| 词条 | Aaron's, Inc. |
| 释义 |
| name = Aaron's, Inc. | logo = Aaron's, Inc. logo.svg | type = Public | traded_as = {{nyse|AAN}} S&P 400 Component | foundation = {{start date and age|1955|6|19}} | founder = R. Charles Loudermilk | hq_location_city = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | area_served = North America | key_people = {{ubl | {{nowrap|John W. Robinson, III}} | {{nowrap|(Director & CEO)}} | {{nowrap|Steven A. Michaels (CFO)}}}} | industry = Furniture | products = Furniture rental Rent-to-own | subsid = Progressive Leasing | revenue = {{nowrap|{{increase}} US$ 3.21 billion (2016)[1]}} | operating_income = {{nowrap|{{increase}} US$ 242.68 million (2016)[1]}} | net_income = {{nowrap|{{increase}} US$ 139.28 million (2016)[1]}} | assets = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} US$ 2.62 billion (2016)[1]}} | equity = {{nowrap|{{increase}} US$ 1.48 billion (2016)[1]}} | num_employees = 11,900[2] | num_employees_year = 2017 | homepage = {{url|aarons.com}} }} Aaron's, Inc. is a lease-to-own retailer. The company focuses on leases and retail sales of furniture, electronics, appliances, and computers. In 2014, Aaron's completed the acquisition of Progressive Finance, increasing their market share in both the traditional rent-to-own (RTO) industry and the emerging virtual rent-to-own (RTO) space.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}} The acquisition supports the Company's strategy to address credit-challenged customers' changing needs for acquiring home furniture, electronics and appliances as the consumer population leans more toward a multi-channel acquisition of goods and services. In April 2016 Aaron's, Inc. set the Guinness World Record for the largest "game" of tumbling mattress dominoes. This game was set up using over 1,000 people and mattresses.[3] Locations{{As of|2016|December|31}}, Aaron's, Inc. has 1,864 stores: 1,165 Company-operated stores and 699 independently owned and operated franchised stores in 48 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada.[4]HistoryAaron Rents, Inc. was founded by R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr. in 1955.[5] In September 2008, Aaron's announced the sale of its Corporate Furnishings division to CORT Business Services, part of Berkshire Hathaway. Aaron's Corporate Furnishings division, which operated 47 stores, recorded revenues of approximately $99 million in 2007.[6] Within the last quarter of 2012 Aaron's opened its 2000th store. In November 2014 Aaron’s announced that John W. Robinson III will take over the CEO position of the company from Ronald W. Allen.[7] In 2014, Aaron’s announced plans to reshape its core business by focusing on same store revenue growth, enhancing Aaron's online platform, driving cost efficiencies, moderating new store growth, and strengthening the franchise network. The Company's online strategy included the rollout of an e-commerce platform in 2015. ControversyIn February 2013, customers sued Aaron's for allegedly using spyware on rented computers to send over 185,000 emails to the rental company, including customers' Social Security numbers, passwords and captured keystrokes, as well as explicit images.[8] Aaron's, Inc. officials had previously said that the company had not installed the spyware, and individual franchisees were responsible.[8] In October 2013, Aaron's agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that limited how it used monitoring technology and ordered it to delete customer information that had been improperly collected.[9] Sponsorships
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706688/000070668817000030/a10k4q2016.htm|title=US SEC: Form 10-K Aaron's, Inc.|publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission|accessdate=January 17, 2018}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/fortune500/aarons/|title=Aaron’s|website=Fortune|access-date=2019-02-15}} 3. ^http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2016/4/video-largest-human-mattress-dominoes-world-record-gets-toppled-in-the-us-423920 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://investor.aarons.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=104698&p=IROL-secToc&TOC=aHR0cDovL2FwaS50ZW5rd2l6YXJkLmNvbS9vdXRsaW5lLnhtbD9yZXBvPXRlbmsmaXBhZ2U9ODc0NzQ2MSZzdWJzaWQ9NTc%3d&ListAll=1&sXBRL=1|title=SEC Filings|work=aarons.com}} 5. ^{{cite news | title= Aaron Rents, Inc. Changes Name to Aaron's, Inc. | work= PR Newswire | date= April 14, 2009 | accessdate= 2011-05-04 | url= http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=104698&p=irol-newsArticle_print&ID=1275980 | publisher= CCBN/Thomson Reuters| quote=Founded in 1955 by entrepreneur R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr. and headquartered in Atlanta, Aaron's has been publicly traded since 1982. }} 6. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS104182+15-Sep-2008+PRN20080915 | title=Aaron Rents, Inc. Sells Aaron's Corporate Furnishings Division to CORT Business Services | date=2008-09-15 | agency=Reuters}} 7. ^{{cite web|last1=Seward|first1=Christopher|title=Aaron’s names John Robinson III as CEO|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/business/aarons-names-john-robinson-iii-as-ceo/nh4Zc/|website=AJC.com|accessdate=13 November 2014}} 8. ^1 {{cite news |title=185,000 spyware emails were sent to Aaron's computers |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/185-000-spyware-emails-were-sent-aarons-computers-1C8595813 |accessdate=March 6, 2013 |newspaper=NBC News |date=February 28, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301144333/http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/185-000-spyware-emails-were-sent-aarons-computers-1C8595813|archivedate=March 1, 2013}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Rental business Aaron's admits role in spying on customers|url=http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-10-23/rental-business-aarons-admits-role-spying-customers|accessdate=October 24, 2013|date=October 23, 2013|author=Leon Stafford}}
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