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Exclusive RTOHQ.org Audio: Mike Hickey, Aaron's VP Management Development October 23, 2008 Listen:

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Mike Hickey is the vice president of management development for Aaron Rents. He's a 15-year employee in charge of e-learning, field training and managers-in-training programs.

On Thursday Aaron Rents announced it is dedicating a day from its annual managers meeting to send some 2,000 managers, franchise owners, divisional vice presidents, corporate staff and vendors to tell the RTO story to Congress April 14.

In this exclusive APRO podcast, Hickey discusses both the historic legislative initiative -- which will be the largest ever gathering of RTO dealers on the Hill -- and his designs on an approval-pending outreach project to help restore the National Mall.

In any case, Hickey is determined Aaron's impact will be felt.

"Every time we have a national meeting, we want to do something to make that city a little better," Hickey said. "If the mall project is not approved we will do something else for the community, perhaps in inner-city schools. This is a tremendous opportunity for the industry."

Call Hickey at 678/402-3318 for more information.

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by Ed Winn III

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.

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