Archive for the ‘CONVENTION UPDATES’ Category
APRO’s Rental Roundtable — Three Ways to Learn in Louisville
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 |
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
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.
Rental Advertising Excellence Awards late entry deadline today
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010Rental Advertising Excellence Awards late entry deadline today
 |
APRO’s 2010 Rental Advertising Excellence contest will once again honor the best radio, television, print, direct market and Internet advertising campaigns created for rent-to-own businesses and companies over the past year.
In commemoration of APRO’s 30th Anniversary, entrants will also compete for a first ever "Best of Show" prize.
LATE ENTRY DEADLINE: June 1, 2010
Late entry fees: $45 per entry for APRO members
$90 per entry for non-members
Enter Today.
Click here to watch video of 2009 RAE award winners.
It’s home run derby time
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Rental Advertising Excellence Awards early deadline tomorrow
Monday, May 24th, 2010Rental Advertising Excellence Awards early deadline tomorrow
|
The rent-to-own industry’s longest held advertising competition is back.
APRO’s 2010 Rental Advertising Excellence contest will once again honor the best radio, television, print, direct market and Internet advertising campaigns created for rent-to-own businesses and companies over the past year.
In commemoration of APRO’s 30th Anniversary, entrants will also compete for a first ever "Best of Show" prize.
EARLY DEADLINE: May 25, 2010
Early entry fees: $35 per entry for APRO members
$70 per entry for non-members
LATE DEADLINE: June 1, 2010
Late entry fees: $45 per entry for APRO members
$90 per entry for non-members
Enter Today.
Click here to watch video of 2009 RAE award winners.
Register Today! APRO’s Convention is Coming to Louisville
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
APRO 2010 Convention Promo II
Monday, May 10th, 2010
APRO Churchill Promo 10 sec.
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
APRO 2009 | Attendee and Exhibitor Survey
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009We would like to thank everyone that has completed APRO’s 2009 convention survey. Your feedback is extremely important as we prepare for next year’s event.
If you have not already done so, please take a few minutes and complete the appropriate survey.
Please follow this link to take the survey
if you were an attendee of APRO’s
2009 Convention and Buying Show.
Please follow this link to take the survey
if you were an exhibitor of APRO’s
2009 Convention and Buying Show.
We do not have an e-mail address for everyone that attended our show.
Please forward this e-mail to all of your co-workers that attended. Thank you!
APRO textpolling takes pulse of industry
Monday, August 10th, 2009Are you tech-savvy?
 |
If not, it’s time to get up to speed!
At APRO’s 2009 Rental Roundtable in Las Vegas, we’ll be using text polling — right from your own cell phone — to gather audience responses to the burning questions of the RTO industry.
You’ll be able to see, in real time, what your peers are thinking, doing, and planning for the future. This invaluable information will be shared during the APRO Convention on Monday, August 31.
To help you get up to speed, text an answer to the following question right now:
Question: Do you know how to send text messages?
To vote, text one of the following codes to 99503. Go to text messaging on your cell phone and dial 99503, then enter one of the following codes for your answer*.
Yes I’m tech-savvy guy/gal – Code 47709
I’m trying to learn – Code 4771
Forget about it! – Code 47708
Watch the results as they come in at http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTE1NDEzMDYxMjk
Keep an eye out for more text polling questions in future editions of APRO’s RTO Today online newsletter. If you’re not yet tech-savvy, you will be by the time you arrive in Las Vegas for APRO’s 2009 Convention & Buying Show, August 30-September 2 at Bally’s Paris.
For more information, contact Shelley Martinek at smartinek@rtohq.org.
*Standard text messaging terms apply.