run its newest location.
Kelly Pierce, who has a long history with RNR, said he was waiting for just the right opportunity to arrive. He will now be partnering in a joint venture with his uncle, RNR founder Larry Sutton, in opening the firm's new Sebring, Fla., store in late September.
According to RNR, Sebring's nickname as the “City on the Circle” is in reference to Circle Drive, the center of the Sebring Downtown Historic District and home of the Sebring International Raceway. Mr. Pierce said he has “had this goal since I was 19 years old and cleaning appliances in my uncle's traditional rent-to-own business.
“I was actually the first employee for RNR back in 2000 and realized that this industry is where I was going to build a career.”
Mr. Sutton, who provided Mr. Pierce's introduction to the rent-to-own industry, said he “knew right away that Kelly was going to be a star in our system. He wanted to make a difference in our customers' lives and accomplished this by learning every facet of the business, and I am so excited that he finally has reached his goal of a partnership in his own store in our system.”
RNR said Mr. Pierce “was instrumental in the early development of the model and created and wrote the original training manuals and first jingle back in 2001” for the Tampa-based franchise operation.
Mr. Pierce said he has “already hired a team that understands how important our clients are and how focused we are as a business on the customer experience.”
