Beyond the Bookstore Tip of the Week, August 18, 2008The marketplace for the armed services is made up of 2.2 million active duty personnel and dependents, almost 1 million civilians working for the Department of Defense and almost 2,000,000 retired service people. Selling to these people becomes an easier task if you further segment the military market into its two unique segments: the overseas military market and the domestic military market.
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