The History of Pawnbroking: An Industry Built on Liquidity, Trust, and Survival By Pawnshop Consulting Group, LLC The pawn industry is one of the oldest and most resilient forms of financial commerce in human history. Long before modern banking systems existed, pawnbroking served as a critical source of liquidity for individuals, merchants, farmers, and governments…
Jerry Whitehead
Global Pawn Shop Consulting:
Global Pawn Shop Consulting: How to Increase Profitability, Scale Operations, and Maximize Business Value By Jerry Whitehead | Pawnshop Consulting Group, LLC Introduction: The Reality of Today’s Pawn, Retail & Firearm Markets Operating a successful pawn shop, retail business, or firearm-based operation today requires far more than basic industry knowledge. Margins are tighter, competition is…
PCG Legendary Focus Group Heading to Norfolk VA – Superior Pawn & Gun & Chesapeake Square Pawn
PCG Legendary Focus Group Heading to Norfolk VA – Superior Pawn & Gun and Chesapeake Square Pawn “PCG PAWN PEER FOCUS GROUP HEADING TO Norfolk Virginia” Pawnshop Consulting Group‘s Legendary Pawn Peer Focus Groups is descending on to one of Virginia’s famous historical cities for our spring gathering of 2026 in Norfolk Virginia! …
PCG to Present Pawn Shop Metrics on Steroids at Pawn Expo 2026
PCG to Present Pawn Shop Metrics on Steroids at Pawn Expo 2026 Pawnshop Consulting Group will be presenting a very special, high – level presentation this year at the Pawn Expo coming up this July 18th – 22nd at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. PCG has been compiling Pawn Shop specific financial…
Pawn Shops IN Demand
Pawn Shops — In Demand! Pawn shops are in demand, and PCG recently closed a 5‑store transaction on the West Coast — valued at well over $10 million dollars. We’re now in the process of closing 2 more stores in South Florida, and 5 in another SE State currently under contract. We hear regularly from clients…
2025 International Pawn Symposium Pawn Shop Tour – Graycliff Restaurant Outing Nassau
2025 International Pawn Symposium 2025 International Pawn Symposium Pawn Shop Tour & Graycliff Restaurant Outing Nassau It’s official, we will be doing an offsite Pawn Shop Tour while at the 2025 International Pawn Symposium AS part of the Social Networking Event for Tuesday the 13th, we will have (40) spaces available…
Pawnshop Consulting Group – What do OUR Clients Say about US
Pawnshop Consulting Group – What do OUR Clients Say about US Here is what just one of our clients had to say about us recently, the only thing you have to lose is time and money! From one of our great active clients in Florida – Sean Akimov So back in 2020,…
PCG Presenting at the Pawn Expo in Atlanta 2025
PCG presenting at the PawnExpo in Atlanta 2025 THIS YEARS TOPIC FOR PCG : What my life cycle in Pawn HAS illustrated what it takes to run the finest Premier Pawn Operations in the World today MONDAY JULY 21ST AT 1:30 PM – WILTON ROOM AT THE PAWN EXPO ATLANTA …
PCG Legendary Focus Group Heading to Mega Pawn – California
PCG Legendary Focus Group Heading to Mega Pawn IN California “PCG PAWN PEER FOCUS GROUP HEADING TO Anaheim California” That’s Right, Pawnshop Consulting Group‘s Legendary Pawn Peer Focus Groups is descending on to one of California’s major cities for our spring/summer gathering of 2025 in Anaheim California! This Pawn Peer Group is in its…
2025 International Pawn Symposium Updates
2025 International Pawn Symposium The Pawnshop Consulting Group International Pawn Symposium is getting near! Here is our tentative schedule of the litany of presentations we have lined up, and stay tuned for the social activity update coming on the next series of blogs. Tentative Schedule: 2025 International Pawn Symposium Date Time Slot…
Justin Whitehead to Present at the International Pawn Symposium in Atlantis
Update for the International Pawn Symposium in Atlantis PCG International Pawn Symposium Ladies and Gentleman in Pawn Land! There have been many developments since our announcement for the return of the Pawnshop Consulting Group’s International Pawn Symposium. 2025 Theme – “In search of lost knowledge and treasure in the ancient city of Atlantis”!…
2025 International Pawn Symposium
2025 International Pawn Symposium At long last, Pawnshop Consulting Group is bringing the International Pawn Symposium back! PCG promoted two of these events in the past, one at the Ritz Carlton in Naples Florida and the other one at the Ritz Carlton on five mile beach in Georgetown in the Cayman Islands. Both…
Presenter’s Outline for the International Pawn Symposium in Atlantis
Presenter’s Outline for the International Pawn Symposium in Atlantis PCG International Pawn Symposium Ladies and Gentleman in Pawn Land! There have been many developments since our announcement for the return of the Pawnshop Consulting Group’s International Pawn Symposium. 2025 Theme – In search of lost knowledge and treasure, in the ancient city of Atlantis! Dates…
