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Here you'll find rent to own industry interviews, breaking news, coverage of RTO events and much, much more...all streamed direct from APRO's RTOHQ.org to you. In order to watch a video, just click on the image or the "Watch This Video" link.
Category: Company Features
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Video Title: HD Canvass Art June 17, 2008
Video Description: Kevin Van Kirk is the owner of three-year old company HD Canvas Art -- a company that specializes in high definition digital art on canvas.
The highly durable, indoor/outdoor art is "gallery edge wrapped" eliminating the need for a frame and potential
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Video Title: American Sentry Guard March 24, 2008
Video Description: American Sentry Guard was one of 80 TRIB Approved Vendors at the historic TRIB-AVB "Silver at the Summit" Tradeshow in Dallas March 17-19.
The company is a premier manufacturer and leading distributor of remote video management systems, that offers sur
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Video Title: AMCOR March 24, 2008
Video Description: AMCOR was one of 80 TRIB Approved vendors at the historic TRIB-AVB "Silver at the Summit" Tradeshow in Dallas March 17-19. The company offers state of the art solutions in portable air conditioning technology.
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Video Title: Step 2 March 24, 2008
Video Description: Step 2 was one of 80 TRIB approved vendors a the historic TRIB-AVB "Silver at the Summit Tradeshow in Dallas March 17-19. The company offers a unique line of rotational molded plastic playground equipment, children's furnishings and toys.
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Video Title: Scratch-B-Gone Restoration March 6, 2008
Video Description: Scratch-B-Gone is a soft-metal restoration kit developed by inventor Barry S. Feinman.
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Video Title: Coaster Company of America March 6, 2008
Video Description: Coaster Co. of America is one of the leading National Furniture Distributors in the United States with 7 branches nationwide and growing!
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Category: Rent-to-own News
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Video Title: IRDA Boys and Girls Club Donation July 14, 2009
Video Description: Members of the Illinois Rental Dealers Association July 7, became role models for the local business community after committing $21,000 for much needed capital improvements to a Springfield Boys and Girls Club forced to temporarily shut down next week due
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Video Title: The RNR Revolution April 18, 2008
Video Description: Rent-n-Roll founder Larry Sutton addresses conference attendees at the annual franchisee meeting in Orlando, Florida in January, 2008. Here, Sutton describes some of the factors driving his rebranding effort that will change the name of the company to RNR
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Video Title: Silver at the Summit Impressions March 27, 2008
Video Description: AVB CEO Bob Lawrence, TRIB President Ernie Lewallen and new TRIB member Brownie Calvin share their thoughts on day two of the historic "Silver at the Summit" trade show and convention in Dallas.
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Video Title: Rent to Own Industry donates 28 computers in St. Louis March 8, 2008
Video Description: Congressman William Lacy Clay Friday joined national, state and local rent-to own industry representatives in launching the "Computers for Kidz" program -- an initiative to help bridge the digital divide in urban areas.
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Category: Legislation
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Video Title: First Time Legislative Conference Attendee Interviews March 14, 2008
Video Description: New conference attendees share their thoughts and experiences on the grassroots rent-to-own industry activism at the 2008 Dave Egan Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Video Title: Clay and Carrico urge support for H.R. 1767 March 12, 2008
Video Description: Watch Congressman William Lacy Clay urge fellow House members to co-sponsor his bill
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Video Title: General Session, 2008 legislative conference March 11, 2008
Video Description: Rent-to-own industry representatives from around the country convened February 11 - 13 for the annual APRO Dave Egan Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Category: APRO Promotions
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Video Title: 2009 RAE Award Winners September 14, 2009
Video Description: APRO's 2009 Rental Advertising Excellence Award included 70 winners in over 15 categories culled from thousands of entries that represent the best advertising in the rent-to-own industry.
The contest was divided into two broad categories -- i
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Video Title: 2009 APRO Scholarship Winner August 29, 2009
Video Description: Robin Walker, a University of Mississippi sophomore, was today announced The Association of Progressive Rental Organizations' 2009 Education Scholarship winner.
Daughter of Gary “Bo” Walker, director of operations for RTO Rentals of Paris, Tennessee, W
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Video Title: 2009 APRO Customer of The Year August 29, 2009
Video Description: Sherron and Robert Wilder, Rent-A-Center Customers since 1992, are in the business of helping others.
From their Safe Haven programs for children, to their current outreach mission for the homeless, the Wilders' impact on Benton Harbor, Michigan and th
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Video Title: 2009 APRO Employee of the Year August 29, 2009
Video Description: David Keen, employee development manager for Rent One, is APRO's 2009 Employee of the Year.
