by PawnMaster | Jun 1, 2017 | consumer news, Customer Complaints, Customer Service, In The News, Small Business
Social media and online reviews have given your customers unprecedented abilities to complain about your business in front of the world. While that may sound like a bad thing, hearing the hard truth about your business via customer complaints can actually benefit you...
by PawnMaster | May 31, 2017 | Banking, Business News, credit card swipe fees, debit card swipe fees, In The News, News, Small Business
Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have abandoned a plan to repeal debit card swipe fee reform passed during the Obama administration. Retailers say the swipe fee reform has saved them and their customers more than $40 billion, and brought badly needed...
by PawnMaster | May 23, 2017 | Did You Know, Human Interest, In The News, Small Business
From marketing to payroll, inventory and taxes, there are many ongoing costs associated with running your small business. However, there’s one cost that many small business owners overlook: utilities. Ironically, your utility bill is one area with the most potential...
by PawnMaster | May 22, 2017 | Diamonds, Gold & Jewelry, Human Interest, In The News, Jewelry
Millennials aren’t as interested in buying diamonds as their Baby Boomer counterparts — and an increasingly agitated diamond industry is trying to win them over.
by PawnMaster | May 17, 2017 | Did You Know, Digital Coupons, In The News, Marketing, Small Business, Small Business Trends
Do you use coupons to attract customers to your retail store? Today’s deal-hungry consumers have come to expect coupons as a part of doing business, and if you want to keep up with your competitors, you’d better be offering deals on a regular basis. Digital coupons...
by PawnMaster | May 11, 2017 | Court Ruling, Firearms, Gun Laws, In The News, Industry
When walking into Beech Grove Firearms on the city’s southeast side, barrels stand ready, pointing through the glass cases. The guns, attached to wood pegs so they lay upright and have handwritten price tags hanging off, are both powerful and somehow homey in numbers....
