Rent-to-Own

 

At this year’s Convention and Trade Show, APRO has designed three separate education tracks to hone in on a variety of business-enhancing needs based on attendees’ management level and size of the company.

The morning of July 20 kicks off at the Marriott Louisville Downtown with APRO’s popular Rental Roundtable. Attendees will break into three groups — store-level employees/managers, mid-level/multiple store managers and store owners/top-level managers.

 

Afterward, the groups will merge for a wrap-up session moderated by rent-to-own industry pioneer and APRO co-founder Chuck Sims who will solicit attendees’ responses to some of the industry’s most pertinent issues and those responses will be displayed on-screen instantly.

 

APRO Rental Roundtable Overview
July 20
8:30–11 a.m. Marriott Ballroom

 

The new Rental Roundtable format will give dealers more pertinent information to help them manage and grow their business. It’s the perfect opportunity to share information with peers and address some of the most pressing issues facing the rent-to-own industry today.
 

Mike Tissot, will facilitate the store-level employees/one-store managers group during the Rental Roundtable session. He grew up in the rent-to-own business; his father is former APRO President Darrell Tissot. After receiving a BA in economics from Denison University, Tissot spent five years at one of the largest marketing agencies in the country. Currently, he owns and operates 24 Rent-2-Own stores in Ohio and Kentucky. He is past president of the Ohio Rental Dealers Association and a current TRIB Group board member. Tissot is the recipient of APRO’s 2008 Presidents Award of Excellence.

Sam Lowe will facilitate the mid-level/multiple-store managers group during the roundtable session. He is a 20-year-plus veteran of the rent-to-own industry and currently is executive vice president of Furniture and Appliances Now Sales & Leasing, which operates 15 stores in Arkansas and one in Oklahoma. Lowe is responsible for all operation activities, including sales, marketing and human resources. He worked for 17 years at Rent-A-Center, starting with Remco in 1981 and continuing with Rent-A-Center after Remco was acquired in 1990. Lowe was vice president of operations for ColorTyme from 2002 to 2005, where he was responsible for franchise operations as well as providing support programs, training and consulting to improve franchise profitability.
 

Charles D. “Chuck” Sims will facilitate the owners/top-level managers group and the Rental Roundtable wrap-up. In 1968, Sims founded Remco America, a Houston-based chain of consumer electronic and appliance rental stores. As Remco’s CEO, Sims developed a professional management team that expanded the company to more than 100 stores by 1990. In 1991, he sold Remco to pursue other interests. Sims is a graduate of the American Management Association’s Management Course for Presidents and is a co-founder of the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations.

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