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Full-O-Pep Show a win-win for store managers, vendors, customers

by Murlin Evans

Managers company-wide trekked to pastoral Nashville, Indiana Friday, for day one of the 18th annual Full-O-Pep/American Rental Trade Show and Training Expo.

Bill French of O'Rourke Sales Company, Don Julson of LG Electronics and Bob Saunders of United Furniture at the Full-O-Pep annual Trade Show.

Over 60 store and regional managers across four states representing 54 American Rental and Rent-N-Roll stores in Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana paired up to survey, experience and rate store merchandise for company buyers.

Some 36 vendors -- the most ever at the show -- were on hand for detailed discussions of products from various furniture, jewelry, appliance, computer and electronics lines.

Shelbyville, Indiana store manager Tracy Snow paired up with Jasper, Indiana store manager Chris Van-Note to make the rounds and visit vendors in the packed Seasons Conference Center.

Snow and Van-Note were impressed by fine product details they learned -- like the fact that one coil in a Simmons mattress measures four feet when stretched out; and there are 800 coils in a queen mattress -- that make their job easier.

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2012 APRO Convention and Trade Show

July 24-26, Memphis, TN

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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.

 

 

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