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Rent-to-own News - Premier "Partners in Profitability" with dealers at annual retreat
“Partners in Profitability” is the theme for The Premier Companies Dealer Retreat taking place August 19-21 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Conference Center.
As financing and cash become tighter, creative ways to funding a store’s inventory have to be developed. Chris and Jay will share the program they have developed.
William Cuthbertson (Premier Rental-Purchase, Clarksville, TN) has been able to generate additional revenues for his store by offering Tax Services. He will discuss his Tax Service program. Corporate Rentals is a new and growing area for the Rent to Own industry. Chad & Jeffery Moody (Premier Rental-Purchase, Columbus, MS & Tuscaloosa, AL) will discuss how they have successfully integrated a Corporate Rental Program with their Rent to Own business.
Can You Have Tight Credit and Still Grow Your Store?
Scott Kinnear (Premier Rental-Purchase, Dayton, OH & 2010 Dealer of the Year) says yes and continues to grow his stores successfully. Scott will share and discuss how he is accomplishing this. Danny Sapien (Premier Rental-Purchase, Los Luna, NM) along with his hard working and talented team, celebrated a great accomplishment when they grew the store from $0 - $100k the first year! Danny will talk about how they achieved this.
The Premier Companies will kick off the Dealer Retreat with a special event Friday evening. “We’re excited to be able to offer a fun yet educational event for our dealers while providing them the convenience of attending the Nationwide PrimeTime! Buying Show” says Trooper Earle, President and CEO of The Premier Companies. “Partners in Profitability” is our theme this year and we have set out to provide our dealers just that - information to help them be profitable”.
The national office of The Premier Companies is located in Williamsburg, Virginia. Premier Brands consist of Premier Rental-Purchase, Premier Home Furnishings, Premier Wheel Workz, Premier Auto by Rent. All Premier stores are independently owned and operated. Visit Premier’s website at www.premierrents.net or call 800/2-Premier and ask for Trooper Earle.
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2012 APRO Convention and Trade Show July 24-26, Memphis, TN
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RTOHQ: The Magazine
RTOHQ: The Magazine is the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations' award-winning rent-to-own industry magazine, and it's available here. | |||
 CLICK HERE FOR OUR DIGITAL RTOHQ: THE MAGAZINE
RTOHQ: The Magazine’s upgraded digital format APRO's new, mobile-ready magazine is now available in addition to our print edition. The digital format provides the same informative content as our printed magazine, but also offers tools to make the reading experience more enriching. Access the table of contents page with one click or tap. Get additional information from advertisers by clicking on the links in their ads. The interface is easy to navigate and requires no special app—read our magazine on your computer, digital table or smartphone. Click here to access the digital version of RTOHQ: The Magazine March-April 2012.
A New Rent-to-Own Experience by Neil Ferguson Here’s the lowdown on APRO’s 2012 Convention and Trade Show, July 24-26 in Memphis. The RTO industry’s big event will offer many valuable experiences, including insights on how to turn your stores into “experiences”–the good kind for consumers
Who Is Your Competition? by Bill Keese In order to expand your customer base, you can learn a lot by observing your competitors. But first, you need to figure out just who they are. If you think your only competition is the rent-to-own store down the street, you’re not considering the bigger picture. APRO’s executive director offers a big-picture perspective.
A Review of Online Customer Complaints by Ed Winn III While rent-to-own companies have not cornered the market on negative reviews posted on consumer complaint websites, it’s no surprise that there are cyberspace beefs against RTO. APRO’s general counsel reviews some of them in search of a pattern and he considers appropriate response to online complaints.
Rent-to-Own Families, Part VIII by Kristen Card Our series of family-run rent-to-own businesses continues with profiles of the Homeiers in Kansas and two Texas-based sets of kindred colleagues, the Spangles and the Weisblatts.
Future issues of APRO's magazine will be available in this same new format. Click here to access past issues that are not yet archived in the new interface.
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