Rent-A-Center Illinois Location Opened

Rent-A-Center will open a new location in Illinois on April 13, 2012. Waukegan, Illinois residents can visit this local Rent-A-Center to rent and acquire ownership of high quality household items such as furniture and appliances as well as high quality electronics such as HDTV's and computers.

The new Rent-A-Center store, located at 1511 N. Lewis Avenue, Waukegan, Illinois 60085, features merchandise from many trusted brands, including Welton, Whirlpool, Dell and LG. Members of the Waukegan community will welcome Rent-A-Center to Illinois at a grand-opening celebration on Friday, April 13, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. At the celebration, Rent-A-Center will be contributing $1,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of Lake County Illinois and conducting a drawing for a 50" HDTV for those in attendance.

Manager John Bredengerd and his four-person sales team are looking forward to being a part of the Waukegan, Illinois community and servicing the needs of their customers. The new Illinois Rent-A-Center location is open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays.

Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCII), headquartered in Plano, Texas, is comprised of more than 3,000 stores and 18,900 employees in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico. There are 104 Rent-A-Center stores in the state of Illinois. Rent-A-Center shoppers can obtain high-quality, durable goods like computers, electronics, furniture, and appliances under flexible rental-purchase agreements that generally allow them to gain ownership of the merchandise at the end of their rental period. Learn more at www.rentacenter.com.