URM Stores explained

URM Stores
Former Name:United Retail Merchants
Type:Retailers' cooperative
Founded: in Spokane, Washington, United States [1]
Hq Location:7511 N Freya St
Hq Location City:Spokane, Washington
Hq Location Country:United States
Areas Served:Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Montana
Key People:Ray Sprinkle (President & CEO)
Members:Rosauers
Yoke's Fresh Market
Super 1 Foods
Harvest Foods
Num Employees:2,755
Divisions:Rosauers
Super 1 Foods
Huckleberry's Natural Market

URM Stores, Inc. (formerly United Retail Merchants) of Spokane, Washington is an American retailers' cooperative serving independent supermarkets in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. It was founded in 1921 and is a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates. It is an owner of Western Family Foods. It purchased Rosauers Supermarket in 2000.

Its affiliated supermarkets include Family Foods, Harvest Foods, Rosauers, Yoke's Fresh Market, and Super 1 Foods.

2013 Data Breach

In the fall of 2013, URM stores suffered a large-scale data breach, resulting in the theft of magnetic stripe track data from payment cards.[2] Washington state credit unions alone reported US $687,598.48 in total losses as a result of this breach.[3] To reduce the costs to banks resulting from future data skimming/breach attacks, beginning in October 2015 United States merchants will be liable for fraud losses if their payment systems are not enabled to accept EMV cards, which are designed to prevent counterfeiting.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: URM Stores History. 2021-07-17. URM Stores. en-US.
  2. Web site: URM probe into card data breach wrapping up . The Spokesman-Review . 31 January 2014 . 23 January 2014.
  3. Web site: Here's an infographic on survey related to URM Stores data breach impact . The Spokesman-Review . 5 March 2014 . 23 January 2014.
  4. Web site: EMV Migration – Driven by Payment Brand Milestones . EMV Migration Forum . 23 January 2014.