Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Information (Table) [Abstract]

		Year Ended December 31, 2011

		Core U.S.			RAC Acceptance		International		ColorTyme		Total


Revenue		$	2,631,416		$	193,295	$	18,490	$	38,983	$	2,882,184
Gross profit			1,918,781			114,228		13,011		6,496		2,052,516
Operating profit			317,473			(13,985)		(13,551)		3,220		293,157
Depreciation			60,558			2,229		2,295		132		65,214
Amortization			1,092			3,583		0		0		4,675
Capital expenditures			108,553			5,881		18,276		0		132,710
Rental merchandise, net
	On rent		619,189			139,340		7,896		0		766,425
	Held for rent		177,625			1,274		7,869		0		186,768
Total assets			2,536,115			217,157		44,535		3,571		2,801,378


		Year Ended December 31, 2010

		Core U.S.			RAC Acceptance		International		ColorTyme		Total


Revenue		$	2,667,943	⁽¹⁾	$	18,203	$	10,054	$	35,432	$	2,731,632
Gross profit			1,970,280	⁽¹⁾		12,074		7,128		6,190		1,995,672
Operating profit			311,501	⁽¹⁾		(5,372)		(5,226)		2,866		303,769
Depreciation			61,879			395		989		147		63,410
Amortization			3,254			0		0		0		3,254
Capital expenditures			90,866			1,450		691		0		93,007
Rental merchandise, net
	On rent		606,121			44,293		4,834		0		655,248
	Held for rent		177,621			2,809		1,176		0		181,606
Total assets			2,554,980			114,382		15,179		3,790		2,688,331


		Year Ended December 31, 2009

		Core U.S.			RAC Acceptance		International		ColorTyme		Total


Revenue		$	2,709,786	⁽²⁾	$	3,213	$	6,117	$	32,840	$	2,751,956
Gross profit			1,974,930	⁽²⁾		2,615		4,433		6,020		1,987,998
Operating profit			299,053	⁽²⁾		(1,902)		(3,365)		2,538		296,324
Depreciation			65,105			66		512		105		65,788
Amortization			2,843			0		0		0		2,843
Capital expenditures			65,757			239		2,845		0		68,841
Rental merchandise, net
	On rent		585,233			1,399		2,434		0		589,066
	Held for rent		159,286			125		1,521		0		160,932
Total assets			2,428,944			1,984		10,209		2,860		2,443,997


		Location Count at December 31,

		Core U.S.			RAC Acceptance		International		ColorTyme		Total


2011			2,994			750		80		216		4,040
2010			2,985			384		23		209		3,601
2009			2,989			82		18		210		3,299

(1)

Includes revenue, gross profit and operating profit of $56.2 million, $56.2 million and $(12.8) million, respectively, related to our financial

services business.

(2)

Includes revenue, gross profit and operating profit of $51.5 million, $51.5 million and $5.2 million, respectively, related to our financial

services business and $50.5 million, $17.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, related to our prepaid telecommunications and energy

business.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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