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Aaron's Outdoors Takes Michael Waltrip on First-Ever Wild Boar Hunt;
Exclusive Michael Waltrip Photos |
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Feds Approve CORT Acquisition of Aaron's Corporate Furnishings
Division |
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Aaron's Raises Dividend 6.3% |
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Aaron's Same Store Sales Up 5.7%; Takes Hit on 2009 Estimates |
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KBII and Aaron's Luck
Dog 22 Finish Season in Top 10 ARCA/Remax |
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KBII Receives Minor Injuries After Aaron's Lucky Dog Fiery Crash |
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Michael Waltrip to Launch MWR Branded Wheels for RIMCO |
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Aarons Sells Corporate Furnishings Division to CORT for $72 Million |
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Waltrip, Reutimann to Share Aaron's Dream Machine in 2009 |
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Aaron Rents Names Steven Michaels VP Finance |
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Ken Butler Named COO of Aaron Rents |
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Pocono Finish Brings Aaron's KBIII Back to ARCA Top 10 |
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Aaron Rents Reports Same Store Sales Up 4.1% |
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Aaron's Alters the Landscape of the RTO Industry |
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Robin Loudermilk Takes CEO Spot at Aarons |
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Showcase Converts to Aarons; Robert Briley Expands Texas Operation |
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Aaron
Rents Sports and Talladega; The Greatest Show in NASCAR |
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Miguel Angeles Wins Aaron's PT Rodeo Final; Dream Weekend Kicks Off in Talladega |
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Aaron's PT Rodeo Finals Today
at Noon |
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Aaron Rents Q1 Net Falls; Same Store Sales Up 2.6% |
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Aaron's Talladega Dream Weekend, PT Rodeo Finals Set for Next Week |
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Aaron's Founder Charlie Loudermilk to Unveil Tribute to Andrew Young |
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KBIII Returns to Salem in Aaron's Dream Machine |
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What Rental Customers Want; On Time and Hot |
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Karl Huchthausen, Kevin Wood Take Aaron's 2007 Managers of the Year; New podcasts |
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2000 Aaron's Pros Kickoff Survivor 2008; Interview with Aaron's VP Joe Fedorchak |
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Aaron's Set For Next Week's National Managers Meeting |
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Aaron Rents Reports Same Store Sales Increase; Earnings Drop in Q4 |
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Aaron Rents Earnings Webcast Set For Wednesday February 20 |
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Aaron Rents New Store Drag, Reduced Same Store Sales Hurt Q4 Earnings; Lowers Guidance |
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Aaron Rents Promotes Paul A. Doize to Vice President, Real Estate Aaron's Sales & Lease Ownership Division |
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Aaron's Pro Challenge Champions Honored at Awards Banquet |
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Aarons Promotes John Trainor to Vice President, Information Technology For Sales and Lease Ownership Division |
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Aaron Rents Increases Dividend, Stock Repurchase |
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Aaron Rents
Same Store Sales Up 4%; Profit Drops 8% |
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Only In America; Video Interview With Aaron Rents Founder
Charlie Loudermilk |
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Aaron's
Mid American Operations Unit; Leaning Forward Hair On Fire |
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Aarons
Store Count Grows 50% In Three Years; Largest Ever Grand Opening
Of 1500th Location Begins Today In Mansfield, Texas |
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Aarons To Celebrate 1500th Location This Weekend |
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Aaron
Rents Acquires Prime Time Rentals 33 Stores |
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Aaron
Rents Warns; Revises 2007 Store Opening Plans |
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Aaron Rents Reports 5% Same Store Sales Growth
In Q2 |
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Stratford
Connecticut Aaron’s And Bridgeport Police Join Forces to Support
Special Olympics |
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Aaron's
Franchisee Sayre Expands In Texas; Acquires Two Easy Rent
Locations |
