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Regional Relevance: Expo readies dealers for Q4

Ohio State Representative Joe Uecker with ORDA President Mike Tissot at the Midwest Expo Wednesday. Click here to watch interview with Uecker.

Rent-to-own dealers from across nine states took full advantage Wednesday of a host of product specific training sessions offered at the fifth annual Midwest Training Expo -- the largest event of its kind in the country.

Ohio state representative Joe Uecker cut the ribbon on the exhibit hall and  training sessions yesterday at 9 a.m. at the Concourse Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio, where 233 rent-to-own dealers turned out for the event.

Click here to watch Uecker interview.

Dealers spent the afternoon cramming on the latest innovations in consumer electronics, furniture and appliances in the hopes of sharing the information with customers and moving more product in the fourth quarter.

Tony Battaglia, regional manager for Blue Ribbon Rentals -- one of 29 dealer companies here -- led his group of 16 assistant managers and salespeople through seven corporate product training sessions as well as through informal sessions offered on the show floor by the 50 vendor companies in attendance.

Battaglia said the Expo was filling an important niche in the industry and believes there is even more room to grow.

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