National And Local News - 2014

NEWS ARTICLE - 2/28/2014 - By Roxanne Brown (The Daily Commerical)

The Clermont location with be the 34th Batteries Plus Bulbs in central Florida, the owner of the new store, Joe Kasper, is no stranger to the company. The Clermont location will be Kasper’s 11th and he looks forward to bringing the brand's breadth of products, services, and expertise to the area.

NEWS ARTICLE - 2/27/2014 - By Cara Hallam (The Turlock Journal)

Jerry Stokes, a franchisee with battery and light bulb retailer Batteries Plus Bulbs, talks to the Turlock Journal about the opening of his newest store in Turlock. On top of selling products, the Turlock location can provide battery testing free of charge as well as free deliveries for commercial customers.

NEWS ARTICLE - 2/23/2014 - By News9.com Staff

Recently Boozer donated over $10,000 worth of batteries to Oklahoma City metro fire departments. Together with his mother, Boozer operates five Batteries Plus Bulbs locations in Oklahoma City and one in Lawton. The donated products will be used in part by local fire departments in their community fire prevention efforts along with other station needs. The rest of the donations will go to homes and businesses to keep smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors working.

NEWS ARTICLE - 2/19/2014 - Orlando Sentinel

Batteries Plus Bulbs has recently opened a store in Clermont, making it the second store for the company in Lake County. Franchisee Joe Kasper operates 10 other Batteries Plus Bulbs locations throughout Florida and additional services his stores offer include battery testing, installations, and custom battery packs rebuilds.

PRESS RELEASE - 2/17/2014 - Fishman Public Relations

No. 1 Battery and Light Bulb Franchise Gains Further Recognition as a Top Private Business in America Inc. magazine has ranked Batteries Plus Bulbs, the nation's first, largest and fastest growing battery and light bulb franchise, no. 4831 on its 33rd annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at one of the most important segments of the economy America's independent entrepreneurs.

PRESS RELEASE - 1/28/2014 - Fishman PR & Marketing

"As long as there is commercial and consumer demand for need-based products like batteries and light bulbs, and services like smart phone and tablet repairs, our franchise system should continue to experience substantial growth," said Russ Reynolds, CEO of Batteries Plus Bulbs. "The expanding U.S. replacement battery industry is estimated to be at $30.7 billion and the rapidly-growing U.S. light bulb industry is estimated to be at $17 billion in sales (Freedonia Research Study). This provides a solid foundation to sustain ongoing growth, but we're continuing to expand and evolve through the addition of new products and services."

NEWS ARTICLE - 1/22/2014 - By Haley Shapely

The new types of bulbs: halogen, CFL, and LED, are considered to be at 25% more energy efficient and require 30% less electricity. To put that in perspective, if every American home replaced just one incandescent bulb with an “energy-efficient” one we would save enough energy to light 3 million homes for a year.

NEWS ARTICLE - 1/17/2014 - By Melissa Stewart (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Chuck Duty and his wife Sharon are the proud owners of the newest business to open its doors in Florence – the nation’s largest light bulb and battery chain, Batteries Plus Bulbs. Their main requirement when they began to explore franchise opportunities was that they didn’t want to work in a saturated market. They accomplished just this by opening the first Batteries Plus Bulbs store in Northern Kentucky.

NEWS ARTICLE - 1/9/2014 - By Cara Hallam (The Turlock Journal)

Jerry Stokes has been operating a successful Batteries Plus Bulbs franchise location in Modesto and he now prepares for the opening of his second location in Turlock. Stokes says that the timing couldn’t be better. With the federal and state mandated shift into energy-efficient light bulbs coupled with the exponentially increasing interest in mobile devices, the upside for Batteries Plus Bulbs is extremely high.

NEWS ARTICLE - 1/8/2014 - WTMJ News

One of the biggest issues drivers face when temperatures reach sub-zero levels is battery failure. Batteries Plus Bulbs stores in Wisconsin sold three times the number of car and truck batteries in the first week of 2014 compared to the same week the year prior. As weather conditions continue to plummet, it's important to make sure batteries, tires, and fuel lines in cars are all functioning properly to avoid emergency situations this winter.