timeline

APRO commissions Trenholm Research for its second Potential Customer Survey. The survey studies the perception of the rent-to-own industry by those customers who fit the rent-to-own demographics but do not

The Wall Street Journal publishes two fairly favorable articles on the RTO industry and its struggle for definition.

APRO Employee of the Year, Anthony Robinson from Rent-A-Center in Lakewood, CO is honored at the APRO convention in Reno, NV.

APRO Customer of the Year, Donna Brown from Baber’s in Tupelo, MS is honored at the APRO convention in Reno, NV.

RTO industry founding father, Ernie Talley dies.

APRO launches its APRO Scholarship Foundation.

The Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act by Sen. Mary Landrieu is introduced in the Senate. The bill ends up with 27 co-sponsors.

The Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act by Rep. Walter Jones is introduced in the House. The bill ends up with 95 co-sponsors.

APRO’s print newsletter, View, ceases publication and is replaced by APRO’s first online publication, Rental Viewpoint.

RTO bill passes the full House of Representatives by a vote of 215 to 201. The bill dies in the Senate, but leaves the industry with momentum.