Intangible Assets and Acquisitions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Intangible Assets And Acquisitions (Tables) [Abstract]

Amortizable intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):



		December 31, 2013				December 31, 2012
	Avg. Life (years)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Non-compete agreements	3	$	6,337	$	6,102	$	6,104	$	6,098
Customer relationships	2	74,799		71,899		71,816		70,001
Vendor relationships	11	7,538		1,704		7,538		1,136
Total		$	88,674	$	79,705	$	85,458	$	77,235

Aggregate Amortization Expense

Aggregate amortization expense (in thousands):



Year Ended December 31, 2013	$	3,559
Year Ended December 31, 2012	$	4,668
Year Ended December 31, 2011	$	4,285

Estimated Amortization Expense

Estimated amortization expense, assuming current intangible balances and no new acquisitions, for each of the years ending December 31, is as follows (in thousands):



	Estimated Amortization Expense
2014	$	2,704
2015	1,491
2016	644
2017	568
2018	445
Thereafter	3,117
	$	8,969

Changes in Recorded Goodwill

A summary of the changes in recorded goodwill follows (in thousands):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2013			2012
Gross balance as of January 1,	$	1,344,665		$	1,339,125
Additions from acquisitions	28,282			6,874
Goodwill impairments and write-offs related to stores sold or closed	(9,038		)	(1,221		)
Post purchase price allocation adjustments	640			(113		)
Balance as of the end of the period	$	1,364,549		$	1,344,665

Acquisitions

The following table provides information concerning the acquisitions made during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.



	Year Ended December 31,
	2013		2012		2011
	(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Number of stores acquired remaining open	47		6		26
Number of stores acquired that were merged with existing stores	38		31		71
Number of kiosk locations acquired	—		—		5
Number of transactions	47		19		19
Total purchase price	$	41,236	$	13,258	$	26,747
Amounts allocated to:
Goodwill	$	28,282	$	6,874	$	18,755
Non-compete agreements	235		—		10
Customer relationships	2,959		1,160		2,843
Rental merchandise	11,843		4,380		6,023
Property and other assets	910		845		—
Liabilities assumed	—		—		(884		)