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APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides

Close to 200 rent-to-own dealers packed the Ferrara Theatre at the America's Center in downtown St. Louis August 12 for a rich and rapid-fire interactive session known as the All-Industry Roundtable where they shared information on a variety of topics from best hiring practices to legislative issues to community involvement.

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Bill Pay services?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Game consoles?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Personalized Marketing?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Community Services: Charity Events?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Community Services: Chamber of Commerce?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Community Services: Civic Groups?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Community Services: Educational Organizations?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Community Services: Supporting Troops?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Which gives you the highest return?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Perception of your business?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Does your company encourage education?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides How important an influence do you feel employee training has on the public perception of rent-to-own.

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Main type of education you offer employees?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Recruiting?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Criminal background checks?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Pre-hire drug testing?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides When hiring do you use workman's compensation checks?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Check personal references when hiring?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Credit check when hiring?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Employee motivation?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Pressured to pay higher salaries?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Increased salaries?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Workman's compensation claims?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides EEOC claims?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Unemployment claims?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Lawsuits?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Discrimination?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides How important is securing federal rent-to-own legislation?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides How important is a unified federal rent-to-own message?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides What have you done to help the industry?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides What have you done to help the industry?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides What have you done to help the industry?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides What have you done to help the industry?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides What have you done to help the industry?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Your job title?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides What is the size of your company?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides How long have you been in business?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Tell us about your company: independent, franchised, publicly traded, licensed?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Have you participated in the online e-communities forum on APRO's Web site?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Do you find information shared by APRO members to be helpful?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Company Web site?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Online order taking?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Online payment options?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Online Training?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides On which do you feel your company spends the most time and resources?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides What category ranks second in time and resources spent?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides How are you saving the most money?	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Is your company doing worse or better than last year?

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Greatest affect on your bottom line	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Vendor issues

*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RoundTable Slides Staging	*(Click Image to Enlarge)*	APRO 2008 Convention: All Industry RountTable Slides Close to 200 rent-to-own dealers packed the Ferrara Theatre at the America's Center in downtown St. Louis August 12 for a rich and rapid-fire interactive session known as the All-Industry Roundtable where they shared information on a variety of topics from best hiring practices to legislative issues to community involvement.

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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.

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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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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.

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