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Rent-to-own News - Slatton is dealer of the year, Collins is vendor of the year
The Association of Progressive Rental Organization's annual awards banquet Wednesday, honored rental dealers, vendors and state associations that have gone above and beyond the call of duty for the rent-to-own industry and exude dedication to causes greater than themselves or their personal businesses.
Slatton accepted the award with his mother, Lois, by his side.
"On behalf of everybody at Buddy's Home Furnishings we want to thank you for this award," Slatton said.
Slatton comes from a long line of “Doers”, Cleek said, for rent-to-own and APRO. His father, "Slats", an industry icon and the recipient of APRO’s Lifetime Achievement Award and his sister, Kim, both preceded Jamie on the APRO board of directors. His first cousin, also and industry innovator and major APRO supporter and past recipient of both APRO’s Presidents Award of Excellence and Lifetime Achievement Award, also served on the APRO board.
"He is one of the most likeable men any of us have ever met," Cleek said.
Bryan Collins of Bryce Company was honored as APRO's 2010 Vendor of the year.
Collins became a manager trainee for Gordon’s Jewelers when he graduated from college and discovered the rent-to-own industry when he went to work for Southern Rings in 1995. He developed a passion for our industry while at Southern Rings and decided to go off on his own in 2001.
One of the first business decisions our 2010 Vendor of the Year made when he founded his company was to join APRO as an associate member. Today, he gives his time and talents on APRO’s Vendor Advisory Committee.
"He’s been loyal to rent-to-own and APRO," Cleek said. "He always treats those around him with courtesy – and now it’s our time to honor him."
The Missouri Rental Dealers Association earned APRO's 2010 State Association of the Year Award and Charles Smithgall, Aaron's largest franchisee, was named APRO's 2010 Heritage Award Winner.
Richard May, APRO's Public Affairs Director, earned the association's 2010 President's Award. APRO Legal Counsel Ed Winn III was honored for his 30 years of service to APRO and to the industry.
Listen to podcast with Smithgall here.
See photo gallery of awards banquet here.
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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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