by Data Age | Jun 24, 2014 | Compliance, Industry, Laws, New to the Industry, News, Software, Tech
MISSOULA, Mont. – Missoula police are cracking down on the resale of stolen items. Police want to put in a web program called Leads Online into every pawn shop to track the items brought in. The money to start the program is already in the 2015 approved police...
by Richard Lutz | Jun 4, 2014 | Education, Management, Management.edu, Software, Tech
Are you taking full advantage of technology to serve your customers? With the nationwide adoption of 2-D barcodes on driver’s licenses, automated entry of customer information has taken a quantum leap! A process that used to take the average shop employee two minutes...
by Data Age | May 27, 2014 | Business, Industry, Marketing, News, Software, Tech
In 1969 – Apollo 10 returned to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the manned moon landing. In 1981 – Satya Pal Asija received the first US patent for a computer software program. It was called Swift-answer. The patent took seven...
by Data Age | May 16, 2014 | Education, Management, Management.edu, New to the Industry, Software, Tech
In today’s environment, efficiency is critical. Pawnbrokers everywhere are under pressure to cut operating costs so more of the money spent by customers’ turns into profit. On top of that, customers are more demanding than ever for a quick, problem-free...
by Data Age | Apr 25, 2014 | Compliance, Firearms, General Merchandise, Gold & Jewelry, Industry, Management, Marketing, New to the Industry, Software
The National Pawnbrokers Association’s (NPA) Pawn Expo 2014 will be held July 8-10 at the beautiful Mirage Las Vegas, situated at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. Pawn Expo is the largest and most comprehensive convention and trade show in the pawn industry. Read...
