Intangible Assets and Acquisitions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Intangible Assets and Acquisitions [Abstract]

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



		December 31, 2014				December 31, 2013
	Avg. Life (years)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Non-compete agreements	3	$	5,585	$	5,435	$	6,337	$	6,102
Customer relationships	2	76,299		74,182		74,799		71,899
Vendor relationships	11	7,538		2,272		7,538		1,704
Total		$	89,422	$	81,889	$	88,674	$	79,705

Aggregate Amortization Expense

Aggregate amortization expense (in thousands):



Year Ended December 31, 2014	$	2,955
Year Ended December 31, 2013	$	3,559
Year Ended December 31, 2012	$	4,668

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
2015	$	2,365
2016	1,038
2017	568
2018	445
2019	445
Thereafter	2,672
	$	7,533

Changes in Recorded Goodwill

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



	Year Ended December 31,
	2014			2013
Balance as of January 1,	$	1,364,549		$	1,344,665
Additions from acquisitions	14,562			28,282
Goodwill impairments and write-offs related to stores sold or closed	(8,458		)	(9,038		)
Post purchase price allocation adjustments	(194		)	640
Balance as of the end of the period	$	1,370,459		$	1,364,549

Acquisitions

The following table provides information concerning the acquisitions made during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012.



	Year Ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
	(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Number of stores acquired remaining open	6		47		6
Number of stores acquired that were merged with existing stores	13		38		31
Number of transactions	26		47		19
Total purchase price	$	26,653	$	41,236	$	13,258
Amounts allocated to:
Goodwill	$	14,562	$	28,282	$	6,874
Non-compete agreements	—		235		—
Customer relationships	1,525		2,959		1,160
Rental merchandise	9,731		11,843		4,380
Property and other assets	835		910		845