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Aaron
Sales and Lease Ownership Partners with Bill Elliott Racing |
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Rubbin Is
Racin; Ken Butler III Takes First ARCA Win After Controversial
Bump |
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Gentlemen Start Your Marketing; Aaron's Wraps Successful
Talladega Dream Weekend |
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Joshua Edwards
Wins Aaron's PT Rodeo; Named Best
of the Best In Aaron's System; Company Announces Expanded
Commitment To Victory Junction |
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Aaron's PT Rodeo Today; Company Preps For
Talladega Dream Weekend |
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Aaron's
Sales And Lease Ownership Same Store Sales Jump 9.3% |
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Podcast Interview With Ken Butler, President, Aaron's Sales and
Lease Ownership |
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Aaron's Sales and Lease Ownership Wraps Conference; Emmitt Smith
Keynotes |
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Cole Flynn, Kevin Wood Named Aaron's Managers of
the Year |
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Aaron Rents Kicks Off 2007 Managers Meeting With Jamfest; Four Podcast Interviews |
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Over 2,000 Expected At Next Week's Aaron's
Managers Meeting |
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Rent-N-Roll,
Aaron's Ranked Among Top US Franchises |
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Aaron Rents
Reports Same Store Sales Up 7.2%; Q4 Lease Revenue Up 17% |
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Aaron's Ups
Stake In Hooters Pro Cup Racing; Company To Be Title Sponsor In
2007 |
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Kelly
Sayre Converts Alliance Rental To Aaron's Sales and Lease
Ownership |
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Aaron's Founder Honored By University of North
Carolina; Aaron's Promotes D. Chad Strickland to VP Employee
Relations |
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Aaron's
Names Former Home Depot Exec Vice President, General Counsel |
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Aaron’s Donates Computers to Help Unique Charity for Abandoned
Children |
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Aaron Rents Same Store Sales Up 6.9% |
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Reutimann Heads To California In Aaron's Dream machine; Still In
Contention For Top 10 Finish |
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Reutimann Wins Seat In Dream Machine |
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Aaron
Rents Pontiac Cracks Up On Lap 160 At Peach State; Ken Butler
III Prepares For Madison |
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Aarons Names Atlanta Architect To Board of
Directors |
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Aaron Rents Same Store Revenues Up 9.1%; To
Open 350 Locations In Next 18 Months |
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Aaron's Takes Dream Machine Concept Fishing; Sponsors Janet Parker
In Women's Bassmaster Tour |
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Long Running Aaron's Ad Campaign Comes To Climactic Close This
Weekend At Martinsville; Darrell Waltrip To Drive
Dream Machine |
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Rent-A-Center Acquires Aaron's Puerto Rico
Locations |
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Father Son Aaron's Franchisees Joe and Ben Bost Celebrate Customers;
Host
Three USAR Pro Cup Series Drivers at autograph session |
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Aaron’s Associates Show Support for U.S.
Troops; Company Puts Marketing Muscle Behind “Red Friday”
Campaign |
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David
Reutimann Earns Second Top Ten Busch Series Finish in a Row for
Aaron’s Dream Machine |
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Aaron Rents
Wraps Successful AFL Season; Company Sees Benefits Of National
Exposure In Growing Sport |
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Pro Challenge
Racing Feeling Exposure Boost from Aaron’s |
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Aaron Rents
Announces Exercise of Overallotment Option |
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Darrell Waltrip
To
Unveil His Own No. 99 Aaron’s Dream Machine This Weekend |
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Aaron’s Builds In-House Television Studio To Streamline
Communications With Franchisees |
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Maine
Entrepreneur Signs Three Store Deal With Aaron's |
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Johnny Brinson Wins Aaron's PT Rodeo; Named Best Product
Technician In Aaron's Franchise |
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Aaron Rents Reports
Q1 Same Store Sales Up 10.7%; Record Revenue |
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Aaron’s Sports Marketing
Readies For
Talladega Weekend |
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Who's The Best Product Technician In The Aaron's Franchise?
