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Freeman’s Car Stereo Opens Seventh Location WORDS BY LAURA KEMMERER
Freeman’s Car Stereo, with shops in both North and South Carolina, celebrated its 40th anniversary with the announcement of a seventh location in Fletcher, North Carolina. The shop is currently slated to open in January 2020, and will be the business’ seventh physical location in the greater Charlotte area. “Our mission is to offer the finest in customer experience, workmanship, and product offerings in the industry,” said David Wall, CEO. “We’re excited for the opportunity to bring our energy and expertise to the greater Asheville community.” Freeman’s Car Stereo is best known for car audio, car stereo, remote start, car security, wheels, tires, lift and lowering kits, marine audio and other work. The new Fletcher location will
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offer a range of aftermarket car and marine accessory products and installation services, including remote starts and audio/ stereo. According to Wall, the business is owned by John and Jane Freeman. The venture experienced growth early on but did not open a new location for some years. “We do some business online, too, and in the last couple of years we’ve gone through changes and reorganized and tried to reshape our company’s culture and some of the ways we’re doing business to continue growing and evolving,” Wall said. “John Freeman was a pioneer in our industry, and started off paving the way. In those days, there wasn’t as much made specifically for cars, so he was adapting home audio for car use. Before he even started Freeman’s, he did installs only
