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Rent-to-own News - TRIB Group inducts 'Hall of Honor' members, hits show floor

February 22, 2011

Mike Wood of LG Electronics (far right) demonstrates the latest 3D TVs to TRIB Group members in Orlando Monday.

Monday kicked off with TRIB Group's annual membership meeting in Orlando, with members showing their colors as most were sporting nice bright blue polo sport shirts displaying the TRIB Group and Brand Source logos.

During the course of the annual meeting several recognition awards were presented.

TRIB Group members noted three new inductees into TRIB Group’s Hall of Honor which included Ken Davis of Welton USA, George Rammel of United Furniture and Mike Wood of LG Electronics.

Member Harvey Whitehead of Harvey's Neighborhood Rentals, Knoxville, Tn was presented with plaque recognizing his Twenty years of TRIB Group membership.

Member Loren Johnson of C&R Audio & Video dba All American Rent to Own in Colorado was presented with plaque for Twenty five years of membership.

Members heard from APRO Executive Director Bill Keese and Brand Source CEO Bob Lawrence during the morning meeting.

Mike Tissot of Countryside Rentals of Ohio was presented with this years James B. Baber Purchasing Improvement Award, an award presented to the member who does the best job of supporting TRIB Group vendors and showing outstanding increase in volume.

Following presentation of the annual rebate packages to all attending members, everyone headed to the exhibit hall to spend the afternoon and on into the evening with the vendors reviewing product and placing orders.

Tuesday, TRIB Group members will have a short wrap up meeting in the morning and spend the rest of the day on the exhibit hall floor. The TRIB Convention closes that evening with a dinner and awards banquet at Fantasy of Flight where the Norman “Slats” Slatton Sr. Presidents Award will be awarded.

Also to be honored at F.O.F. will be the Lowry Shrader Peoples Choice Award which recognizes the representative of an approved vendor who best exemplifies outstanding customer service and industry support.

See full photo gallery of the TRIB Convention and Buy Fair in Orlando.

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RTOHQ: The Magazine
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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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