Collegebookrenter.com (CBR) Opening New Office in Nashville, TN

July 21, 2011 - PRLog -- Nashville, Tenn.  July 16, 2011 - Collegebookrenter.com (CBR) announced today the opening of a new branch office in Nashville, TN to support the growth of the sales, technology and marketing departments.  The opening of the Tennessee office is part of a planned expansion strategy to utilize the marketing and IT infrastructure of a larger market such as Nashville.

College Book Renter is experiencing triple digit growth as a result of more and more students transitioning to a rental model for acquiring textbooks.   C.A. Jones Management Group, the parent company for CBR, is headquartered in Murray, KY along with the customer service center.  The warehousing operations are located in West Helena, AR.  Chuck Jones, CEO, is proud of his business roots in Murray and is forever grateful for the growth it has afforded CBR but decided in January 2011 it was time to tap into the growing Technology infrastructure and skilled labor Nashville offers.  

Leading the Nashville office will be Brad Holliday, SVP of Sales and Marketing.  Holliday is making his return to Nashville.  He previously worked on Music Row as the Director of Marketing at Curb Records and is an alumnus of the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt where he was the first graduate of the eCommerce program.  Also joining the Nashville staff will be team members from marketing, software development, and IT support.

Holliday notes “I’m thrilled to be returning to Nashville with my family and making http:\\www.CollegeBookRenter.com an active participant in the evolving technology community.     We are excited to find this location in the emerging 12th Ave South district and feel that this attractive location will be an asset to our recruitment efforts.    The numbers of opportunities at CBR are growing daily.  Anyone seeking to join our team can find our openings at collegebookrenter.com”.

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About College Book Renter
CollegeBookRenter.com (CBR) is an online college textbook rental company dedicated to saving customers up to 85% on college textbooks. CBR delivers a no-nonsense approach to renting college textbooks. Founded in early 2009 and funded through seed capital previously provided by private investors, College Book Renter has grown into one of the largest and most rapidly growing online textbook rental companies in the nation.
In 2010, C. A. Jones Management Company’s wholesale textbook company, South Eastern Book Company, made an equity investment in CollegeBookRenter.com. While SEB specializes in wholesale textbooks and textbook distribution, CBR has established itself as a major player in the textbook rental industry. These complementary companies share a common goal: to provide thousands of college students around the country with affordable new and used textbooks, and to remain ahead of the curve on textbook market trends.