{"id":1159,"date":"2017-11-06T14:53:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T14:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2018-02-01T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:56:09","slug":"tampa-bay-times-online-expansion-opens-military-exchange-to-another-240000-shoppers-in-tampa-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/06\/tampa-bay-times-online-expansion-opens-military-exchange-to-another-240000-shoppers-in-tampa-bay-area\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/military\/macdill\/Online-expansion-opens-military-exchange-to-another-240-000-shoppers-in-Tampa-Bay-area_162374110\">Tampa Bay Times: Online expansion opens military exchange to another 240,000 shoppers in Tampa Bay area<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1160\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/06\/tampa-bay-times-online-expansion-opens-military-exchange-to-another-240000-shoppers-in-tampa-bay-area\/ar-311069442\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/AR-311069442.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AR-311069442\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/AR-311069442.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/AR-311069442.jpg?w=1500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1160 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/AR-311069442-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>TAMPA \u2014 Military exchanges like the one at MacDill Air Force Base have long offered big savings to active-duty troops, military retirees and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Starting Saturday, Veterans Day, deals like 25 percent off on watches, 30 percent off smokers and $70 off an HP laptop will be available to a whole lot more people worldwide \u2014 anyone, in fact, who has ever been honorably discharged from the military. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To\u00a0see the rest of this story, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/military\/macdill\/Online-expansion-opens-military-exchange-to-another-240-000-shoppers-in-Tampa-Bay-area_162374110\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA \u2014 Military exchanges like the one at MacDill Air Force Base have long offered big savings to active-duty troops, military retirees and their families. Starting Saturday, Veterans Day, deals like 25 percent off on watches, 30 percent off smokers and $70 off an HP laptop will be available to a whole lot more people [&hellip;]<\/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-1159","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\/11\/06\/tampa-bay-times-online-expansion-opens-military-exchange-to-another-240000-shoppers-in-tampa-bay-area\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Tampa Bay Times: Online expansion opens military exchange to another 240,000 shoppers in Tampa Bay area","url":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/06\/tampa-bay-times-online-expansion-opens-military-exchange-to-another-240000-shoppers-in-tampa-bay-area\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/06\/tampa-bay-times-online-expansion-opens-military-exchange-to-another-240000-shoppers-in-tampa-bay-area\/"},"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":"2017-11-06T14:53:57Z","datePublished":"2017-11-06T14:53:57Z","dateModified":"2018-02-01T16:56:09Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Tampa Bay Times: Online expansion opens military exchange to another 240,000 shoppers in Tampa Bay area\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/publicaffairs-sme.com\\\/ExchangePost\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/06\\\/tampa-bay-times-online-expansion-opens-military-exchange-to-another-240000-shoppers-in-tampa-bay-area\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/publicaffairs-sme.com\\\/ExchangePost\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/06\\\/tampa-bay-times-online-expansion-opens-military-exchange-to-another-240000-shoppers-in-tampa-bay-area\\\/\"},\"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\":\"2017-11-06T14:53:57Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-06T14:53:57Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-01T16:56:09Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2968,"url":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2018\/11\/05\/shoppers-save-on-fuel-food-and-earn-double-points-with-military-star-on-nov-12\/","url_meta":{"origin":1159,"position":0},"title":"Shoppers Save on Fuel, Food and Earn Double Points with MILITARY STAR on Nov. 12","author":"Marisa Conner","date":"November 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"DALLAS \u2013 MILITARY STAR\u00ae is celebrating the service and sacrifice of all who wear our Nation\u2019s uniform with special savings and sales for the military community. 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