Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative (Details)		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 15, 2015 USD ($) source	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) segments inventory_count shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 GBP (£) store	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) store	Dec. 31, 2014 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 14, 2014 state
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of Store-based Lease Models					2	2
Franchise royalties and fees		$ 63,507,000	$ 65,902,000	$ 68,575,000
Lease Revenues and Fees		2,684,184,000	2,221,574,000	1,748,699,000
Shipping and handling costs		77,900,000	81,100,000	78,600,000
Advertising costs		39,300,000	50,500,000	43,000,000
Amount of cooperative advertising consideration netted against advertising expense		36,300,000	$ 28,300,000	25,000,000
Prepaid advertising asset						$ 900,000		$ 1,300,000
Anti-dilutive Securities excluded from the computation of earnings per share assuming dilution | shares			0
Lease merchandise, percentage of salvage value					0.00%	0.00%
Allowance for lease merchandise write-offs						$ 33,400,000		27,600,000
Lease merchandise adjustments		$ 136,400,000	$ 99,900,000	58,000,000
Threshold period past due for write-off of lease receivable		60 days
Depreciation expense for property, plant and equipment		$ 52,000,000	53,700,000	53,300,000
Amortization expense		28,200,000	31,900,000	3,700,000
Assets Held for Sale						6,976,000		6,356,000
Gain (loss) on disposition		$ 0	(754,000)	0
Operating segments | segments		6
Asset retirement obligations						$ 2,600,000		2,700,000
Foreign currency transaction gains and losses		$ (2,500,000)	2,300,000	(1,000,000)
Acquisitions of businesses and contracts		73,295,000	700,509,000	10,898,000
Held-to-maturity Securities, Sold Security, Realized Gain (Loss), Excluding Other than Temporary Impairments			95,000
Software
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Amortization expense		$ 7,400,000	$ 5,400,000	3,300,000
Customer Relationships
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		2 years
Acquired Franchise Development Rights
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		10 years
Merchandise Not On Lease
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Lease merchandise useful life (in months)		36 months
Restricted stock units
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Anti-dilutive Securities excluded from the computation of earnings per share assuming dilution | shares		460,000	164,000
Maximum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of full physical inventories taken per year | inventory_count		2
Maximum | Non-Compete Agreements
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		3 years
Maximum | Merchandise On Lease
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Lease merchandise useful life (in months)		24 months
Lease merchandise useful life (in weeks)		728 days
Maximum | Buildings and Improvements
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life		40 years
Maximum | Other depreciable property and equipment
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life		15 years
Maximum | Software
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life		10 years
Maximum | Software Updates
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life		1 month
Minimum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of full physical inventories taken per year | inventory_count		1
Minimum | Non-Compete Agreements
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		2 years
Minimum | Merchandise On Lease
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Lease merchandise useful life (in months)		12 months
Lease merchandise useful life (in weeks)		455 days
Minimum | Buildings and Improvements
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life		5 years
Minimum | Other depreciable property and equipment
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life		1 year
Minimum | Software
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life		5 years
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of retail stores | store					70	70
Held to maturity securities					£ 15,100,000	$ 22,200,000	£ 13,700,000	21,300,000
Amortized cost of investments | £					£ 10,000,000.0
Variable interest entity, reporting entity involvement, maximum loss exposure, amount						22,200,000
Sales and Lease Ownership and HomeSmart
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Franchise royalties and fees		$ 600,000	$ 1,000,000	1,700,000
Royalty revenue		57,700,000	58,800,000	59,100,000
Finance fee revenue		2,900,000	3,700,000	5,100,000
Deferred franchise and area development agreement fees						$ 1,600,000		$ 2,800,000
Sales and Lease Ownership and HomeSmart | Maximum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Non-refundable initial franchise fee		$ 50,000
Percentage of royalty of gross revenue		6.00%
Sales and Lease Ownership and HomeSmart | Minimum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Non-refundable initial franchise fee		$ 15,000
Percentage of royalty of gross revenue		5.00%
Progressive
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Threshold period past due for write-off of lease receivable		120 days
Progressive | Agreement Three
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Period of lease model		12 months
Sales and Lease Ownership
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of Store-based Lease Models					1	1
Impairment charge		$ 459,000	805,000	$ 3,800,000
Sales and Lease Ownership | Agreement One
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Period of lease model		12 months
Sales and Lease Ownership | Agreement Two
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Period of lease model		18 months
Sales and Lease Ownership | Agreement Three
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Period of lease model		24 months
HomeSmart
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of Store-based Lease Models					1	1
HomeSmart | Agreement One
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Period of lease model		455 days
HomeSmart | Agreement Three
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Period of lease model		728 days
Progressive
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership percentage									100.00%
Business combination, consideration			68,700,000
Number of states in which entity operates | state									46
Debt assumed			491,300,000
Progressive | Customer Lease Contracts
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		1 year
Progressive | Internal Use Software
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		3 years
Progressive | Technology
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		10 years
Progressive | Merchant Relationships
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		12 years
DAMI | Non-Compete Agreements
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		5 years
DAMI | Technology
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		5 years
DAMI | Trade Names and Trademarks
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		10 years
Restatement Adjustment
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Lease Revenues and Fees			$ (30,200,000)
Subsidiaries | DAMI
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Debt assumed	$ 44,800,000
Number of sources of financial and leasing transactions acquired | source	1
Acquisitions of businesses and contracts	$ 50,700,000
Subsidiaries | DAMI | Non-Compete Agreements
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		5 years
Subsidiaries | DAMI | Technology
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		5 years
Subsidiaries | DAMI | Trade Names and Trademarks
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of intangibles (in years)		10 years