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OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. \u2014 Hey veterans, you can soon shop tax free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting later this year, all honorably discharged veterans, no matter their branch of service, will be eligible to shop tax-free online at the Army & Air Force Exchange Service with the same discounts they enjoyed on base while in the military. It\u2019s the latest way in which the organization is trying to keep its customers as the armed forces shrink and airmen and soldiers buy more for delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding 13 million potential new customers will give extra ammunition to the group that runs the stores on U.S. Army and Air Force bases worldwide as it fights Amazon and other retailers for veterans\u2019 online shopping dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Later this year, AAFES will allow online shopping to honorably discharged vets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

Since hiring its first civilian CEO five years ago, the Exchange has upgraded the brands at base stores to include items like Disney toys, Michael Kors fashions and other top names. Like private stores, it\u2019s also imposed tighter cost controls, reduced the number of employees and improved people\u2019s experience on the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe intent is to really beat Amazon at their game because we have locations literally on the installations,\u201d said CEO Tom Shull. \u201cWe\u2019re leaning toward not just ship-from-store but pick-up-from-store and eventually deliver-from-store.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this May 24, 2017, photo, Tom Shull, CEO of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service, talks to the media while inside the Exchange, at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (Nati Harnik\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Exchange is adding shipping centers within its stores to allow it to send products directly from those locations more cheaply and quickly. Twenty-six stores now ship orders, and that will expand to 55 by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the next three years, Shull said the goal is to deliver something on base within two hours of when it is ordered. That\u2019s possible partly because the Exchanges are already on base, cleared by security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Exchange delivers most orders on the second day now. Shull said shipping from stores will make a big difference in regions around bases, which are often in more rural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expanding online shopping to all honorably discharged veterans is expected to add about $200 million annually within three years to the $8.3 billion in sales the Exchanges generated last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding those shoppers, what Shull called \u201cthe foundation of our growth,\u201d is critical to help offset the 13 percent decline in the number of active-duty Army and Air Force soldiers since 2011 when the Exchange generated $10.3 billion revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a modest benefit, but it can save you thousands of dollars a year,\u201d said Shull, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy who served in the Army for a decade before starting a retail career at chains including Macy\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This May 24, 2017, photo, shows the Exchange at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (Nati Harnik\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Former Marine Forrest Cornelius was among the first to sign up at the verification website when it launched in June, and got a chance to start shopping early to test it out. The 51-year-old was impressed by the site and a deal he found on Ray-Ban sunglasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe biggest thing is price. They\u2019re always going to be a little bit cheaper,\u201d said Cornelius, who lives in Dallas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But competing on price in today\u2019s retail environment is increasingly difficult, said Edward Jones analyst Brian Yarbrough. Just look at how much trouble Walmart has competing with Amazon, he said, because Walmart has the fixed costs associated with its stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo think you\u2019re going to compete on price, you\u2019re going to have a hard time there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Shull\u2019s leadership, the Exchange stores have traded their industrial feel and reliance on off-brand merchandise for a more modern look featuring well-known labels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two-thirds of the main Exchange store at Offutt Air Force Base resembles any department store, with prominent displays of name-brand makeup, Nike fitness gear and Carter\u2019s clothes for kids. The rest is filled with the kind of electronics, appliances, housewares and toys found at Walmart or Sears, with major brands in every section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Exchanges don\u2019t pay rent for their military base locations, and the government transports some of their supplies and goods to far-flung locations, but otherwise they operate mostly like an independent retailer. Roughly two-thirds of the employees are family members of soldiers or airmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Exchange, which is part of the Defense Department, reported earnings of $384 million last year. That\u2019s a sharp contrast from five years ago when Shull arrived to projections of $180 million in losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of last year\u2019s profit, $225 million was returned to the defense department to help pay for quality-of-life programs on bases like child development and fitness centers. Besides the main stores, the Exchanges also operate more than 70 movie theaters and bring in franchise restaurants and other vendors for the shopping malls it operates on bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shull feels those are good reasons for the new online shopping privileges to draw veterans to do their shopping there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVeterans value the cost savings and what they can do to support the military,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Online:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army & Air Force Exchange Service: www.shopmyexchange.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veterans verification site: https:\/\/www.vetverify.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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