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Rent-to-own News - Rent-A-Center supports eight army garrisons
Rent-A-Center today announced its support of eight Army garrisons. The aid came in the form of furniture, electronics, computers and appliances. Valued at $200,000, the Rent-A-Center-supplied merchandise was delivered in coordination with the Army’s Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command. It builds on an initiative launched in 2010 through the office of the Secretary of the Army. Reflecting a cross section of the United States, the eight garrisons are: Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Polk, Louisiana; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Meade, Maryland; and Fort Jackson, South Carolina. A portion of the merchandise was earmarked for Soldier and Family Assistance Centers, which provide a variety of services to assist soldiers and their families with administrative and personal needs. Other key Army programs benefitted as well, including: the Army Community Services; Child, Youth and School Services; Survivor Outreach Services, Warriors in Transition Battalion Quarters, and Family Entertainment. “Rent-A-Center has long held the military in high esteem and has supported a variety of military related organizations through the years,” said Mark Speese, chairman and CEO of Rent-A-Center. “Supporting the courageous young men and women in the Army has been an incredibly rewarding experience for our coworkers.” In 2012 Rent-A-Center will expand its support of the military to include the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps.
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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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