Intangible Assets and Acquisitions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Intangible Assets and Acquisitions [Abstract]

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



		December 31, 2015				December 31, 2014
	Avg. Life (years)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Non-compete agreements	3	$	6,746	$	5,724	$	5,585	$	5,435
Customer relationships	2	78,887		76,830		76,299		74,182
Vendor relationships	11	7,538		2,840		7,538		2,272
Total		$	93,171	$	85,394	$	89,422	$	81,889

Aggregate Amortization Expense

Aggregate amortization expense (in thousands):



Year Ended December 31, 2015	$	3,333
Year Ended December 31, 2014	$	2,955
Year Ended December 31, 2013	$	2,491

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
2016	$	2,638
2017	1,089
2018	678
2019	678
2020	465
Thereafter	2,229
	$	7,777

Changes in Recorded Goodwill

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



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014
Beginning Balance	$	1,370,459		$	1,364,549
Additions from acquisitions	12,942			14,562
Goodwill impairments and write-offs related to stores sold or closed	(1,177,581		)	(8,458		)
Post purchase price allocation adjustments	302			(194		)
Ending Balance	$	206,122		$	1,370,459

Acquisitions

The following table provides information concerning the acquisitions made during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013.



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
	(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Number of stores acquired remaining open	5		6		47
Number of stores acquired that were merged with existing stores	34		13		38
Number of transactions	24		26		47
Total purchase price	$	25,488	$	26,653	$	44,229
Amounts allocated to:
Goodwill	$	12,942	$	14,562	$	28,282
Non-compete agreements	1,166		—		235
Customer relationships	2,625		1,525		2,959
Rental merchandise	8,755		9,731		11,843
Property and other assets	—		835		910