2025 International Pawn Symposium – Atlantis
PCG International Pawn Symposium Ladies and Gentleman in Pawn Land! There have been many developments since our announcement for the return of the Pawnshop Consulting Group’s International Pawn Symposium. 2025 Theme – In search of lost knowledge and treasure, in the ancient city of Atlantis! Dates are October 12th – 17th and will be hosted…
PCG – Presenting at both the Midwest Convention and the NPA Pawn EXPO Show in Las Vegas
PCG – Presenting at both the Midwest Convention and the NPA Pawn Expo Show in Las Vegas First Up: Pawnshop Consulting Group’s Jerry Whitehead will be presenting at the upcoming Midwest Show in Indianapolis May 17th – 19th. Speaking on behalf of myself (Jerry Whitehead) I am so proud of the Midwest group – in…
PCG Legendary Focus Group Heading to Galveston Texas
PCG Legendary Focus Group Heading to Galveston Texas “PCG PAWN PEER FOCUS GROUP HEADING TO GALVESTON TEXAS” That’s Right, Pawnshop Consulting Group‘s Legendary Pawn Peer Focus Groups is descending on to one of Texas’s major coastal cities for our spring gathering of 2024 in Galveston Texas! This Pawn Peer Group is in its 13th year…
“Pawnshop Consulting Group PAWN PEER FOCUS GROUP HEADING TO DALLAS TEXAS”
“PCG PAWN PEER FOCUS GROUP HEADING TO DALLAS TEXAS” That’s Right, Pawnshop Consulting Group‘s Legendary Pawn Peer Focus Groups is descending on to Dallas Texas! This Pawn Peer Group is in it’s 13th year of it’s cycle, and is returning to see 2 of our founding members of the groups, P&J Pawn…
PCG Legendary Focus Groups head to Dallas Texas
PCG Legendary Focus Groups head back to Dallas Texas That’s right, Pawnshop Consulting Group’s Legendary Focus Groups are heading to Dallas Texas for our Fall Gathering. PCG groups will be descending on Dallas this upcoming October 22nd – 27th. We will be hosted by two legendary and original group members for 13 years, Uncle Dans’ Pawn and P&J…
Pawnshop Consulting Group Speaking at CAPA Long Beach CA in September
Pawnshop Consulting Group is proud to be speaking again at CAPA – California Pawnbrokers Association Show in Long Beach California!! Pawnshop Consulting Group’s Jerry Whitehead will be speaking on Saturday, September the 30th at 11:30 AM We will be focusing on current industry trends and predictions in the USA with live audience feedback and participation! Jerry…
Pawnshop Consulting Group Speaking at Pawn Expo 2023
Pawnshop Consulting Group is proud to be speaking again at the National Pawnbrokers Association, Pawn EXPO coming up in Atlanta this July!! Pawnshop Conslting Group’s Jerry Whitehead will be speaking on Monday the 17th at 1:30 PM. We will be focusing on current industry trends in the USA and featuring “ask a lifelong pawnbroker of…
Pawnshop Consulting Group – Presenting at the Trade Shows
Pawnshop Consulting Group – Presenting at the Trade Shows Pawnshop Consulting Group will be presenting at a number of Pawn shows coming up! First up, we will be doing a very high-level presentation again this year the annual Midwest Pawnbrokers show up in Indianapolis. Here is a link to their website and registration information: Midwest…
Pawn Business Performs Well Across Most Economic Cycles
Pawn Business Performs Well Across Most Economic Cycles Pawnshop Consulting Group with our global client base tracks a lot of Pawn data. We have been watching the current economic trends in the US Market with more skepticism than in the past, noting that the economic and political environment are volatile. Here is an economic trend…
PAWNSHOP CONSULTING SERVICES
PAWNSHOP CONSULTING SERVICES Pawnshop Consulting Services and their necessity in this vastly changing landscape in which we live in are more necessary than ever before. As the founder of the Pawnshop Consulting Group and a second generation pawnbroker, I am proud to be celebrating 50 years in the industry this year (2024). For better…
PCG Legendary Focus Groups Head to Boise Idaho
PCG Focus Groups Head to Boise Idaho PCG has our dates set for the spring meeting of our Legendary Focus Groups as we will be descending over to Boise Idaho a to visit Sam Read and team of Idaho Pawn & Gold this coming May 7th – 10th . PCG’s Focus Groups are…
Pawn Shops IN Demand
Pawn Shops IN Demand! Pawn Shops are IN Demand and PCG recently closed another another 5-store deal valued in excess of 10.8 Million Dollars on the West Coast. We are in the process of closing another store deal in Iowa as well. Were hearing from our clients almost daily they are being cold-called by…
PCG – Presentation at Elevate Pawn Symposium in Vail Colorado March 12th -16th 2023
