After what it described as a thorough search, URM Stores has named Roger F. White as its next CEO and president, effective June 1. A Pacific Northwest native with more than 30 years of industry experience, White will succeed Ray Sprinkle, who is retiring this summer. “Roger not only brings a wealth of experience and strategic […]
Category: U.R.M. Stores
U.R.M.’s core business is the purchasing, warehousing, and delivery of merchandise inventory to its Member-Owners through its patronage departments. The company operates on a cooperative basis, which means that all of its net earnings on business done with or for its Member-Owners through its Patronage Departments are allocated and paid to its Member-Owners in the form of patronage dividends. Such patronage dividends are paid to the Member-Owners in proportion to the business each Member-Owner does with U.R.M. through each of its Patronage Departments.
Over the last century, the history and growth of the company, stands as a testimony to the strength and vitality of the retailer-owned system.
