{"id":1670,"date":"2018-03-26T13:33:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T13:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2018-03-26T13:33:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T13:33:39","slug":"greenwich-time-greenwich-resident-leads-military-retailer-to-top-industry-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2018\/03\/26\/greenwich-time-greenwich-resident-leads-military-retailer-to-top-industry-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenwichtime.com\/business\/article\/Greenwich-resident-leads-military-retailer-to-top-12767809.php\">Greenwich Time: Greenwich resident leads military retailer to top industry rankings<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1671\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2018\/03\/26\/greenwich-time-greenwich-resident-leads-military-retailer-to-top-industry-rankings\/920x920\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/920x920.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"920,756\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"920&amp;#215;920\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/920x920.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/920x920.jpg?w=920\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1671\" src=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/920x920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"378\" \/>Alongside business titans at Amazon, CVS and Walmart, Greenwich resident Tom Shull was named to a 2018 list of retail \u201cleaders to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His company isn\u2019t the sort of household name as many of the others ranked, but it\u2019s well-known among U.S. military members. Shull, a veteran and Harvard MBA, is the director and CEO of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, an $8.3 billion retailer commonly referred to as \u201cthe BX\u201d by service members. Its parent organization is the U.S. Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p>The Exchange encompasses 3,500 brick-and-mortar stores, gas stations, restaurants and theaters on military bases around the world. With Shull at the helm, the Exchange has built a thriving website and vastly expanded its customer base.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To\u00a0see the rest of this story, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenwichtime.com\/business\/article\/Greenwich-resident-leads-military-retailer-to-top-12767809.php\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alongside business titans at Amazon, CVS and Walmart, Greenwich resident Tom Shull was named to a 2018 list of retail \u201cleaders to watch.\u201d His company isn\u2019t the sort of household name as many of the others ranked, but it\u2019s well-known among U.S. military members. 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