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A Must Read: 7 Tips On How To Handle Negative Social Media Consumer Reviews
When coming across this article, I knew I had to post it. Back in college, one of my public relations professors would continuously stress this topic: be there in real time (be active in your social media accounts and catch it when it happens,) respond in timely...
New Platform Improving The Way Consumers & Pawnshops Do Business: PawnGuru.com
Currently, launched in 15 cities in 10 states, PawnGuru.com is expecting the rapid expansion to continue. "There's no doubt that pawnshops are an important part of the American landscape. With over 25 million consumers relying on the multi-billion dollar pawnshop...
BE AWARE: Fake Yellow Pages Scammers Rob Small Business Owners of Millions
" The Federal Trade Commission just announced a series of legal actions against three Montreal operations accused of talking U.S. small business owners into paying millions of dollars for local yellow page listings the merchants neither bought nor received." These...
Pawnography Game Show Captures 2.8 Million Viewers In Its Debut
While TV viewers are known to quickly change their taste in TV shows, last week’s debut of Pawnography, clearly shows viewers have not lost their appetite for Pawn related shows. History channel has taken its most popular of reality shows, Pawn Stars, and has moved it...
What’s in Your Coach Wallet? – A Pink Slip!
Having a great name brand and a great product is not a guarantee for success. If you don’t keep an eye on the competition, the odds are, you will end up with a black eye of your own. Consumers did not wake up one morning and simultaneously say “I think I will not buy...
Brooksville Native Opens American Gun & Pawn In Downtown Brooksville
Steve Champion, owner of American Gun & Pawn, has opened his family business in his hometown of Brooksville five weeks ago. For Champion, Downtown Brooksville is "where his roots run deep and conservative values have been grounded for generations." His father and...
Kansas City Pawnshop Trusted By Professional Athletes Since 1988
For over two and a half decades, Don Budd has owned over 3,000 Super Bowl rings, having several hundred in his shop's vault currently. "Budd offers loans, sure, but more valuable to athletes is his promise to keep the transaction anonymous - an offer auction houses...
Goin’ Fishing: From High School, To The Pawnshop – By 2014 Pawnbroker Of The Year, Ric Blum
" When I graduated from high school, we were the kings and queens of the campus. As I recall, we were royalty. We were the seniors. Then I went to college. As a freshman in college, I was once again a pauper and at the bottom rung of the educational ladder, even...
Buffalo Police Asking For Help Identifying These Suspects Following Armed Robbery at Pawn Shop
Buffalo, NY, police have released surveillance photos of suspects believed to have robbed a local pawnshop, armed. Allegedly, the two men tried robbing the shop, demanding money and gold from the shop's clerk - When she refused, the men took her purse, including her...
Kokomo, Indiana, Pawnbrokers Subject To New Ordinance
Giving the authorities the opportunity, with more time, to track stolen goods, Kokomo’s Common Council revised an ordinance Monday. The ordinance will require local pawnshops, as well as other secondhand dealers, to keep their new purchases that come into their shops...
Starbucks Opens its First Store in Bogota Colombia
Watch out Juan Valdez, the hand you fed is about to bite you. Starbucks celebrated its grand opening of its first of 50 planned stores in Colombia. This is a bold move by the coffee giant with over 23,300 stores worldwide. Juan Valdez is a popular Colombian coffee...
Off Duty Police Officer And Bystander Stop Robbery Attempt At Pawnshop
Four suspects, a fifth driving, ran into Valu + Pawnshop in Houston, wearing bandanas covering their face, one suspect holding a sledgehammer - in attempt to rob the shop. While an off duty police officer dealt with the four men running in the pawnshop, a...
6 Tips On How To Take A Vacation From Your Small Business
"Here’s a sign the economy’s on a good track: More small business owners plan to take a full week off this summer than in any year since the recession began." According to a survey by American Express (AXP) OPEN, 60% of the respondents taking part in the survey said...
Wichita Pawnshop Employees Hold Burglary Suspects At Gunpoint This Morning
Around 12:45 this morning, after two 16 year old boys entered Daddy’s Money Pawn Shop through an unlocked door, the alarm sounded and alerted the shop's employees. Several employees responded to the business, where they found the teens inside and then held them at...
Local Louisianan Police Chief Sued By Pawnshop
The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana received a filed lawsuit from a Louisiana pawnshop suing a local police chief under United States Code Section 1983; "Alleging an illegal seizure of property and a deprivation of its rights to due...
Seylan Bank In Sri Lanka Now Offering Higher Advances To Pawning Customers
"This credit guarantee scheme will support farmers, small business owners and small and medium entrepreneurs who use pawning advances for their economic and business activities as well as the retail banking customers who use the pawning service to finance their day to...
Winter Park Police Department Hopeful New “Smartwater” Will Stop Burglars
Authorities are trying to get the word out on the new "smartwater" that has been designed to stop burglars. "The liquid comes in a small vial marked with a serial number. The substance inside carries that number, too. " It is being said that this water is the latest...
Q & A on Ad Spending – How Much Are You Spending Per Customer?
Q: “How Much is That Doggie in the Window?” A: “How Much did it cost to have someone look at that Doggie?” According to the research from Covario and eMarketer.com, advertising in the U.S. was $549.00 per person and this amount will rise to an estimated $565.00...