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Tips on picking best battery for new toys
December 29, 2007
By Lisa Nicita
Batteries Plus carries any type of battery you can imagine, from car batteries down to tiny discs for hearing aids. They also carry the batteries needed for the ever-popular Power Wheels toddler cars, which can't be found at toy and warehouse stores.
But the selection on any battery display at any store can be a bit overwhelming. Who knows the difference between alkaline and lithium, let alone nickel oxyhydroxide batteries?
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Made in Oklahoma: Batteries Plus
December 27, 2007
Ja'Rena Lunsford
Oklahoma City residents depended on the company's reach during the recent ice storm when batteries, especially for flashlights, were in short supply.
Boozer said Batteries Plus had "D" batteries air shipped in during the ice storm.
"We had a 4,000-pound battery shipment from Wisconsin," he said. "That was just to keep up with all the requests.
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Soldiers Expected to Spark Sales
December 12, 2007
By David Burge
Some local businesses are already seeing an increase in sales from soldiers returning from Iraq, and most are optimistic that the roughly 4,000 troops who are expected to return by Christmas will have a major impact on the economy.
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Batteries Plus: The specialty's in the name...and the service
November 26, 2007
Mike Schwalke
Ten years ago, laptops and cell phones were rarities at best, and iPods were a fantasy. But the ever-accelerating pace of consumer electronics innovations has made these products almost ubiquitous.
As people clamor to keep up with technology, they soon become aware that keeping their latest gizmos charged is essential, and that no rechargeable battery will last forever.
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Owner gets a charge out of battery store
November 13, 2007
How did you get started: “My husband, Irving, and I were looking for a franchise business and when we came across Batteries Plus on the Internet it just made sense,” said Tanya Fisher, co-owner of the store. “Batteries represent a $24-billion category nationwide. There are 12,000 different types of batteries. Everybody uses batteries.”
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Batteries included in this powerful business plan
By Ambrose Clancy
Friday, November 9, 2007
The average American is battery-operated, so Thomas Renner is looking to cash in.
Renner - owner of the month-old Batteries Plus store in Huntington Station along with his brother, Bill - says average Americans use up to 13 recyclable battery-operated devices from the time they open their eyes in the morning to the time they start their car. He lists some of the devices groggy Long Islanders grope for in the morning with the satisfaction of a man counting money: "The alarm clock, your watch, cell phone, laptop, PDA, car door opener, remote car starter, garage door opener, the remote for the TV . and I haven't even mentioned the toothbrush."
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Owner all charged up
Holidays mean juicy sales at battery store
BY DONNA BALANCIA
FLORIDA TODAY
November 3, 2007
Jesse Martinez, owner of Batteries Plus in Melbourne, expects to ring up a lot of sales this winter.
"We have daylight savings time coming up this Sunday, and we suggest that people change the batteries in their smoke alarm at that time," Martinez said. "And then we have the holidays, and the big presents this year are all wireless or portable. We're going to be very busy."
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Change your clock, Change your batteries
Story by Topeka Fire Dept. release
Thursday, November 1, 2007
The Topeka Fire Department reports that, in recent years 51% of residential fires occurred in residences, which had no smoke alarms (detectors) or inoperative smoke alarms. While 90% of all homes in the United States have smoke alarms, 20% of those alarms either have expired or missing batteries. Although smoke alarms will not save lives, they are designed to provide early warning to allow you to safely exit your home before the primary exits are blocked.
Smoke alarm batteries should be checked monthly and the batteries should be REPLACED twice each year.
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Batteries Plus adds new location
October 31, 2007
SALEM – Batteries Plus, with locations in Nashua and Manchester, recently opened a new store in Salem.
The franchise, based out of Hartland, Wisc., began doing business in New Hampshire in November 2000. The new location employs six full-time workers.
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Shop carries vast array of batteries
by Anne Fitten Glenn, CITIZEN-TIMES CORRESPONDENT
published October 29, 2007
ASHEVILLE – Need batteries for your cell phone, laptop, car, flashlight, portable radio or all of the above? You can find those and more at the Batteries Plus store on Hendersonville Road.
Chuck and Helen Snyder purchased franchise rights to a Batteries Plus store when they were living in Wisconsin, where the retail chain is headquartered. Chuck Snyder grew up in Greenville, S.C., and spent time in Asheville as a child. When he saw that there was an opening for a Batteries Plus store in this area, he and his wife jumped at the chance to move.
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Batteries Plus opens Shreveport store today
October 29, 2007
Batteries Plus announces the opening today of its newest franchise location in Shreveport for the first time offering the community a one-stop source to fulfill all of their battery needs.
The new Shreveport store, located at 7230 Youree Drive, Suite 108.
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"We are living in a rechargeable world, so when you need rechargeables, we become your one-stop shop."
