Named to Training magazine’s Top-125 List
PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2015--
Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ/NGS: RCII) was named to Training magazine’s
annual list of 125 organizations recognized for preeminent training and
development processes. This marks the second consecutive year the
nation’s largest rent-to-own operator has received this recognition.
Ranking 37th, Rent-A-Center was also one of five companies singled out
in a category dubbed “Outstanding Training Initiatives.”
Tied to last year’s launch of smartphone sales across Rent-A-Center’s
3000-plus stores, Rent-A-Center’s initiative enabled fourth-quarter
smartphones sales to account for over seven percent of the company’s
core U.S. store revenues.
Rent-A-Center’s ranking validates initiatives recently launched across
its 22,000-plus workforce.
Chief among these initiatives were the implementation of a fresh
new-hire training program in the U.S. and Mexico and the rollout of an
integrated Talent Management System.
“New-hire training continues to prove central to optimizing our customer
experience,” said Trey Chapman, vice president of training and
development. “The recognition is gratifying and strengthens our resolve
around our realizing continued improvements on the training front.”
Rent-A-Center, Inc., headquartered in Plano, Texas, is the largest
rent-to-own operator in North America, focused on improving the quality
of life for its customers by providing them the opportunity to obtain
ownership of high-quality, durable products such as consumer
electronics, appliances, computers, furniture and accessories, under
flexible rental purchase agreements with no long-term obligation. The
Company owns and operates approximately 3,000 stores in the United
States, Mexico, Canada and Puerto Rico, and approximately 1,400
Acceptance Now kiosk locations in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Rent-A-Center Franchising International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of the Company, is a national franchiser of approximately 190
rent-to-own stores operating under the trade names of "Rent-A-Center",
"ColorTyme", and "RimTyme". For additional information about the
Company, please visit our website at www.rentacenter.com.
Source: Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Xavier Dominicis, 972-801-1988
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