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Tapping the text market: Chattanooga startup Text Request unveils new technology

photo Brian Elrod, left, and Rob Reagan are photographed in the lobby of the Imax Theater on Thursday during a tech startup launch for their company, Text Request. The new company has developed a system that enables customers to send text messages to businesses.

Grocery shopping and need to know where the olives are?

Want the dinner check but your server hasn’t circled back for ages?

Feel like letting your local salon know their stylist cut too much off your bangs?

A Chattanooga startup gives you texting power for all that.

Text Request launched Thursday with a technological splash, showcasing its interactive service at the Imax theater in downtown Chattanooga.