APRO’s Potential Customer survey shows improved industry perception
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APRO’s periodic "Potential Customer Survey" wrapped up Wednesday in St. Louis, mining a trove of information on how to reach the approximately 50 million people that fit the RTO demographic but have not yet utilized the transaction.
easyhome opens National Conference, presents $250K to Boys and Girls Club
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| Debbie Dagley, easyhome’s 2010 Customer of the Year with easyhome President & CEO David Ingram. |
easyhome store managers and corporate staff turned out at Canada’s leading Casino Resort at Niagara Falls this week for easyhome’s 2010 Annual Conference.
FRDA kicks off partnership with Ronald McDonald House
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| L to R: Sharon Tomaszewski, FRDA executive director, Janice Davis, executive director and CEO of RMHC Tampa Bay and Chris Kale, FRDA president. |
The Florida Rental Dealers Association (FRDA) this August kicked off a statewide partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Florida with a merchandise donation to the Tampa Bay wing of the organization.
American Rental GM David helps family build home after his is flooded
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| David P. David and Brown County Habitat of Humanity Coordinator Bruce Clegg. |
When American Rental General Manager David P. David returned from a brief vacation this August, the comfort of "home" gave way to the anxiety of homelessness in the blink of an eye.
Easyhome announces second franchise winner
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| Matthew Holman, wife Kathy and his son Lane |
Last year easyhome launched the “Be A Contender” program to provide the industry’s top operators a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win a franchise financing package.
New RTOHQ: The Magazine profiles industry’s finest
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By APRO Executive Director Bill Keese,
APRO’s 30th anniversary party in Louisville is behind us. For all of you who were there, I know you learned a lot, enjoyed the venue and are now back home with a renewed excitement about rent-to-own. Our seminars at the event were packed and attendees were inspired. The exhibit hall offered many new and enticing products and more than $12 million in purchases were made in a day and a half.
TRIB Group ‘Meeting of the Minds’ concludes day two, show floor opens
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| Curt Banigan (Whirlpool) with Frantz Coulanges, Aubre sadler and Dan Singh of Dial Rent to Own at TRIB Group’s ‘Meeting of the Minds’ Buying Show floor Tuesday. |
Day two of the popular TRIB Group ‘Meeting of the Minds’ wrapped Tuesday with a focus on leadership, training and recruiting followed by a full blown buying show co-located with retail buying group BrandSource at Bally’s Las Vegas.
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| Shannon Strunk (l) takes an order from Premier dealer Wally Landmesser (#28) while Tony Battaglia of Blue Ribbon Rentals looks on at TRIB’s Hotshow auction Monday. The show generated just under $5 million in sales in under two hours. |
Close to 200 rent to own operators are in Las Vegas this week for TRIB Group’s annual ‘Meeting of the Minds’ — a one of a kind RTO brainstorming and educational event – that kicked off today at Bally’s Las Vegas with a day long series of dealer-led information and training sessions that have become staples for today’s independent RTO operator.
Cincy is top U.S. bedbug city
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Online news magazine, the Daily Beast recently published its list of America’s top 10 "Most Bedbug Infested Cities" with Ohio cities claiming three spots on the list.
The list is as follows:
Rent-A-Center outfits Springfield Recovery Center
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| (L-R) Ron Muns, regional director, Rent-A-Center with Ed Battles, executive director, Springfield Turning Point Recovery Center after the Random Acts of Caring donation unveiling ceremony. |
Rent-A-Center helped strengthen the sense of community for the Springfield Turning Point Recovery Center through the donation of merchandise valued at $5,000 to the Recovery Center’s Transitional Home program.