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Rent-to-own News - Premier announces 2010-2011 purchasing, marketing boards
Following elections at their 2010 Dealer Retreat in Chicago earlier this month, The Premier Companies announced its 2010-2011 Premier Purchasing Cooperative Board and its 2010-2011 Premier Rental-Purchase Marketing Board.
Both seven-person boards are dealer run and hold annual elections of three members to replace those rotating off.
The following Premier dealers will serve on this year’s Purchasing Board:
John Reichenbach - Board Chair
Chris Darden - Board Vice Chair, Rental Purchasing Rep
Steve Newman - Board Member
?Bart Stamper - Executive Director
Chris Mueller - Board member
John Eibl - Home Furnishings Rep
Mike Shuler - Board member
John Darden - Vendor Liaison
This Board is responsible for establishing relationships with vendors and arranging group buys that benefit dealers. The following Premier dealers will serve on the Premier Rental-Purchase Marketing Board:
Scott Kinnear – Chair Brian Clussman – Vice Chair
Dave Jones – Treasurer
Matt Baker – Board Contact
Chad Moody – Board Contact
Rick Vadnais – Board Contact Jim Ratner – Board Contact
This Board oversees group marketing projects for dealers. “We have found it most beneficial to give dealers an active voice in these two areas of purchasing and marketing,” said Trooper Earle, Premier’s CEO/President. “Our board members bring experience, creativity and a wealth of knowledge to the table that not only make life easier on their fellow franchisees but also make it more profitable for them. It’s good to have input from those on the front lines." Premier has been one of the Top Ten Fastest Growing Young Franchisors in America. The national office of Premier Rental-Purchase is located in Williamsburg, Virginia. All Premier stores are independently owned and operated. Visit Premier’s website at www.premierrents.net or call (800) 2-Premier and ask for Trooper Earle.
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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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