Rent-A-Center Opens Store in Petosky

August 25, 2011 at 12:09 PM EDT
Company Donates to Non-profits at Grand Opening Ceremony

PETOSKY, Mich., Aug 25, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Rent-A-Center Manager Shannon Sours and her five-person sales team are pleased to offer residents of Petosky an additional option when it comes to acquiring ownership of high-quality furniture, appliances, electronics and computers. "We are happy to be a part of the community and look forward to servicing the needs of our customers," said Sours. The new Rent-A-Center is located at 1315 Spring Street. The approximately 3,400-square-foot showroom features merchandise from brands such as Ashley, Serta, HP, Sony and Whirlpool.

Members of the community will welcome Rent-A-Center to the neighborhood at a grand-opening celebration on Saturday, August 27, at 10:00 a.m. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Rent-A-Center will present $1,000 donations to the Alanson Church of the Nazarene food pantry and the Mary Margaret House.

Rent-A-Center operates 106 locations in the state of Michigan. The store is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays.

Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ: RCII), headquartered in Plano, Texas, operates more than 3,000 stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico. The company employs over 19,000 coworkers. Learn more at www.rentacenter.com.

SOURCE: Rent-A-Center

Rent-A-Center
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