{"id":4165,"date":"2014-08-28T08:36:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T08:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=4165"},"modified":"2014-08-28T08:36:57","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T08:36:57","slug":"company-snapshot-rent-a-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2014\/08\/company-snapshot-rent-a-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Snapshot: Rent-A-Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rent-A-Center Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Address:<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>5501 Headquarters Dr
\nPlano, TX 75024-5845<\/p>\n

Phone:<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>972-801-1100<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>www.RentACenter.com<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Year Founded:<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>1986<\/p>\n

Total stores:<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>4,625<\/p>\n

Total Sales:<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>$3,104,183,000<\/p>\n

Senior Executives:<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Mark\u00a0E.\u00a0Speese- Chairman of the Board (Since 2001)
\nRobert\u00a0D.\u00a0Davis- CEO
\nMitchell\u00a0E.\u00a0Fadel- President, COO<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rent-A-Center Inc. is a multifaceted retailer which bases its mission on the proposition of offering its customers an opportunity to obtain quality necessities, primarily furniture and electronics, on a rent-to-own basis.\u00a0 This focuses on consumers with financial or credit restrictions who seek to modestly enjoy the American way of life within their means.<\/p>\n

Rent-A-Center offers customers an option to try a product on an affordable rental basis.<\/p>\n

They then have the options to upgrade or change to a newer model with little additional financial stress.\u00a0 The customer always has the choice to save money in the long run and arrange to purchase products outright.\u00a0 Rent-A-Center offers free service and delivery with no down payment or credit report required.<\/p>\n

Since the company\u2019s founding in 1986, the company has grown from a base of 16 stores to an ever growing cadre covering the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico.\u00a0 As listed in Chain Store Guide\u2019s proprietary database, the company operates through several trade names, based on offerings, nationality and a number of acquisitions through the years.<\/p>\n

Rent-A-Center is ever seeking to freshen and update its product offerings.\u00a0 This year has seen an impressive merchandising push to promote its impressive new line of smartphones based on no-contract calling plans.\u00a0\u00a0 Plans are offered through several leading, nationwide wireless service providers.\u00a0 Wireless devices include the latest by Samsung including the newest Galaxy and Note models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rent-A-Center Inc. Address: 5501 Headquarters Dr Plano, TX 75024-5845 Phone: 972-801-1100 Website: www.RentACenter.com Year Founded: 1986 Total stores: 4,625 Total Sales: $3,104,183,000 Senior Executives: Mark\u00a0E.\u00a0Speese- Chairman of the Board (Since 2001) Robert\u00a0D.\u00a0Davis- CEO Mitchell\u00a0E.\u00a0Fadel- President, COO \u00a0 Rent-A-Center Inc. is a multifaceted retailer which bases its mission on the proposition of offering its customers an… Continue reading Company Snapshot: Rent-A-Center<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-4165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-hardware","tag-snapshot","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}