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. |
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.
This year’s ‘Meeting of the Minds’ was TRIB’s largest ever, attracting some 200 attendees representing 73 rental companies — a 60 percent member company increase and a 90 percent attendee increase over last year’s attendance figures.
Dealers flooded the buying show floor and 62 TRIB approved vendors later in the afternoon and TRIB Group President Lyn Leach said the buy show brought the "Meeting of the Minds’ event to a new level of visibility to its members.
"The timing of this show is absolutely perfect because people are coming in with strong needs," Leach said. "Vendors are reporting excellent sales traffic. There are no tire kickers here; people are buying. The show has exposed a lot of people to the ‘Meeting of the Minds’ who haven’t made it before."
Prior to the opening of the buying show, Trent Agin, David Keen and Mark Williams of Rent One led a provocative discussion of leadership, training, mentorship and recruiting with a special emphasis on managerial assessments.
"You hire someone for their skills, experience and aptitude, but you fire someone for their behaviors," said Rent One President Trent Agin. "So it really counts to take behavioral assessments into account."
The TRIB Group Hotshow, Monday, tallied upwards of $5 million in under two hours.