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Rent-to-own News - RSVP to attend Ohio and New York focus groups next week
APRO and state rental dealer associations invite dealers to attend two RTO "Potential Customer" focus groups next week in Ohio and New York.
Participating dealers witness as two groups of potential RTO customers talk about their impressions of rent-to-own, why they do not consider rent-to-own, their potential exposure to rent-to-own and, most importantly, what would motivate them to consider rent-to-own.
The Ohio Rental Dealers Association is organizing the first April focus group in Columbus, Ohio on April 13 at the Delve Marketing Research Center 7634 Crosswoods Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43235, Phone: 614/436-2025.
The two focus group sessions are from 6-9:30 p.m. If you attend, please inform the receptionist you are an APRO client. They will escort you to the viewing rooms.
The second study, organized by the New York State Rental Dealers Association, is in Syracuse, New York on April 14 at Research & Marketing Strategies, Inc., 15 E Genesee Street, Ste 210 Baldwinsville, New York 13027, Phone: 315/635-9802.
The first New York focus group session begins at 6:00 p.m.; the second at 8:00 p.m.
A third focus group, organized by the Florida Rental Dealers Association, set for April 19 in Tampa, Florida at Plaza Research -- 4301 Anchor Plaza Parkway, Suite 150 Tampa, FL 33634, Phone: 813/769-2900.
The two focus groups sessions are from 6 – 9:30 p.m.
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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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