Company's Annual PT Rodeo Championship To Be held This Weekend
In Talladega |
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6-year Old Boy Wins Dream Machine Coloring Contest; Boy's
Design To Be Used On Michael Waltrip's No. 99 |
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Aaron Rents Presentation at SunTrust
Robinson Humphrey Conference To Be Webcast |
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Waltrip's Aaron’s Dream Machine To Wear University of Texas
Paint Scheme |
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NASCAR SURPRISE; Darrell “D.W.” Waltrip To
Drive Aaron’s Dream Machine At Martinsville |
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Tony Rodriguez, Aaron's Top Company Store
Manager, Takes Delivery Of His
1955 Chevy Prize |
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Aaron’s
Franchise Manager of the Year 1955 Chevy Prize
To Father As Payback For College |
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Eagle Pass,
Texas and Pinellas Park, Florida Named Aaron's Best
Overall Stores Of The Year for 2005; Managers Alfonso Trevino
and Tony Rodriguez take home 55 Chevy's as prize |
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Ken Butler; Keep It Simple And Do The Math |
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True
Believer; Regional Manager Henri Rogers Says Team And Program
Are Key To Aaron's Growth |
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Aaron's
National Managers Meeting Kicks Off In Nashville; Atlanta Falcon
Cheerleaders Help Celebrate Company's 50th Year |
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2,000
Head To Nashville For Aaron Rents Manager's Conference |
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RTO Online
To Provide Daily Coverage From RentDirect Buying Show In Las
Vegas and Aaron Rents National Managers Meeting In Nashville |
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Aaron Rents Reports
Same Store Revenues Up 11.5%; Revenues Up 19% for Year; Sets
Goal Of 2000 Stores In Near Term |
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Hay Dad, Can I Borrow The Car; Ken III and Bret Butler, Sons
of Aaron's President Ken Butler, Make Waves In The Aaron's
Dream Machine |
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Aaron
Rents Names Braves GM John Schuerholz to Board of Directors |
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Indiana Man Wins Aaron’s 50th Anniversary Sweepstakes; Takes
Home ’55 Chevy |
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Aaron Rents Acquires
19 Rent-A-Center Stores For $4.4 Million |
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Aaron’s Helps NFL Players Make Dreams Come
True for Deserving Single Moms; St. Louis Ram Torry Holt
surprises Missouri mother of 4
with complete house of furniture |
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Aaron Rents Names
Christopher M. Champion VP, General Counsel |
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Aaron Rents Same Store Revenues Up 8.4%;
Earnings Impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita |
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Aaron Rents Acquires Six New England Franchised Stores |
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Aaron Rents To Give 30 Deserving Kids VIP
Treatment At This Weekend's IROC |
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Aaron's
Guarantees Displaced Workers Jobs |
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Aaron Rents
Says Damage To Operations From Katrina "Significant"; Company
earmarks $200k for employee assistance |
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Aaron Rents
Secures Canadian Franchise Financing |
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Paul Doize
and Steven Michaels Named VPs of Aaron's Sales and Lease
Ownership Division |
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Aaron Rents Acquires Six California Franchise
Stores |
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Aaron Rents Reports Same Store Revenues Up
7.3%; Earnings Guidance Raised |
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Aaron Rents Completes $60
Million Private Debt Placement |
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Aaron's Associates Raise $100,000 for Victory
Junction Gang; Aaron's Dream Machine driver Michael Waltrip
makes $1 million donation |
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Aaron Rents
Announces Monthly Sweepstakes Winners |
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Aaron Rents Acquires 'Rent-2-Own' |
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Aaron Rents Acquires Ten
Franchised Stores |
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Aaron’s
Sales & Lease Ownership Extends Sponsorship Of NASCAR At Talladega |
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Aaron Rents Reports
Same Store Revenues Up 8.3%; Raises Forecast for Year |
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Aaron's Ken
Butler to Charlie Loudermilk; We'll add as many stores in the next five
years as it took us the previous fifty years to open |
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Aaron's 50th Anniversary
Sweepstakes Drives Toward Halfway Mark |
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Aaron Rents Acquires New York Franchisee for
$7.3 million |
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Aaron Rents Reports Same Store Revenues Up
8.0% |
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Aaron Rents
Directors Declare Dividend |
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Aaron Rents To Webcast Q4 Conference Call |
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Aaron Rents CEO Named To
Business Hall Of Fame;
Induction Scheduled For May |
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Aaron Rents Names Michael
W. Jarnagin Vice President, Manufacturing |
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Aaron's Opens 1,000th Location;
Store Count Rises at Record Pace |
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Aaron Rents Forms Two
New Divisions; Announces Management Changes |
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Aaron Rents Acquires Nine
Michigan Franchise Stores |
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Aaron's Community OutReach Program (ACORP) To
Host International Students At Atlanta Motor Speedway |
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Aaron Rents
To Webcast Q3 Conference Call |
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Aaron’s Breaks Ground for 1,000th
Store; Site Chosen For Symbolism |
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Aaron Rents
Names Mark Rudnick VP Lease
Ownership Division; Boggan To Head Merchandising and
Distribution |
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Aaron Rents Acquires 25 Home
Express Stores |
