Less than two years after acquiring Kansas City-based USA800 Inc., The Results Cos. is closing one of its area call centers. Florida-based Results Cos. acquired the 41-year-old employee-owned call center services business in August 2017. At the time, USA800 employed more than 1,500 people in five call centers in Kansas, Texas and Missouri. Now, one of those centers will close on May 3, affecting 82 employees in roles such as results associate, supervisor, trainer and director of site operations,…

Kansas City-based Firebrand Ventures has added a new partner to the mix. The venture capital fund announced that Ryan Merket joined the executive team and will be based in Austin, where Firebrand is launching a presence.  Merket is an angel investor, and his deep technical and security roots give him a unique perspective for evaluating prospective companies and furthering those in the portfolio, Firebrand Managing Director John Fein said in a release.  Merket has worked at companies such as…

Sullivan Higdon & Sink, which has offices in Kansas City and Wichita, has a new strategy and a new name.

As competitor MoviePass Inc. is showing signs of distress, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.'s movie-subscription program is exceeding expectations.  During the past six weeks, more than 100,000 movie-goers have signed up for the AMC Stubs A-List program, bringing the total subscriber count to more than 600,000 since its June launch. That's 100,000 more subscribers than what AMC anticipated during the program's first full year of operations.  The subscription program allows members to watch up…

A little over a year after moving into a new Kansas City office, Knight Nicastro LLC is ready for a larger space.  The full-service law firm, based in Boulder, Colo., specializes in transportation and insurance defense as well as employment law disputes. In October, it expanded its insurance defense practice in Kansas City with four new trial attorneys from Brown & James PC.  Locally, the firm has nearly doubled in size, spurring it to move into a 7,960-square-foot space at 304 W. 10th St. in…

Lion's Choice is gearing up for its grand opening in Independence, marking a comeback in the Kansas City market.  The St. Louis-based restaurant chain will open at 4049 S. Little Blue Parkway on Nov. 28 and has been drumming up local interest with its "Mane Event" contest, which asks fans to show off their best real or fake mane on social media for a chance to win Lion's Choice fare every week for a year.  The chain is best known for its slow-roasted and sliced-to-order roast beef sandwiches.…