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Rent-to-own News - PrimeTime! goes live in Vegas

March 1, 2010

Rental Dealers at RentDirect Nationwide PrimeTime! kickoff Sunday.

Close to 3,000 retail and rent to own dealers packed the convention center at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Sunday night for the kickoff of Nationwide Marketing Group's (NMG) PrimeTime! conference and buying show.

More than 3,300 are registered for the show -- the second highest attended Nationwide event ever -- including dealers from 175 rent to own companies under NMG's RentDirect division.

"I know that in our channel, in rental, things picked up in December and they've been pretty solid ever since," said RentDirect Executive Director James MacAlpine. "We've all been experiencing a decline in our APU (average price per unit) but I think that's going to pick up as well."

 

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The introduction of new technology this year will be key to boosting electronics sales, he said.

Nationwide Executive Vice President Robert Weisner Sunday, announced that Nationwide was selected as a 2010 ENERGY STAR Award Winner for excellence in appliance retailing.

"There is a tremendous amount of new products here," Weisner said. "Make sure you go to each booth and even if you don't plan to buy anything, evaluate if it will be good for your business over the next year."

Some 150 vendors will showcase their wares in furniture, appliance, electronics and computer categories and a variety of specialty lines and services as well.

The 150,000 square foot exhibit hall opens Monday at 10 a.m.

See full schedule.

 

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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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