Rent-to-Own

Bryce Jewelry introduces ‘Bridal Plus’ package

Bryce Jewelry rings in the new decade with an innovative bridal program that is a marriage of service and success.

The Bridal Plus package is the latest of Bryce’s creative marketing concepts designed to create a larger customer base with a lower investment. This compact program allows RTO dealers to benefit from a consistent and proven market – the wedding industry – with a lower initial investment than traditional jewelry rental programs.

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Rent One rolls out Harley, new store for 25th anniversary bash

Rent One is celebrating its 25th anniversary today at the company’s annual business meeting in Cape Girardeau, Missouri where more than 100 managers, their families and vendor partners are expected.

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ColorTyme manger inspires work through play

ColorTyme Manager Jim Aldridge.

With the recent economic turndown leaving employee satisfaction at a record low, finding a cost-effective way to motivate the workforce can be a challenge. Fortunately, Jim Aldridge, manager of ColorTyme in Gaffney, South Carolina, discovered a creative approach to recognizing top performers that has sparked much interest and conversation:  The ColorTyme Route Manager’s Championship Belt.

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RTO heavyweight makes retail inroads with "RAC Acceptance" program

Keith Smith of Rent-A-Center, describes the RAC Acceptance program to single store retailer Mo Halawani of XOOM.

Rent to Own and retail are not strange bedfellows.

Rent to own literally rose from the ashes of a denied credit sale under the guidance of Ernie Talley in the 1960’s. Many of today’s most successful rent to own dealers began in retail. Many continue to employ both retail and RTO successfully in their business model.

Now the nation’s largest rent-to-own company is hoping to streamline the hybrid by offering RTO to customers not approved for traditional retail financing — in the store and on the spot.

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Rent-A-Center, Washington AG reach agreement, avoid trial on collections case

Rent-A-Center and the Washington State Attorney General’s office late last week, reached an agreement on a case that was headed to trial March 23.

The Washington AG’s Consumer Protection Division filed claims against Rent-A-Center in July 2009 asking King County Superior Court to declare Rent-A-Center’s collection practices and rental contracts in violation of the state’s Consumer Protection Act and Lease-Purchase Agreements Act.

Rent-A-Center consistently denied the allegations.

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PrimeTime! goes live in Vegas

RentDirect Nationwide dealers L to R: Tammy McPherson, Cary Mcpherson (Homezone), Regina White (Rent One), Dan Matthews (Action Rent to Own), Jeff White (Rent One), Ryan Welch (Rapid Furniture and Appliance).

Close to 3,000 retail and rent to own dealers packed the convention center at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Sunday night for the kickoff of Nationwide Marketing Group’s (NMG) PrimeTime! conference and buying show.

More than 3,300 are registered for the show — the second highest attended Nationwide event ever — including dealers from 175 rent to own companies under NMG’s RentDirect division.

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RentDirect Nationwide Show hits Vegas

APRO Legislative Conference wraps ‘Day on the Hill’

Day on the Hill: (L to R) Bill French (O’Rourke Sales), North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, David Kraemer (Bestway Rent To Own), James MacAlpine (RentDirect Nationwide) on the U.S. Speaker of the House office balcony.

APRO Legislative Conference attendees ended a full day of meetings with legislators at the event’s annual networking reception and dinner Wednesday evening at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.

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Job creation is focus of RTO legislative message

Missouri Congressman William Lacy Clay addresses a diverse group of RTO professionals at APRO’s Legislative Conference Tuesday.

Rent to own dealers, vendors and other industry professionals kicked off the first day of APRO’s 2010 Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., united behind the message that rent to own legislation will spur economic recovery through job creation and business expansion.

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RTO industry pros head to DC

Rent to own industry professionals from across the country are making their way to APRO’s 2010 Dave Egan Legislative Conference today at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C. to kickoff the industry’s legislative event of the year.

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