By KRISTIN DANKLEY-GRAINER
REGISTER CORRESPONDENT
October 25, 2007
For almost 10 years, Batteries Plus has powered many electronics and more in the greater Ankeny area. Owner Todd Olsen talks about the affect his specialty business has had on business owners and residents alike since it opened in 1998.
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Batteries Plus franchisee to open second area location
By Kevin Tampone
The Journal Staff
September 28, 2007
CAMILLUS — After just a year in business, the local franchisee for Batteries Plus is opening a second store in Camillus.
Thomas Ruhlman opened his 2,400-square-foot store on Erie Boulevard in DeWitt in September 2006. He will open a second location, a 1,550-square-foot shop at 5310 W. Genesee St. in Camillus, in November.
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Elgin's battery specialty store has power to please
September 23, 2007
By MIKE SULLIVAN Staff Writer
ELGIN -- Joleen Rechkemmer might well have ended up managing a fast-food restaurant, but considered the field fairly well saturated as she was mulling business opportunities about 10 years ago.
During a trip to Davenport, Iowa, Rechkemmer's curiosity was piqued when she happened upon a local Batteries Plus store.
"I thought it was an interesting business," Rechkemmer said. "This was unique -- and it's still unique. There aren't too many stores just like this."
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POWER SUPPLY:
Lee's Summit man opens battery store in Lee's Summit
By Miranda Wycoff
The Journal Staff
September 2007
For many people the phrase "battery store" doesn't evoke a lot of emotion.
"When you first hear about a battery store you think, 'So what,'" said Steve Gordon, owner of a Batteries Plus location at 1455 N.E. Douglas in Lee's Summit.
But Gordon said this battery store is much more than meets the eye.
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BECOMING HIS OWN BOSS;
SKANEATELES MAN SWITCHES FROM HAND HELD TO FRANCHISEE
September 16, 2007
By Charley Hannagan Staff writer
When Tom Ruhlman was younger, he put off going into business for himself and opted for the guaranteed paycheck and benefits that come from working for a company.
He did pretty well, too, working in several companies in the Midwest and moving to Hand Held Products in Skaneateles, where he worked his way up to the vice president's office. All the while, Ruhlman longed to own a business.
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Get powered up: Batteries Plus store opening today on Blackstock Road
By REGGIE GOOLSBY, For the Herald-Journal
Published July 25, 2007
Bates Kennedy smiles no matter the occasion. He's not going to be left in the dark. Kennedy has the power, and now he's bringing it to Spartanburg.
Today, Kennedy will open Batteries Plus, his sixth franchise store, at 127 E. Blackstock Road.
"We're a retail-commercial store with batteries. There's really nothing else in the market like that here," said Kennedy.
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Power to the people:
If all you need is a battery, Batteries Plus has it covered
By Laura-Claire Corson, For the Camera Staff Writer
Monday, September 3, 2007
You’ve heard of the guy who liked the product so much he bought the company. Warren Ptacek liked the concept so much, he bought a franchise — and now he’s opening his second Batteries Plus, this time in Longmont.
“Everybody needs batteries, and the interesting thing is when we first opened, there were people who came in and said, ‘You’re not going to be here next year,’” Ptacek said.
He was talking about his first Batteries Plus store in Fort Collins. That was nine years ago, and he said some of those naysayers have ended up being some of his steadiest customers, coming in every three or four months to stock up.
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Battery store revives career
By EILEEN SMITH
Courier-Post Staff
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ
June 28, 2007
Roy Abbate is selling batteries—and recharging his career.
He is the proprietor of the first Batteries Plus store in South Jersey, a provider of batteries that power talking books for children, electronic voice boxes and keyless entry locks at hotels.
"We sell lots of batteries for hearing aids to nursing homes," he said. "We also rebuild batteries, as well as sell the batteries most people are familiar with, batteries for flashlights, cell phones and cameras."
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Sisters open Waco store specializing in batteries of all types
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
By Mike Copeland
Tribune-Herald business editor
Waco sisters Patty Badtram and Susan Bell wanted to open a business that would start their engines, something that would jolt their work life like a set of jumper cables.
They found it in a company called Batteries Plus.
Their franchise store opened Monday at 4300 W. Waco Drive. To say it sells batteries would be like saying M&M Mars sells candy.
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Family is charged up about Batteries Plus
Wednesday, August 10, 2007
By Felicia Russell
Denver Business Journal
The only batteries most people used regularly 12 years ago were in their watch and TV remote. Today, the average person might replace batteries in their cell phone, laptop, pedometer, toothbrush, garage door opener and mp3 player.
This increase in demand has enabled the father-and-son team of Jerry and Stephen Wiles to open six Batteries Plus stores in the Denver area, including their latest last month in Boulder.
“There are batteries everywhere; every place has them,” Jerry Wiles said. He and his son attribute their success to lucky timing and a two-tiered business model.
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