PCG Presentation for the Elevate Pawn Symposium this coming March is titled: “How to achieve operational superiority and continuous advancement of the Key Performance Indicators in the Pawn Industry today” The presentation that I will be doing at the Elevate Pawn event going on in Vail Colorado this year is derived from a…
Current Industry Trends – Pawn Industry
Current Trends for the Pawn Industry Hello to all of our Pawn Family! Jerry Whitehead here from the Pawnshop Consulting Group and I am delighted to be able to provide some introspect as to what we are witnessing in the Pawn Industry today and how it is currently trending. AS many of you know, we…
Do YOU Know what Your Pawn Shop Business is Worth?
Do You Know what your Pawn Shop Business is worth? Why should YOU know what YOUR Pawn Shop Business is worth? I have been asked that question quite a bit in times of recent and throughout my extensive career in the Pawn Shop Industry. Pawnshop Consulting Group Aside from providing pawnshop consulting services to more…
Current Trends for the Pawn Industry
Hello Pawn Family, Just another quick update on the Current Trends for the Pawn Industry from PCG! Current Trends for the Pawn Industry Hello Pawn Family, Pawnshop Consulting Group is providing a brief update on how we see the Current Trends for the Pawn Industry trending for ALL of your benefits. AS many of you…
The Ancient History of Pawnbroking
The Ancient History of Pawnbroking While researching information about a book that I am writing, I thought I would share some very interesting factoids about the Pawn Industry that many may not know. The art of Pawnbroking is very Ancient and has a history dating back more than 3000 years in China. I am going…
Pawn Shops Early Indicators of Economic Struggles
Pawn Shops Early Indicators of Economic Struggles It has long been known that Pawn Shops are one of the first industry’s that feel the impact of economic swings and are early indicators of economic struggles. CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank Just Said “There is an Economic Hurricane Heading our Way Rapidly” in the…
Pawnshop Consulting Group and PawnTrain – Hiring & Training for Pawn
Pawn Family, Pawnshop Consulting Group and PawnTrain – Hiring and Training for Pawn! Pawnshop Hiring and Training, remain one of the Number one issues facing our beloved industry today! This is coupled with Finding quality candidates to hire, with little to no training provided once hired from what we see with many of our clients.…
PCG Expanded Virtual Training Formats with PawnTrain
PCG Expanded Virtual Training Formats with PawnTrain Pawnshop Consulting Group along with our affiliate partner PawnTrain are offering expanded virtual-training formats and additional high-level training to our hundreds of of options available on our combined web site, Pawntrain.com. These are just some of our expanded virtual-training formats that Pawnshop Consulting Group and PawnTrain…
Company Survey’s – Good, Bad & Ugly
Company Survey’s – Good, Bad & Ugly Do you provide Personnel the opportunity to participate in Company Survey’s, for the Good, Bad & Ugly that may exist in your organization? Pawnshop Consulting Group recently hosted our Industry Pawn Peer Focus Group with one of our long term members in California, and witnessed up…
Pawnshop Consulting Group – Current Financial Trends
Pawnshop Consulting Group – Current Financial Trends Pawnshop Consulting Group will be hosting our Community Call on Current Financial Trends for Q1 2022 what we are witnessing in real time, along with a number of factors impacting the Pawn Industry today and much more. Are YOU prepared for what’s coming, and how are your financial…
What is the Image You are Portraying in Your Pawn Stores Today
What is the Image You are Portraying in Your Pawn Stores today? Pawnshop Consulting Group has been asked to put together a special presentation of “what is the image you are portraying in your pawn stores today” this year by Greg Engstrom of the Indiana Pawnbrokers Association. This presentation is for the Midwest Pawnbrokers…
Pawn Industry one of the Greenest Industry’s on Earth
Pawn Industry one of the Greenest Industry’s on Earth To all of our beloved clients, fans, members, and family, I wanted to take out some time today in this blog to share some very positive commentary and trends that are very relevant to the Industry. We are all being bombarded with so much noise…
Pawnshop Valuations
Pawnshop Valuations and the Importance thereof Pawn Family and Friends, Today’s Blog is an important one and has to do with Valuations. Many of you may know that Pawnshop Consulting Group and Jerry Whitehead specifically have been involved in the mergers & acquisitions side of the Pawn Industry for several decades. To date, through my…
Sales Tax You Say?
