by Data Age | Jun 17, 2014 | Business, Industry, Laws, News
PELHAM, Alabama — Declaring them “detrimental” to development, the Pelham City Council tonight issued a one-year moratorium on payday and title loan businesses, check-cashing establishments, pawn shops and certain other business types. The action...
by Marc Cohen | Jun 16, 2014 | Business, Industry, Management, Marketing, Tech
Visit www.mention.com and find out how you can receive alerts each time you (your store) is mentioned on the internet! Learn who is tweeting or writing about their experience in your store. Need to satisfy a client’s request for a rare item. List it on mention.com...
by Data Age | Jun 16, 2014 | Business, General Merchandise, Industry, News
Forget stocks. Sneaker futures are making Wall Street look like a swap meet. High-end kicks are becoming the currency of choice in New York, and one 16-year-old is taking advantage of the trend — using his own five-figure stock of 45 mint-condition basketball shoes to...
by Data Age | Jun 16, 2014 | Industry
Pawnshops traditionally have a shady reputation, but as pawnbroker Peter McDonald likes to point out, his customers come inside from Mercedes-Benz, SUVs, pickups, BMWs and minivans alike. “For so many years, people thought we dealt with junk, that we were just old...
by Data Age | Jun 16, 2014 | Industry, News
There was one woman who thought her shiny hair straighteners were solid gold,” says Lin Head, a pawnbroker of more than 10 years. “That was a bit of a strange one. “We get a lot of teeth too. People think they’re solid gold but they’re filled with enamel – they take...
by Data Age | Jun 16, 2014 | Industry, News
NATAL—Mexico coach Miguel Herrera pledged to repay his country’s fans who he said would “sell their houses, cars and even pawn their grandma’s clothes to come to Brazil” by battling to keep their World Cup dream alive. Herrera’s side outclassed Cameroon at a...
