Business doings

Headhunters see opportunity in Triangle

This week, Houston recruitment firm Allen Austin Executive Search Consultants opened its first North Carolina office, in Cary. The company specializes in finding people to fill executive and top-level management positions for companies in industries including life sciences, oil and gas and retail.

The Cary office is at 1201 Crossroads Manor Court. Allen Austin was founded in 1996 and has four other offices in Madison, Wis., Washington, D.C., San Antonio and Ridgefield, Conn.

New businesses

Active Healthcare, a Raleigh company specializing in respiratory products, is opening a facility at University Tower, 3100 Tower Blvd. in Durham.

Fetch Pet Care, a franchise that offers pet-sitting and dog-walking services, has opened for business in North Raleigh. Kelly Stroud, who owns and operates a Chapel Hill franchise, is also owner of the North Raleigh facility.

Camp Bow Wow, a day care and pet-boarding facility, is open for business at 107 Woodwinds Industrial Court in Cary. Amy Reese is the owner.

David Weitz and Kim Z. Hoyle opened Downtown Raleigh Eye Care Center at 121 Fayetteville St., Suite 112.

Custom Signs of Wake Forest opened a location at 5007 Village Park Drive in Knightdale, with Robert Karbas as manager.

Fidelity Bank opened a branch at 3016 Shannon Road in Durham. Fidelity Bank's Durham team includes: Rick Hawkins as business development officer, Barbara Roberts as branch manager, Sonya Jones as office manager, Sara Myers as loan processor, and Lomeka Perry and Latisha Shelton as tellers.

Dentist Howard Shareff retired from his Raleigh practice to become chief executive officer of Every Body's Yoga. He has developed a DVD package that teaches yoga to beginners and novices.

Deals

Chuck Kaiton, a commentator for the Carolina Hurricanes, renewed an agreement with McClatchey Broadcasting to appear on shows for WRBZ and WDNC.

Exceptional IT Services in Research Triangle Park provided investment firm Tiden Capital with project management, IT infrastructure and relocation services for its new Durham office.

AdForce of Durham will develop branding, messaging and marketing programs for Medical Supercenter's new store on Capital Boulevard in Raleigh.

Contract research organization AAIPharma, headquartered in Wilmington, will use SAS drug development software to improve efficiency in clinical data management and biostatistics.

Life Sciences company Entegrion selected Jennings, a Chapel Hill branding and advertising agency, as its new agency of record.

Active Data Services in Morrisville has been named a Kodak Authorized Imaging Reseller. It will be responsible for purchasing, promoting, marketing and reselling Kodak products.

The Home Builders Association of Wake County selected Genesis Marketing Partners in Cary to manage the Parade of Homes campaign.

Smith, an advertising and marketing agency in Raleigh, was awarded the ad and marketing contract for the Brunswick County Tourism Development Authority.