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Premier Companies' Award Winners Announced

The Premier Companies ended their 2012 National Convention in Key West Wednesday night with the always anticipated Awards Banquet. Premier congratulates all the award winners for their hard work, dedication and success.

Shooting Star Award
Awarded to stores that gross revenues in the sixth full month of operations reach
Rental-Purchase Stores $45k
Home Furnishings Stores $55k
Wheel Workz Stores $45k
Shooting Star Award Recipient:  DANNY SAPIEN, PREMIER HOME FURNISHINGS GALLUP, NM
 
Stellar Awards
Bronze Level
Awarded to stores whose annual gross revenues exceed $700k
Kim & Gerald Jacobs – Lynchburg, VA
Brian Clussman, Trinidad Rubio, Roy Soto – San Antonio, TX (2 stores)
Shawn Newman – Harrisburg, PA
Rich Bagoly & Dave Jones – York, PA
John George – Lackawanna, NY
Drew Summa – Oakland Park, FL
Mike Lewis – Elkhart, IN
 
Silver Level
Awarded to stores whose annual gross revenues exceed $850k
Jamie & Rick Sieverding – Clinton, IA
Brian Clussman, Trinidad Rubio, Roy Soto – San Antonio, TX
Rich Bagoly & Dave Jones – Reading, PA
Ron Semelsberger – Coshocton, OH
Scott Kinnear – Dayton, OH
Mike Shuler & Heath Peters – Hastings, NE
Jim Forker – Sturgis, MI
Mike Gordon – Lakewood, CO
Jack Rowland – Sacramento, CA
 
Gold Level
Awarded to stores whose annual gross revenues exceed $1M
Chris Mueller – Tampa, FL
Brian Clussman, Trinidad Rubio, Roy Soto – San Antonio, TX
Rich Bagoly & Dave Jones – Allentown, PA
Rick Vadnais – Syracuse, NY
Mike Shuler & Heath Peters – Kearney, NE
 
Diamond Level
Awarded to stores whose annual gross revenues exceed $1.2M
Jim Forker – Benton Harbor, MI
Danny Sapien – Los Lunas, NM
Jim Ratner & John Reichenbach – Westbrook, ME
Ted Krygoski – Portage, IN
 
Top Performers of the Year – Those who represent the values of Premier: Operational Performance, Premier Standards, Premier Involvement, Industry Involvement, Community Involvement, Certification Training Program:
Rick Vadnais
Chris Mueller
Jim Ratner & John Reichenbach
Jamie & Rick Sieverding
Scott Kinnear
Mike Shuler & Heath Peters
Rich Bagoly & Dave Jones
Brian Clussman, Trinidad Rubio, Roy Soto
Jim Forker
Danny Sapien
 
North Carolina Premier Rental Purchase Dealer Jim Forker is the Rental Dealer of the Year for 2011.

The Premier Companies 2012 National Convention ran January 9-11 at the Casa Marina Resort in Key West, Florida.
 





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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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