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Aaron's
Rents Franchisee Adds 600 Customers With "Christmas
In July" Promotion; Breaks Net Revenue Record |
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Aaron Rents Moves To Quarterly Cash Dividends; Doubles Annual Payout
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Aaron Rents Reports Record Second Quarter;
Same Store Revenues up 14.7%; Raises Outlook for Year |
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Aaron Rents Declares
Another 3-for-2 Stock Split |
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Aaron Rents Schedules Q2 Conference Call |
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Aaron Rents Names Kevin J. Hrvatin Vice President, Western Operations, Sales &
Lease Ownership Division |
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Aaron
Rents Acquires Easy Way; Strong to Retire |
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Aaron
Rents Reports Record Q1; Same Store Sales Up 13.7% |
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Charlie Loudermilk To Fund Project Honoring Andrew Young |
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Aaron Rents to Add 800 Employees In 2004 To
Staff 140 New Stores |
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SEI/Aaron's Acquires Rent-n-Go;
Ends Companion Family 22 Year Run as Vermont Dealers |
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Breaking News:
Aaron Rents Partners With Dell To Serve Credit Rejected
Consumers |
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Aaron Rents Reports Record
Revenues; Exceeds $1Billion In 2003 |
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Aaron
Rents Listed As "Top Franchisor" In New Online Georgia Encyclopedia |
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Aaron Rents to Realize $5.5 Million Gain
on Rent-A-Center Purchase of Rainbow Rentals |
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Aaron's
President Heads Group To Install Surveillance Cameras |
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Aaron Rents Schedules Q4 Year End Conference Call |
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Aaron Rents Founder Donates $3 Million To
Local Hospital |
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Aaron Rents Rejoins APRO After 5 Year Absence |
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Aaron Rents Franchises 31 Rosey Rentals
Stores; Awards Additional Franchise Territory |
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Aaron Rents
Sees No Impact From Child Tax Credits; Customer Count Up 10% for Quarter |
Aaron
Rents to Enter Canadian Market;
Opening Franchise Stores in Ontario |
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Aaron Rents Acquires Eight More Franchise Stores |
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Aaron
Rents Seeking to Buy Back Franchises |
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Aaron Rents Reports Record Q2; Same Store Sales Up 11.3%; Announces
Acquisition of Showplace |
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Aaron Rents
Declares 3 for 2 Stock Split |
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Aaron
Rents Names Michael P. Ryan Vice President, Northern Operations |
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Aaron
Rents, Inc. Acquires 37 Rental Stores |
Flash
Aaron Rents Acquires Ace
Locations |
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Aaron Rents Elects David L. Kolb Director |
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Aaron Rents Declares Dividend |
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Aaron
Rents Reports Record Q1 Revenues and Earnings |
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Aaron
Rents Picks DigiTerra to Implement Lawson AR/Billing and Procurements... |
Aaron Rents
Confirms Q1 Guidance
Will Close/Merge Some Sight & Sound Stores |
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Aaron
Rents Annual Shareholders Meeting |
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Aaron Rents Franchisee to Open Second Spokane Location |
Aaron
Rents Conference Call Summary
Investors concerned with Sight and Sound |
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Aaron
Rents Reports Record Q4, 2002 Revenue; Expects 2003 to Exceed $1 Billion |
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Aaron Stock
Down Despite Earnings |
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Aaron
Rents Creates New Division, Names Bert Hanson VP |
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Aaron Rents Names Kevin Leary Director of Sight & Sound |
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Aarons Re-Affirms 2002 Guidance |
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Aaron Rents Ups Stake in Rainbow Rentals to 8% |
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BB&T Capital Markets Upgrades Aaron Rents to
Strong Buy |
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Aaron Rents, Inc. Elects Ray M. Robinson as
Director |
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Aaron Rents Declares Dividend |
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Ken Butler Accuses Rent Way of "...misleading
public and investors" |
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Aaron Rents reports Q3 Results...Same Store
Revenues up 13% |
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Aaron Rents Buys 5% of Rainbow Rentals |
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 Thousands of
Aaron's employees competed at various locations around the
country in the months leading up to the finals in tasks such as
loading and unloading a truck, driving quickly and accurately
through an obstacle course and completing a written exam.
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Reigning PT Rodeo champion Johnny
Brinson (left) with actor Will Ferrell. |
Aaron's Sales and Lease Ownership's (RNT)
annual PT
(Product Technician) Rodeo Finals will be held today In
Talladega, Alabama at
the Talladega Superspeedway, cite of this weekends Aaron's 499.
Aaron's Training Department hosts the
PT Rodeo to demonstrate and reward the vital role that product
technicians play within the company.
Thousands of Aaron's employees competed at various locations
around the country in the months leading up to the finals in
tasks such as loading and unloading a truck, driving quickly and
accurately through an obstacle course and completing a written
exam on Aaron’s product, service and repair knowledge.
Johnny Brinson, crowned the best Product Technician (PT) in the
Aaron's franchise in 2006, is the reigning champion. Brinson bested more than
3,000 other product technicians to win last year's title. Among
other prizes, Brinson waved the green flag as Honorary
Starter for the 2006 Aaron’s
499.
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visit www.rtoonline.com
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