Acquisitions (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 17, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) store	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) store	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) store	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Deferred tax asset			$ 72,032	$ 82,886
Accrued liabilities			322,905	320,624
Accounts receivable, before allowance for credit loss			125,259	125,079
Allowance for doubtful accounts		$ 8,479	14,254	13,214	$ 8,479	$ 8,047
Operating expenses			1,859,393	1,930,994	1,954,473
Total revenues			3,992,413	4,245,392	4,583,451
Net (loss) earnings			(5,179)	12,357	134,940
Pro Forma
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Operating expenses					16,000
Rent-A-Center Business
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Aggregate cash consideration			39	995	278
Rental merchandise		248	$ 28	$ 854	$ 248
Number of stores acquired remaining open | store			0	1	1
Number of stores acquired that were merged with existing stores | store			1	4	0
Number of transactions | store			1	5	1
Rent-A-Center Business | Customer relationships
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Acquisition amounts allocated to finite-lived intangible assets			$ 11	$ 141	$ 30
Acima Holdings
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Description of acquired entity	Acima Holdings is a leading platform offering customers virtual lease-to-own solutions at the point-of-sale via web and mobile technology.
Equity interest issued (in shares) | shares	10,779,923
Aggregate cash consideration	$ 1,273,263
Aggregate purchase price	$ 1,394,192
Common stock price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 51.14
Aggregate stock consideration, subject to lockup agreements	$ 120,929
Receivables	25,255
Prepaid expenses and other assets	700
Rental merchandise	340,575
Property assets	171,455
Right of use operating leases	9,136
Deferred tax asset	28,559
Goodwill	219,530
Other intangible assets	520,000
Total assets acquired	1,315,210
Accounts payable - trade	16,023
Accrued liabilities	11,716
Lease liabilities	9,689
Deferred income taxes	(116,410)
Total liabilities assumed	(78,982)
Net identifiable assets acquired	(1,394,192)
Accounts receivable, before allowance for credit loss	61,600
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 34,700
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	8 years
Description of goodwill recognized	which consists of the excess of the net purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired. Goodwill represents expected cost and revenue synergies and other benefits expected to result within our retail partner business from the acquisition of Acima Holdings.
Weighted average useful life, goodwill	15 years
Post purchase price allocation adjustments					(22,200)
Acquisition related expenses	$ 23,900
Pro Forma total revenues					4,778,055
Pro Forma net earnings					$ 178,103
Total revenues		1,495,746
Net (loss) earnings		$ 119,183
Acima Holdings | Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Employee
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Vesting period of options granted	36 months
Acima Holdings | Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Nonemployee
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Vesting period of options granted	18 months
Acima Holdings | Software and Software Development Costs
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Property assets	$ 170,000
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	10 years
Acima Holdings | Share-based Payment Arrangement
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Equity interest issued (in shares) | shares	2,683,328
Acima Holdings | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Equity interest issued (in shares) | shares	8,096,595
Vesting period of options granted	36 months
Aggregate stock consideration, subject to lockup agreements	$ 414,100
Acima Holdings | Contract-Based Intangible Assets
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Other intangible assets	$ 380,000
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	10 years
Acima Holdings | Customer Contracts
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Other intangible assets	$ 60,000
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	1 year
Acima Holdings | Trade Names
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Other intangible assets	$ 40,000
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	7 years
Acima Holdings | Non-compete agreements
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Other intangible assets	$ 40,000
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	3 years