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NEWSLETTERS - Streamlined industry survey due May 28

Streamlined industry survey due May 28

Financial analysts, investment bankers, legislators and the media depend on APRO's annual statistical survey to gauge the value of the entire industry.

And that survey depends on you.

APRO's simplified, online data entry form is now available. Go here to register a new account and participate in the most important survey you will take all year.

"The value of your business is tied to APRO’s survey," said Richard May, APRO public affairs director. "Every financial analyst depends on APRO’s industry survey to understand the value of rent-to-own. That is why the industry survey is one of the most important services APRO provides for your membership – showing the value of your industry and your company."

Survey deadline May 28.

The new re-vamped survey format will save time, allowing dealers to save their progress and continue at a later time.


The value of your business is linked to the statistical economic story we have charted for the past 15 years using this statistical instrument.

A Bankable Industry:

The financial security and investment potential of the RTO industry is directly tied to APRO members' participation in the annual statistical survey. The information is key for business lenders.

Financial analysts:

APRO has 40 identified financial analysts who use this survey to follow rent-to-own and report to investors on the value of RTO companies and the health of the industry and your business.

The value of your business is tied to the value of rent-to-own on Wall Street.

Investor research:

APRO's economic Web pages are consistently the most visited on APRO's Web site reflecting the necessity and importance of APRO properly reflecting the economic and financial picture of the rent-to-own industry.

Comparative analysis:

See how your business stacks up to comparable sized companies. See where your company has improved and where it could stand improvement.

Participating APRO members get a free copy of the APRO statistical survey which will be compiled and analyzed by Industry Insights under strict confidentiality agreements.  

The survey is available to non-participating APRO members for $500.

The APRO Rental-Purchase Industry Statistical Survey is based on a strictly confidential survey conducted of APRO members by Industry Insights, Inc., an objective outside firm that specializes in such studies for many industries. Survey processing is conducted on an absolutely anonymous basis. No APRO staff member nor any company or individual inside or outside the industry, nor anyone else other than a select few Industry Insights, Inc. associates will ever see any individual firm’s confidential information.  All data is only reported in aggregate form.

Take the Survey Now!




 

 





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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