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Countryside Rentals, dba Rent-2-Own, has pledged to donate more than 200 mattresses to children who currently don’t have beds. The Wilmington Rent-2-Own store will partner with Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP),

On June 30, 2020, Pleasantville, Iowa widow and single mother Cheyenne Downing received the surprise of her life when she was presented with a fully-furnished home for her and her

The APRO Charitable Foundation provides scholarships annually to RTO professionals and their families. Since its inception, APRO members have contributed generously to the APRO Scholarship Fund – awarding 385 scholarships

Casey Fowler, a store manager at Rent One in Sikeston, Missouri, has formed a Facebook group called the RTO Boss Ladies. She says she formed this group for two main

Although the recent economic downturn is presenting challenges for small and medium-sized businesses of all types, there is also good news in the form of two federal programs providing financial

The Main Street Lending Program recently changed its loan requirements to include a lowered minimum loan amount, a raised maximum loan limit, an adjusted principal repayment schedule beginning after two

June 9, 2020 – After an economic lockdown put many retail businesses across the U.S. on hold for nearly three months, there is considerable evidence that rent-to-own transactions remained steady

Nationwide Marketing Group announced free CDC-approved training modules for retailers, called ShopSafe. As many rent-to-own stores reopen and become even more accessible to the public, shops that complete the complimentary

On Mother’s Day, RNR Tire Express continued its tradition of an annual car giveaway to one special mother. From the end of April, RNR communities had the opportunity to nominate

May 22, 2020, Washington, D.C. – The $3 trillion Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act passed May 15 by the U.S. House of Representatives is known as the