Intangible Assets and Acquisitions Intangible Assets and Acquisitions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

Amortizable intangible assets consist of the following:



		December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017
(Dollar amounts in thousands)	Avg. Life (years)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Customer relationships	2	$	79,942	$	79,695	$	79,670	$	79,274
Vendor relationships	11	860		860		860		860
Non-compete agreements	3	6,745		6,493		6,748		6,262
Total other intangible assets		$	87,547	$	87,048	$	87,278	$	86,396

Aggregate Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Aggregate amortization expense (in thousands):



Year Ended December 31, 2018	$	671
Year Ended December 31, 2017 ⁽¹⁾	$	4,908
Year Ended December 31, 2016	$	2,176

⁽¹⁾Includes impairment charge of $3.9 million to our intangible assets, related to a vendor relationship, in the ANOW segment during the first quarter of 2017.

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

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
2019	$	451
2020	48
Thereafter	—
Total amortization expense	$	499

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

A summary of the changes in recorded goodwill follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2018		2017
Beginning goodwill balance	$	56,614	$	55,308
Additions from acquisitions	169		1,217
Post purchase price allocation adjustments	62		89
Ending goodwill balance	$	56,845	$	56,614

Acquisitions [Table Text Block]

The following table provides information concerning the acquisitions made during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016.



	Year Ended December 31,
(Dollar amounts in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Number of stores acquired remaining open	1		—		—
Number of stores acquired that were merged with existing stores	6		8		3
Number of transactions	7		4		3
Total purchase price	$	2,048	$	2,547	$	2,302
Amounts allocated to:
Goodwill	$	169	$	1,217	$	1,442
Non-compete agreements	—		—		—
Customer relationships	289		550		181
Rental merchandise	1,590		780		679