National And Local News - 2017

PRESS RELEASE - 9/22/2017 - By Shawn Budiac (VP of Category Management, Batteries Plus Bulbs)

Vice President of Category Management, Shawn Budiac, provide tips and advice on how to optimize your sales by knowing your customers, being present online, reading reviews, and more.

NEWS ARTICLE - 9/18/2017 - By Shannon May Brown (Endless May)

Shannon shares phone protection tips just in time for back to school and why you should only trust a professional if it breaks.

NEWS ARTICLE - 9/18/2017 - By Tori Canonge (Chase the Write Dream)

Tori gives her advice for college students on how to best protect - and fix - their mobile devices.

NEWS ARTICLE - 8/25/2017 - By Bianca Mujica (The Monitor)

Batteries Plus Bulbs franchise owner encourages Texas small businesses to save, by assessing their lighting needs and facilitating the purchase of energy-saving replacement LED bulbs at a discount.

NEWS ARTICLE - 7/29/2017 - By Daily Journal

Batteries Plus Bulbs is truly a family business when it comes to the Lunnon family. In 2003, their first stores in Loves Park and Rockford opened. In 2008, another store opened in Sycamore. Then, earlier this July, their fourth store in Bourbonnais opened.

NEWS ARTICLE - 7/6/2017 - By Joseph S. Pete (NWI Times)

Merrillville, Indiana is the second location for franchise owner and retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Chuck Rainey. Chuck opened his first store back in 2009 in Anderson.

PRESS RELEASE - 6/14/2017 - By Carole Witkowski (VP of Human Resources, Batteries Plus Bulbs)

Particularly in a retail environment, it's key to find employees who'll provide an excellent customer experience. Our VP of Human Resources shares her strategies on how to get new hires off to the right start and create personalized experiences that empower them to stay.

NEWS ARTICLE - 5/25/2017 - By Joe Emer (Fox 10)

Although the apps are only running in the background, they still demand battery power. The general lithium cell phone battery holds up to around 500 cycles of charging and discharging. By charging the battery at 20% and discharging it at 80%, the battery life can last twice as long, at around 1000 cycles.

NEWS ARTICLE - 5/9/2017 - By Dustin Myers (Entrepreneur)

Franchising is one of the many ways to becoming your own boss. Here are three tips from Dustin to young adults seeking to be entrepreneurs. First, be a pusher. Second, troll the marketplace. Third, knowledge is key. It takes sacrifice, persistence, and determination but it will be worth it.

NEWS ARTICLE - 4/10/2017 - By Liora Engel-Smith (Muscatine Journal)

A new Batteries Plus Bulbs opened its doors in Muscatine on March 20th 2017. The store carries batteries and light bulbs, including specialty ones that can’t be found in most big-box stores, they also provides their customers with many other helpful services like, free car battery and systems testing, free car battery installations on most makes/models and smartphone and tablet repairs in their We Fix It repair center. When you’re shopping online, you don’t really always know if you’re getting the right product for your device because there’s no one there to assist you with your purchase to make sure you’re getting exactly what you need.