by Data Age | Aug 29, 2014 | Business, Industry, Laws
On August 20th we posted about this article in the Wall Street Journal. In it the FDIC lawyers asked the courts dismiss a lawsuit that accused the regulators of a campaign to drive pawn shops, payday lenders and other businesses out of business by targeting their...
by Data Age | Aug 29, 2014 | Compliance, Industry, Laws, News
Medford Oregon City Council is considering a longer hold period for items sold at pawn shops and second hand dealers. The new rule would extend the current hold period of 5 days to 15. They are also looking at requiring these shops to include a photo of all items...
by Data Age | Aug 27, 2014 | Business, Compliance, General Merchandise, Industry, Management, New to the Industry, News, Security
Bridging the gap of communication is what authorities are working towards for Ocean County and Atlantic City, New Jersey. When items are stolen from Ocean County they are, more often than not, sold at pawnshops in Atlantic City. Ocean County Prosecutor, Joseph...
by Data Age | Aug 27, 2014 | Business, Compliance, General Merchandise, Industry, Laws, Management, News
Canada – Monday night, city council hosted a meeting where the council, “instructed staff to examine potential changes to the secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers bylaw.” Game Quest owner, Kelsy Polnik, did a presentation suggesting the rules be...
by Data Age | Aug 27, 2014 | Business, Industry, News
Today, First Cash Financial Services, Inc. announced the completion of a 47 store acquisition in Mexico and 9 other stores in the U.S. In Mexico, the pawnshops are are located in 12 different states. The company also announced that the U.S. shops were in two separate...
by Marc Cohen | Aug 27, 2014 | Business, Education, Industry, Management, Management.edu, Marketing, New to the Industry
Who Knows where the time goes? Time management tools, an absolute necessity in any business ( unless your business is just sitting on a lawn chair taking in the sun). Your business has many tasks, and if not measured and prioritized it will suffer from poor...
