by Data Age | Jan 13, 2015 | Laws & Regulations.edu, Security
Guitars, cell phones and cowboy boots. People come and sell just about anything at pawn shops. But police and pawn shops are working together to make sure no stolen item goes unnoticed. This month alone, police have arrested 5 people thanks to the help of pawn shops...
by Data Age | Dec 3, 2014 | Compliance, Education, Industry, News
– State Labor Law Updates Each year the NPA provides you with federal and state labor law posters. Throughout the year, some states make changes in the law that require you to update your poster. There have been no changes in federal labor laws this year, so...
by Data Age | Nov 4, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Business, Business News, Education, New to the Industry, News
New data released yesterday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, showed that 68 million adults in America are disconnected from the financial system in some way. Currently, 17 million are unbanked—meaning they do not have any bank accounts at all—and...
by Data Age | Oct 29, 2014 | Business, Business Licensing, Business News, Compliance, Industry, Laws & Regulations.edu
The San Diego City Council revised rules on Tuesday governing pawn shops, massage businesses and emergency...
by Data Age | Oct 29, 2014 | Competitive Advantage, Education, Marketing, Retail, Technology
The first sale computer programmer Pierre Omidyar made on his site AuctionWeb was for $14.83 in 1995. Why is that significant? Because Omidyar had sold a broken laser pointer to someone who actually collected broken laser pointers. Knowing that he was on to something,...
by Data Age | Sep 2, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Compliance, Gems, New to the Industry, Security.edu
GREAT FALLS – In March the Great Falls City Commission adopted an ordinance that required local Pawn Shops and Secondhand stores to register all of their items in a secure database program provided by the Great Falls Police...
