Rent-A-Center Names Eric McCartney Vice President of Fleet Management
PLANO, Texas, Jul 20, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ/NGS:RCII), the nation's largest rent-to-own operator, today announced the appointment of Eric McCartney to vice president of fleet management. Reporting to Dave West, executive vice president of operational services, McCartney is charged with developing and implementing the strategy for design requirements, replacing and reselling, fleet maintenance and fuel programs for Rent-A-Center's fleet of vehicles. "Eric has done an exceptional job managing a fleet of more than 6,400 vehicles that support our store and product-service operations," said West.
A native of Plano, Texas, McCartney began his career with Rent-A-Center in January 1997 in store operations. In January 1999, McCartney moved to Rent-A-Center's corporate headquarters as fleet manager. In 2007 he was promoted to director of fleet.
Rent-A-Center, Inc., headquartered in Plano, Texas, currently operates approximately 3,000 company-owned stores nationwide and in Canada and Puerto Rico. The stores offer high-quality, durable goods such as major consumer electronics, appliances, computers, furniture and accessories under flexible rental-purchase agreements that generally allow the customer to obtain ownership of the merchandise at the conclusion of an agreed upon rental period. ColorTyme, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rent-A-Center, is a national franchiser of approximately 215 rent-to-own stores operating under the trade name of "ColorTyme."
SOURCE: Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Xavier Dominicis, 972-801-1988
Cell: 214-708-7980
Xavier.Dominicis@Rentacenter.com