APRO Publications - RTOHQ: The Magazine

A new chapter in rent-to-own communications has begun. RTOHQ: The Magazine is setting a new standard for the rent-to-own industry's printed communications. Its predecessor, Progressive Rentals, was the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations' award-winning, four-color, bimonthly magazine providing news, industry trends, management techniques, details on upcoming events, APRO member opinions, in-depth profiles of RTO dealers from across the nation and more. The new generation, RTOHQ: The Magazine, will take a different communications approach by examining the larger issues facing the industry and its players - rental dealers and vendors who work every day to build the honor and esteem of rent-to-own. Click on the links below to access PDFs of the feature articles from the most recent issue of Progressive Rentals magazine, and watch for future issues of RTOHQ: The Magazine!

April - May 2008

Complete issue of Progressive Rentals April - May 2008
Download the entire April - May 2008 issue of Progressive Rentals by clicking on the link above (PDF file size is approximately 9 MB). by APRO

Make the Connection!
APRO's 2008 Rent-to-own Convention and Buying Show
Meet us in St. Louis and make your rent-to-own connection at APRO’s 2008 Rent-to-Own Convention and Buying Show. It’s the industry’s must-see event of the year—and this one will be spectacular.

In Search of the Industry's Finest
By Richard May
Help APRO and the rent-to-own industry honor the two most important people in the rent-to-own business: the customer and the employee. How, you ask? By finding and nominating the 2008 Rent-to-Own Customer of the Year and Employee of the Year.

Rent-to-own and Islam
By Ed Win III
If you are wondering what rent-to-own, a 20th century American commercial notion, could possibly have in common with Islam, a Middle Eastern religion that arose in the middle ages, wonder no more. The answer: quite a lot, actually.

APROfile: Scott Brown
By Kristen Card
Scott Brown spent the bulk of his Wichita, Kansas, childhood in two places: the grill and the pool. Both locales were manifestations of family legacies. Brown’s Grill was opened by Scott’s grandfather, Richard Brown, in 1946 and, by the time Scott came along, there were three locations run by Scott’s dad, Charlie (yes, Charlie Brown), and uncle, R.J...

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