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Rent-to-own News - TRIB Group 'Meeting of the Minds' concludes day two, show floor opens
Day two of the popular TRIB Group 'Meeting of the Minds' wrapped Tuesday with a focus on leadership, training and recruiting followed by a full blown buying show co-located with retail buying group BrandSource at Bally's Las Vegas.
This year's 'Meeting of the Minds' was TRIB's largest ever, attracting some 200 attendees representing 73 rental companies -- a 60 percent member company increase and a 90 percent attendee increase over last year's attendance figures.
Dealers flooded the buying show floor and 62 TRIB approved vendors later in the afternoon and TRIB Group President Lyn Leach said the buy show brought the "Meeting of the Minds' event to a new level of visibility to its members.
"The timing of this show is absolutely perfect because people are coming in with strong needs," Leach said. "Vendors are reporting excellent sales traffic. There are no tire kickers here; people are buying. The show has exposed a lot of people to the 'Meeting of the Minds' who haven't made it before."
Prior to the opening of the buying show, Trent Agin, David Keen and Mark Williams of Rent One led a provocative discussion of leadership, training, mentorship and recruiting with a special emphasis on managerial assessments.
"You hire someone for their skills, experience and aptitude, but you fire someone for their behaviors," said Rent One President Trent Agin. "So it really counts to take behavioral assessments into account."
The TRIB Group Hotshow, Monday, tallied upwards of $5 million in under two hours.
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2012 APRO Dave Egan
Legislative Conference
April 17-19, Washington, D.C.
Mark your calendars!
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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. | |||
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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 November-December 2011.
Marketing Matters This year marks the launch of a marketing campaign initiated by APRO to build the rent-to-own customer base. It will be a multi-year endeavor employing multiple strategies. In this and upcoming issues of our magazine, we will address the many facets of marketing that affect our industry.
Striving for an A with the BBB by William E. Freeland Consumers often refer to the Better Business Bureau's ratings to help them make rental and purchasing decisions. National Rent-to-Own's human resource manager outlines the steps every RTO company should pursue to help earn an A+ from the BBB.
Creating an Extraordinary Customer Experience by Bill Keese Apple does it. Southwest Airlines does it. Can the rent-to-own industry also garner a national reputation for exceptional service and, in the process, attract new customers?
BB and BBQ on Beale Street Memphis' reputation for tremendous food, groundbreaking music and Southern charm is well deserved. It's not too early to start planning your trip there next July for APRO's 2012 Rent-to-Own Convention and Trade Show.
Card Talk by Ed Winn III Credit and debit card payments are on the rise in rent-to-own. So are the risks in keeping such transactions secure.
Rent-to-Own Families, Part VI by Kristen Card No, you're not seeing double, or are you? Our latest profiles of kindred colleagues include two sets of twins-the Botkins and the Kimbles. And in Kansas, a son and daughter help their dad keep business running Strong.
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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