{"id":1099,"date":"2017-10-27T16:09:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T16:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2018-02-01T16:56:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:56:10","slug":"colorado-springs-gazette-military-exchange-service-seeks-veteran-shoppers-in-colorado-springs-and-beyond-with-a-camouflaged-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/10\/27\/colorado-springs-gazette-military-exchange-service-seeks-veteran-shoppers-in-colorado-springs-and-beyond-with-a-camouflaged-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Springs Gazette: Military exchange service seeks veteran shoppers in Colorado Springs and beyond with a camouflaged Amazon<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Think of it as a camouflaged Amazon, or a well-armed version of Walmart.com.<\/p>\n

The Army and Air Force Exchange Service next month will open tax-free online shopping to millions of eligible veterans. It\u2019s a move designed to boost the bottom line at exchanges, which have struggled since military downsizing hit five years ago, by allowing millions of new customers to use a shopping benefit previously limited to active troops and retirees. …<\/p>\n

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Think of it as a camouflaged Amazon, or a well-armed version of Walmart.com. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service next month will open tax-free online shopping to millions of eligible veterans. It\u2019s a move designed to boost the bottom line at exchanges, which have struggled since military downsizing hit five years ago, by allowing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exchange_in_the_news"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/10\/27\/colorado-springs-gazette-military-exchange-service-seeks-veteran-shoppers-in-colorado-springs-and-beyond-with-a-camouflaged-amazon\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Colorado Springs Gazette: Military exchange service seeks veteran shoppers in Colorado Springs and beyond with a camouflaged Amazon","url":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/10\/27\/colorado-springs-gazette-military-exchange-service-seeks-veteran-shoppers-in-colorado-springs-and-beyond-with-a-camouflaged-amazon\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/10\/27\/colorado-springs-gazette-military-exchange-service-seeks-veteran-shoppers-in-colorado-springs-and-beyond-with-a-camouflaged-amazon\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Exchange in the News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Marisa Conner"}],"creator":["Marisa Conner"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Exchange Newsroom","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2017-10-27T16:09:01Z","datePublished":"2017-10-27T16:09:01Z","dateModified":"2018-02-01T16:56:10Z"},"rendered":"