Rent-to-own News - RTO franchise meetings ramp up in January

Three of rent-to-own's largest franchise companies -- Premier, RNR Custom Wheels and Tires and ColorTyme -- will ring in the new year with annual conventions and business meetings this month.

Events kick off with the Premier Companies Annual 2011 Convention, Jan. 17-19, at the scenic Wild Horse Pass in Chandler, AZ.

The convention opens with a golf outing at the World Wind Golf Club Jan. 17.

Some six high level dealer workshops are scheduled over the three-day conference on topics both esoteric and global including a discussion on reaching the Hispanic market, "Relating, Not Translating: How to Market to U.S. Latinos" by marketing guru Kelly McDonald Jan. 19.

The five brands that comprise the Premier Companies include: Premier Rental-Purchase with more than 60 stores, Premier Home Furnishings with seven stores, Premier Wheel Workz with six stores and six co-branded locations, UGetcha Cash with two  co-branded locations and Premier Auto By Rent with one store location.

For more information, contact John Darden at 434/566-3652.
 

Register here.

Next up, it's RNR Custom Wheels and Performance Tires' seventh annual franchisee meeting at the Tampa Hilton Westshore in Tampa, Florida, Jan. 18-21.

The RNR Meeting will kick off with a Golf Tournament Jan. 18 and over the following days will feature a number of workshops where franchisees will network and pow wow on the latest industry trends in marketing, management and operations and procedures.

The meeting concludes with an RNR awards gala and dinner where the company's top franchisees and store managers are recognized.

See photo gallery of past RNR Meetings here.

Registrations can be made at the Tampa Hilton Airport Westshore 813/877-6688. The event code is RNR11 and the rate is $164/night.

RNR is the largest custom wheel and tire rental chain in the country with 70 stores in more than 20 states.

For more information contact Chanelle Washington, RNR Marketing Assistant at 813/977-9800 x 17; mobile: 813/420-2060.

The ColorTyme 2011 National Convention gears up Jan. 23-26 at the Embassy Suites in Frisco, Texas

The event, which includes a group outing to Main Event Jan. 24, will also honor individual stores, managers and franchise owners throughout the conference. See photos from last year's ColorTyme Convention here.

Register for the ColorTyme show here.


ColorTyme, founded in 1979, is America’s oldest franchisor of independently owned-and-operated rent-to-own stores. ColorTyme franchisees operate 195 rent-to-own stores in 33 states, and the company’s custom-wheels-and-tires franchise brand, RimTyme, operates 21 stores in 11 states.

ColorTyme is headquartered in Plano, Texas, and is an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of the largest RTO company in the world, Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ: RCII).

For more information, contact Rhonda Davis at 972/403-4945