by Data Age | Oct 22, 2014 | Business, Industry, Management, Marketing, News
Question: I’m having challenges with attracting and retaining younger employees. Do you have any thoughts about keeping millennials interested and challenged so they don’t jump ship after 18 months on the job? Answer: millennials—those born between about 1980 and...
by Data Age | Oct 9, 2014 | Industry
Pawn shops can tell ‘us’ a lot about the economy– the more high-end technology, designer purses and even Fur– YES, I said it– FUR, that remains behind the storage counter, can serve as a forecast for the shape of our economy. Pawn Shops...
by Data Age | Sep 12, 2014 | Business, Business News, Industry, News
Libby Kane writing for the Business Insider did an article on how rich people use pawnshops. Her first statement is “The term ‘pawn shop’ tends to summon mental images of a seedy strip mall storefront dealing in Grandma’s jewelry and signed...
by Data Age | Sep 9, 2014 | Business, Compliance, Industry, Laws
The September 8th ruling caps a “repurchase agreement” interests and service charges at 12 percent a year. The ruling can as the result of a lawsuit filed against Pawn King, a Connecticut based buy/sell shop. The lawyers for Pawn King attempted to argue...
by Data Age | Sep 8, 2014 | Business, Industry, News
In late August Cash America International Inc. announced it exited two non-strategic markets by selling 47 pawnshops in Mexico and 5 in Colorado. It’s hard to see why a country as large as Mexico, especially one that has growth in areas serving the unbanked,...
