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Rent-to-own Events - APRO 2012 Convention and Trade Show - Exhibitor Information The Association of Progressive Rental Organizations is the national trade association and the official voice of the rent-to-own industry. The APRO Convention and Trade Show is the industry's largest rent-to-own event in North America that puts you face-to-face with hundreds of top decision-makers with the power to buy. From START to FINISH—all under one roof—it's there! Will you be? Exhibiting at APRO's 2012 Trade Show will allow you to:
Who attends the Trade Show? Large and small rent-to-own companies will be represented, including chief executives, chief financial officers, chief operating officers, corporate buyers and all manner of industry professionals at the store-level—owners, senior-level executives, managers, management trainees, department executives and employees.
Who exhibits at the Trade Show? At the 2011 APRO Convention and Trade Show, 80 companies exhibited their products and services in more than 140 booths. A few of the products and services represented at the 2011 show were advertising and promotional, appliances, communications, computers and software, electronics, financial and special services, furniture and furniture accessories, insurance, jewelry and trucks.
Non-member rates:
Don’t pass on profiting from the rent-to-own event of the year! For more information regarding exhibiting at the APRO Trade Show, contact Cindy Ferguson by e-mail or by calling 800/204-2776, ext. 107.
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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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Association of Progressive Rental Organizations 1504 Robin Hood Trail Austin, Texas 78703 800/204-2776, ext. 103 Fax 512/794-0097 |