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Stinger Salons (mall locations)

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Nice little nugget you found on the Kia Stinger Pop-Up salon program.

Just found this which was posted 21 days ago, they could possibly be gearing up to launch this by the end of the month.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/brand-experience-assistant-manager-at-driveshop-477065108

This position will help manage one location of the in-mall, non-sales showroom for the Kia Stinger Pop-Up salon program. The Brand Experience Assistant Manager reports to the Brand Experience Manager for the location and supports training and quality assurance of salon operations and employees, shift management, performance management, daily salon activity reporting and ensuring an overall stellar customer experience. The Brand Experience Asst. Manager works full-time from the salon location on a shift schedule approved and confirmed by the District Program Manager. This position is located at the Valley Fair Mall in Santa Clara.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities
  • Support training and performance management of pop-up salon Vehicle Presenters
  • Ensure salon operations are consistent to national expectations, standards and across the country
  • Ensure Vehicle Presenters are fully trained and providing an optimal customer experience with every consumer interaction
  • Manage effective end-of-day closing procedures including upload and reporting of customer data through iPads and lead capture applications, labor hours and other information as requested and required
  • At least twice weekly, support uniform laundry with drop-off, pick-up and payment of dry-cleaning
  • Process any and all expenses for salon operations incompliance with DriveShop policies and procedures
  • Collaborate with the salon manager and Stinger Salon program team to develop, document and implement best practices to effectively promote the Kia Stinger to customers through the salon experience
  • Participate in regular team communications to make sure all salon staff can effectively speak to current, in-market specials, deals, rates, etc. for the Kia Stinger in each market
  • Ability to cover for staff if/when there is a shift emergency and another staff member cannot be confirmed to be onsite at the salon location
  • Works with DriveShop account services team to create, implement and support new services solutions, including possible test drive activities from Stinger Salon locations


SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: This position has supervisory responsibilities of Vehicle Presenters

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed herein are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
 
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This sounds like an actual purchase program once they go on sale. Seems like the concept is to provide buyers a way to get into one without going to a dealership, similar to what Genesis does.
That would be something different if it's anything like this and I think is currently only available in Canada.
[video=youtube;06cpwp1KYL0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06cpwp1KYL0[/video]
 
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Hopefully this takes off, I wouldn?t mind having them bring a Stinger to my for a test drive.
 
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So it looks like the Stinger salons should be opening soon (updated original post with more info). I'm really intrigued by this idea. I think if I can purchase/lease this way, without going to the dealer, I'm all in.
 

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This reminds me of the Tesla showrooms
 

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Excited about the Austin location. I'll head down there when its open and take some photos.
 

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Wow very limited locations.


CALIFORNIA
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Irvine Spectrum
670 Irvine Center Dr., Irvine, CA 92618
Coming Soon

Valley Fair Mall
2855 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95050
Coming Soon

FLORIDA
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Aventura Mall
19501 Biscayne Blvd., Aventura, FL 33180
Coming Soon

GEORGIA
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Mall of Georgia
3333 Buford Drive, Buford, GA 30519
Now Open


ILLINOIS
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Old Orchard Mall (Skokie)
4905 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, IL 60077
Now Open


MARYLAND
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Montogomery Mall
7101 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20817
Now Open


NEW YORK
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The Westchester Mall
125 Westchester Ave., White Plains, NY 10601
Now Open


TEXAS
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The Domain (Austin)
11410 Century Oaks Terrace, Austin, TX 78758
Open Date 12/15/2017
 
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Excited about the Austin location. I'll head down there when its open and take some photos.
I tried to get my brother to apply for one of the presenter jobs at the Austin location. It was only part time, but they were paying over 19 bucks an hour to drive Stingers around a few hours a week. Heck I would have applied if I lived down there...lol.
 

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I tried to get my brother to apply for one of the presenter jobs at the Austin location. It was only part time, but they were paying over 19 bucks an hour to drive Stingers around a few hours a week. Heck I would have applied if I lived down there...lol.
I didn't know they were paying that much lol. Boy if I was a recent college grad with more time I would have applied too.
 

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As time goes on, they may have more locations set up based on consumer need. If it sells like a Camry, I think plenty more would would be considered. If they sell like a Chevy SS, not a chance.
 
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Just checked on Kia.ca, nothing for us Canadians.
 
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Malls are a perfect location to show off the Stinger. KIA should do it more rather than put all of the KDM Stingers in US dealerships. I would have put half in dealerships and the other half in malls. Especially around the holidays.
 
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Saw this on Twitter earlier; it didn't mention which location but this is apparently a real salon somewhere:
 

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Tiles in the front looks like the Westfield Montgomery in Bethesda, MD.

Picture of the Tesla Store at the same mall.


 

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From the inside
 

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Mall of Georgia location now open.
 


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