Intangible Assets and Acquisitions Intangible Assets and Acquisitions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

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

Amortizable intangible assets consist of the following:

		December 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
(Dollar amounts in thousands)	Avg. Life (years)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Customer relationships	2	$	80,036	$	79,941	$	79,942	$	79,695
Vendor relationships	9	9,760		1,113		860		860
Non-compete agreements	3	6,747		6,727		6,745		6,493
Total other intangible assets		$	96,543	$	87,781	$	87,547	$	87,048

Aggregate Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Aggregate amortization expense (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31, 2019	$	723
Year Ended December 31, 2018	$	671
Year Ended December 31, 2017 (1)	$	4,908

⁽¹⁾ Includes impairment charge of $3.9 million to our intangible assets, related to a vendor relationship in the Preferred Lease segment, recorded to Other (gains) and charges in our consolidated statement of operations 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
2020	$	1,031
2021	906
2022	890
2023	890
2024	890
Thereafter	4,155
Total amortization expense	$	8,762

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

A summary of the changes in recorded goodwill follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2019			2018
Beginning goodwill balance	$	56,845		$	56,614
Additions from acquisitions	13,700			169
Post purchase price allocation adjustments	(328		)	62
Ending goodwill balance	$	70,217		$	56,845

Merchants Preferred acquisition [Table Text Block]

Assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with the acquisition have been recorded at their fair values. The following table provides the final estimated fair values of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date:

(in thousands)	August 13, 2019
Receivables	$	1,813
Prepaid expenses and other assets	154
Rental merchandise	17,904
Software	4,300
Right of use operating leases	404
Other intangible assets	8,900
Goodwill	13,403
Lease liabilities	(487		)
Net identifiable assets acquired	$	46,391

Acquisitions [Table Text Block]

The following table provides information concerning the other acquisitions, excluding Merchants Preferred, made during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017.

	Year Ended December 31,
(Dollar amounts in thousands)	2019		2018		2017
Number of stores acquired remaining open	—		1		—
Number of stores acquired that were merged with existing stores	4		6		8
Number of transactions	4		7		4
Total purchase price	$	504	$	2,048	$	2,547
Amounts allocated to:
Goodwill	$	66	$	169	$	1,217
Customer relationships	85		289		550
Rental merchandise	353		1,590		780