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Rent-to-own News - RentDirect Nationwide Show hits Vegas
RentDirect Nationwide kicks off its PrimeTime! buying show and conference at MGM Grand in Las Vegas today where rent to own dealers from across the country will take part in unique educational and networking opportunities and peruse more than 150,000 square feet of exhibit space showcasing the latest products.
The conference -- which officially opens with a general session tonight at 6 p.m. -- will feature more than 150 vendors and dealers can take advantage of exclusive offers including Cash Back Now instant rebates and pre-show sales events like RentDirect’s Hot Show. Dealers will also find a wealth of information at PrimeTime! University (PTU) -- free educational classes specifically tailored to the independent rental dealer. Scheduled topics this week range from best business practices to marketing with social media. RentDirect Nationwide Executive Director James MacAlpine hosts the buying group's member meeting and will deliver an industry update Monday morning. The member meeting is followed by the fast paced "Hot Show Auction". Read Q and A with MacAlpine here. Tailored to the Rent-to-Own dealer, "The Hot Show" is a 30 minute blowout sale featuring popular products from top name brands. Schedule is as follows: Sunday, February 28 7:00am – 7:00pm Member Registration Open 4:15pm – 5:45pm Millions in Minutes Furniture Auction 6:00pm – 7:00pm PrimeTime! Kickoff General Session 7:00pm – 8:00pm PrimeTime! Kickoff Reception Monday, March 1 7:00am – 7:00pm Member Registration and Information Desk Open
7:00am – 8:00am Nationwide Members Breakfast 8:00am – 10:00am RentDirect Members Meeting and Hot Show Auction 9:00am – 11:00am PrimeTime! Spouse Brunch
10:00am – 6:00pm Vendor Exhibition & Buying Show 12:00pm – 1:30pm Complimentary Lunch on Show Floor 6:30pm – 8:00pm RentDirect Members Reception Tuesday, March 2
7:00am – 6:00pm Member Registration and Information Desk Open 7:00am – 8:00am Nationwide Members Breakfast ?8:00am – 10:00am PrimeTime! University Courses
10:00am – 5:00pm Vendor Exhibition & Buying Show 12:00pm – 1:30pm Complimentary Lunch on Show Floor Wednesday, March 3 7:00am – 10:00am Members Continental Breakfast
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2012 APRO Convention and Trade Show July 24-26, Memphis, TN
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RTOHQ: The Magazine
RTOHQ: The Magazine is the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations' award-winning rent-to-own industry magazine, and it's available here. | |||
 CLICK HERE FOR OUR DIGITAL RTOHQ: THE MAGAZINE
RTOHQ: The Magazine’s upgraded digital format APRO's new, mobile-ready magazine is now available in addition to our print edition. The digital format provides the same informative content as our printed magazine, but also offers tools to make the reading experience more enriching. Access the table of contents page with one click or tap. Get additional information from advertisers by clicking on the links in their ads. The interface is easy to navigate and requires no special app—read our magazine on your computer, digital table or smartphone. Click here to access the digital version of RTOHQ: The Magazine March-April 2012.
A New Rent-to-Own Experience by Neil Ferguson Here’s the lowdown on APRO’s 2012 Convention and Trade Show, July 24-26 in Memphis. The RTO industry’s big event will offer many valuable experiences, including insights on how to turn your stores into “experiences”–the good kind for consumers
Who Is Your Competition? by Bill Keese In order to expand your customer base, you can learn a lot by observing your competitors. But first, you need to figure out just who they are. If you think your only competition is the rent-to-own store down the street, you’re not considering the bigger picture. APRO’s executive director offers a big-picture perspective.
A Review of Online Customer Complaints by Ed Winn III While rent-to-own companies have not cornered the market on negative reviews posted on consumer complaint websites, it’s no surprise that there are cyberspace beefs against RTO. APRO’s general counsel reviews some of them in search of a pattern and he considers appropriate response to online complaints.
Rent-to-Own Families, Part VIII by Kristen Card Our series of family-run rent-to-own businesses continues with profiles of the Homeiers in Kansas and two Texas-based sets of kindred colleagues, the Spangles and the Weisblatts.
Future issues of APRO's magazine will be available in this same new format. Click here to access past issues that are not yet archived in the new interface.
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