Rent-to-own News

Rent-to-own News - PRIMETIME! VIDEO: Six new videos available for replay

February 22, 2011

APRO'S Richard May with RentDirect's James MacAlpine Monday on the PrimeTime! show floor.

APRO Public Affairs Director Richard May spent Monday interviewing more than a half dozen rent to own professionals including independent dealers and exhibitors at the Nationwide PrimeTime Show at the Venetian in Las Vegas.

 

If you missed the live feed, don't worry, the videos are now available to replay here, just click on the interview you want to watch.

 

Ed Winn III, APRO Legal Counsel

 

James MacAlpine, RentDirect Nationwide Executive Director

 

Trent Agin, Rent One President

 

John Darden, APRO Boardmember, Premier Vendor Liason, Premier Franchisee

 

Robert Briley, APRO President and Aaron's Franchisee

 

Tom Anderson, Frigidaire

 

Scott Kinnear, Ohio Rental Dealers Association President and Premier Franchisee

 

Look for more live APRO video interviews from the PrimeTime show floor today beginning at 10:30 a.m. Check viewer here!

 

 

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About APRO
The Association of Progressive Rental Organizations is the official voice of the rent-to-own industry and the most accurate and trustworthy source of rent-to-own news in the industry. Founded in 1980, APRO is the national, nonprofit trade association advocating and representing the rent-to-own industry before the U.S. Congress, state legislatures, courts, media and the public.

For more information, visit www.rtohq.org.




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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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