RTO Online:
Bud Gates, Chairman and CEO of easygates, LLC, announced today that two more franchises are opening stores in the U.S. Both stores will open on April 4, 2009, one on South Congress in Austin, Texas and the other in the Geyer Springs Shopping Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The first US franchise store opened inOlathe, Kansas in November, 2008 (see story).
easyhome is Canada’s largest rent-to-own company. easygates has the exclusive rights to franchise or operate easyhome stores in the 36 states in the U.S., not bordering Canada.
“We are excited to be bringing the easyhome concept to two new markets,” Gates said. “Trent McKenzie and Chuck Siedlecki, our Austin Franchisees have put together a great team to develop central Texas. They have a track record of success and will do an outstanding job of representing the easyhome brand. Little Rock is a great market and Greg Wohler, Director of Operations, has also put together an outstanding team led by Store Manager, Rodney Dedman. The easyhome concept has proven to be very successful and we believe consumers in Little Rock and Austin will love the outstanding customer service they will experience at our stores.”
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