{"id":1094,"date":"2017-10-27T13:03:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T13:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2018-02-01T16:56:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:56:10","slug":"memphis-commercial-appeal-veteran-shoppers-military-expands-online-access-to-exchanges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/10\/27\/memphis-commercial-appeal-veteran-shoppers-military-expands-online-access-to-exchanges\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/money\/business\/development\/2017\/10\/27\/veteran-shoppers-military-expands-online-access-exchanges\/803015001\/\">Memphis Commercial Appeal: Veteran shoppers: Military expands online access to exchanges<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1095\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/10\/27\/memphis-commercial-appeal-veteran-shoppers-military-expands-online-access-to-exchanges\/dsc_6928\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/DSC_6928.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1506425660&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;29&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_6928\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/DSC_6928.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/DSC_6928.jpg?w=1500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1095 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/DSC_6928-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>About 57,000 residents in Shelby County can start receiving at least a 9.25 percent break &#8212; and often more &#8212; on their\u00a0retail purchases starting Nov. 11, Veterans Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">That&#8217;s when ShopMyExchange.com goes live for the nation&#8217;s 18 million honorably discharged veterans, 57,000 of whom live in\u00a0around Shelby County, according to the Army &amp; Air Force Exchange Service. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To\u00a0see the rest of this story, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/money\/business\/development\/2017\/10\/27\/veteran-shoppers-military-expands-online-access-exchanges\/803015001\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 57,000 residents in Shelby County can start receiving at least a 9.25 percent break &#8212; and often more &#8212; on their\u00a0retail purchases starting Nov. 11, Veterans Day. 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