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APRO's Exclusive Rent-to-own Audio and Podcasts
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Rent to own Audio & Podcasts: Lyn Leach
Lyn Leach is the vice president of TRIB Group a past president of the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations and owner of 14 Ace Rent-To-Own stores in Nebraska and Iowa.
Leach started in the rent-to-own industry in 1982. In addition to his vice presidency, Leach also chairs TRIB's electronics committee, is in his fifth year as a board member and continues to be an active member of APRO. In this exclusive podcast, Leach discusses TRIB's explosive growth over the past year that has gained the rent-to-own buying group 29 new member companies -- the largest growth spurt the group has seen in the last 10 -- and how TRIB's strategic alliance with retail mega-buyer AVB-BrandSource has contributed to that. Leach serves on the AVB-BrandSource Board of Directors. "We're now a part of not just a multi-million dollar buying group but a multi-billion dollar buying group," Leach said. "We've been able to partner with AVB-BrandSource in bringing our overall costs down and It gave us so many more options particularly in the availability of lines of electronics that weren't available to us before." Leach also explains why he thinks the time is right for Congress to pass the Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act, soon to be re-introduced into the House of Representatives. "The fact that our bill is really a consumer protection bill is right up this Congress' alley," Leach said. "With all the consumer protection parts that are a part of our bill, this is the first bill in at least a dozen years that we stand this good a chance at passing our federal legislation. The fact that we've got Rep. William Lacy Clay introducing our bill and fact that this is his bill and he has passion for this bill...I think that gives this bill legs like it hasn't had before." See photo gallery of the 2009 TRIB Convention and Buying Show. | ||||
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APRO's 2010 Legislative
Conference!
We would like to
thank our attendees for a great success! 
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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. | |||
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Click the links below to download each article as a PDF
Complete issue of RTOHQ: The Magazine | January-February 2010
The Year of the Tiger According to Chinese astrology, the Year of the Tiger begins in February 2010. Tiger John Cleek is making the most of it as he winds down his two-year term as APRO’s president. He reflects on personal and industry-wide accomplishments and the love of family that sustains him.
In the 30-year history of the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations, 17 rental dealers have served as president. To mark APRO’s special anniversary, 15 of these leaders share their experiences in helping to shape the rent-to-own industry.
The Keep Rate Conundrum Calculating keep rate does not seem to improve the rent-to-own business in any discernible way—and yet this calculation, beyond all the others, has had enormous legal and political implications for rent-to-own almost since its inception.
Vendor Spotlight: What's in a Name? These three departed rent-to-own vendors--Joe Eason, Tom Kitchens and Norm Smith--live on, their names indelibly linked to key industry events and honors.
See the current issue of RTOHQ: The Magazine... [PDF format] [HTML format]
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