Keen served four terms on the Mt. Vernon City Council -- home base for Rent One's 42 stores -- and two years as the
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Video Title: 2005 Customer of the Year - Johnnie Bradford June 8, 2009
Video Description: Johnnie Bradford is pastor of Open Door Full Gospel in Columbus, Mississippi, and was the church’s founder in 1990. Her purpose is to provide the community with a place to gather and worship, and also to provide area children with a sense of belonging. To
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Video Title: 2005 Employee of the Year June 8, 2009
Video Description: There isn’t much that holds Paul Russell back from what he wants. He opened a Blue Ribbon Rentals store in an area of Ohio where the company originally was convinced that it did not want a store. Today, that store is the company’s largest and has won seve
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Video Title: 2000 Rent-to-Own Customer of the Year - Maria Magdalena Estrada May 21, 2009
Video Description: El Paso’s Fiesta Rent To Own customer Maria Estrada wrote in her letter of application for the award that, “I rely on the employees of Fiesta Rent To Own to provide me with the quality products and services I need.” Estrada is a single mother of four boys
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Video Title: 2000 Employee of the Year - Eric Ison May 20, 2009
Video Description: Eric Ison, store manager for Showplace Inc. in Marion, Ohio, was nominated for the Rent-to-Own Employee of the Year award by his district manager for being a “valued high performance manager.” Ison not only has become one of the company’s leading trainers
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Video Title: 2007 Employee of the Year - Johnathan Brown May 20, 2009
Video Description: Jonathan Brown received the rent-to-own industry’s highest award for store level employees for his community involvement efforts and his dedication to his family. Brown’s efforts as a young adult and high school student through the Upward Bound program an
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Video Title: 2008 RAE Award Winners May 14, 2009
Video Description: 2008 Rental Advertising Excellence Award Winners. Learn more about this annual contest.
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Video Title: Norman W. Slatton Retrospective April 9, 2009
Video Description: Norman W. "Slats" Slatton Sr. Tribute presented at naming of Slatton as APRO's 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner.
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Video Title: APRO 2008 Scholarship Winner August 13, 2008
Video Description: Show-Me Rent-To-Own saleswoman Penny Wyatt is used to going the extra mile.
She's a single mother raising a 14-year-old son, a full time award-winning employee and a full-time student on the Dean's list. Her commitment to both her career and education
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Video Title: 2008 Customer of the Year Kimberly Royal August 13, 2008
Video Description: Kimberly Royal -- APRO's 2008 Customer of the year -- is a case manager at the Judge Dennis J. Boll Group and Shelter Home -- an "incarceration-to-home life" transition facility for local adolescents in the region -- where she has worked for the past 24 y
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Video Title: Membership Video August 13, 2008
Video Description: In this membership video, APRO Membership Committee Chairman Larry Goad explains why APRO's work to protect the rent-to-own industry is important to him and his business and why APRO should be important to you and yours.
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Video Title: 2008 Employee of the Year Bill Tennison August 13, 2008
Video Description: Bill Tennison, APRO's 2008 Employee of the Year, began as a delivery driver for Heartland Furniture and Appliance in 1998. He is now the manager of the Doniphan, Missouri location.
Tennison has also come to the aid of the local women's shelter, Angel
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Video Title: RAE Winners 2007 May 22, 2008
Video Description: Rental Advertising Excellence Awards Highlights 2007
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Category: APRO 2008 Convention
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Video Title: Bill Kelly September 3, 2008
Video Description: Bill Kelly is one of two new faces elected to the APRO Board of Directors August 13, 2008.
Kelly is the chief operating officer of New Avenues Lease Ownership, a nine-store chain based in Alpharetta, Georgia, where he has worked since 2005.
A 19-ye
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Video Title: Scott Kinnear September 3, 2008
Video Description: Scott Kinnear is one of two new faces elected to the APRO Board of Directors August 13, 2008.
Kinnear is a Premier franchisee with one store located in Dayton, Ohio.
Kinnear started his rent-to-own career as an account manager for Rainbow Rentals in
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Video Title: Welcome to Convention August 13, 2008
Video Description: APRO Legal Counsel Ed Winn III, Executive Director Bill Keese and President Larry Carrico, share their impressions thus far of the APRO 2008 Convention and Buying Show at the America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Category: Midwest Expo 2008
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Video Title: Chris Bolin, Bolin Rental Purchase September 12, 2008
Video Description: Chris Bolin could likely be the hardest working man in the rent-to-own business.
Bolin, who owns two Bolin Rental Purchase stores in Kentucky and Tennessee, serves as both president and vice president of those two state's rental dealer association's re
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Video Title: Josh Johnson, Out The Door Rent-To-Own September 12, 2008
Video Description: Josh Johnson of Out the Door Rent-to-Own, is a one store dealer who brought all three of his managers to the 2008 Midwest Training Expo September 9 and 10 in Columbus, Ohio.
Johnson -- a second year Expo attendee -- said he made the nine hour drive fro
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Video Title: ORDA Vice President Josef Burgan September 12, 2008
Video Description: Josef Burgan is the vice president of the Ohio Rental Dealers Association. Burgan also co-owns First Place Rentals with partner Robert McKinney. He serves as chief operating officer of the Youngstown, Ohio based company.
An ORDA board member for the la
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Video Title: APRO President Tiger John Cleek September 11, 2008
Video Description: Newly elected APRO President "Tiger" John Cleek was one of 233 rent-to-own dealers to attend the Midwest RTO Expo in Columbus, Ohio this week.
In this exclusive APRO interview, "Tiger" -- who, along with son John Jr. owns nine Cleek's Lease or Own stor
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Video Title: ORDA President Mike Tissot September 11, 2008
Video Description: In this exclusive APRO interview, Ohio Rental Dealers Association President and Countryside Rentals owner Mike Tissot discusses some of the factors that contributed to the record breaking attendance at the 2008 Midwest RTO Training Expo this week in Ohio.
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Video Title: Ohio State Rep. Joe Uecker September 11, 2008
Video Description: Ohio State Representative Joe Uecker cut the symbolic ribbon opening the Fifth Annual Midwest RTO Training Expo September 10 at the Concourse Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio.
In this exclusive APRO video, Uecker, who represents Ohio House
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