Sales Tax You Say? Pawn Family & Friends Today’s blog is inspired by some content going around on one of the FB channels that is pawn related. This topic has gone around for generations as far my experiences are concerned and I would like to share my overall opinions about various practices in…
What Does Selling Money in the Pawn Business Mean
What Does Selling Money in the Pawn Business Mean Once again, I would like to thank the many of you who responded to our most recent Blog from the 23rd of August. Your kind comments and requests for support are amazing, and WE really APPRECIATE IT! Today’s Blog is for further Clarification –…
PCG Management Camps Return to Ft. Worth Texas
PCG returns to Ft. Worth with our famed “Management Camp Series” Pawnshop Consulting Group is bringing back our Management Camp series to Ft. Worth and the world famous ol’ Stock Yards this September 28th thru October the 1st. We have selected the “Stock Yards Hotel” built in 1907 in the ol’ downtown district of the…
PCG Management Camp Series Returns to DFW
PCG Management Camp Series Returns to DFW Hello to all of our friends and family in the Pawn Industry! Pawnshop Consulting Group and our affiliate PawnTrain are proud to announce that PCG is bringing back our famed management camp series that we produced some years back in Florida. We have set the Dallas / Ft.…
Demand for Acquisition of Pawn Shops
To our Friends and Family in the Pawn Industry: Pawnshop Acquisitions Despite all that has happened in 2020 with COVID-19 and more, there is a developing appetite to acquire stores in various markets around the world today and in particular the USA. PCG has been involved with a number of acquisition opportunities this year in…
Pawnshop Consulting Group and PawnTrain Training and Support in the Pawn World
PCG Pawn Shop Focus Groups
PCG has our dates set for the Fall meeting of our Legendary Focus Groups as we will be descending down to the Anaheim area of Southern California to visit Scott Tiemann of Mega Pawn and his other newly acquired store this coming October 4th – 7th. PCG’s Focus Groups are coming into their 9th year…
Pawn Shop Industry
Changing Environment for the Pawn Industry and how to Define Your Niche The Pawn industry has been witnessing some dramatic changes on a global basis and the very ground on which we stand upon is shifting right under out feet. Prior to Covid we had been witnessing contracting Loan Balances across the US market up…
Pawn Shop Ebook
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Pawn Shop Peer Focus Groups
PCG Introduces ONLINE – FOCUS GROUP COMMUNITIES Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawn Land, PCG is proud to introduce our next generation of high-level online communities with the introduction of our Pawn Peer Focus Group Communities. As some of you may know, PCG has the industry’s only Pawn Peer Focus Group and is currently in our 10th year of…
Pawn Shop Loans
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawn Land, Pawn Shop Consulting Group has been getting flooded with incoming traffic via phone, text, email, and various video formats we utilize for our community to communicate and stay in touch with us. These are uncertain times we are witnessing, and as a result a number of markets in the USA and…
PCG Pawn Shop Industry
PCG Pandemic Initiatives & Suggestions Pawn IndustryLadies and Gentlemen in Pawn Land,In an attempt to stay in front of a very fluid situation with the current global Pandemic spreading rapidly, we are providing some suggestions for our global pawn client groups and the Industry in general. PCG has been getting a lot of incoming traffic in…
Pawn Shop Consulting Group
PCG’s Global initiatives in the Pawn Shop Consulting Space Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawn Land, The world is currently going through a global Pandemic and as such is on standby globally with varying levels of economic distress and more as a result. PCG has been communicating with clients of ours from around the world with…
International Pawn Shop Symposium
PCG Brings Back the “International Pawn Symposium™” Maui Hawaii 2021 Folks, it’s true, PCG has had a lot of inquiry and demand to bring back our famed “International Pawn Symposium™” History Serving the Pawn Industry Specifically AS the founder of the Pawn Shop Consulting Group™ with decades of experience, I have served on countless committees…
Pawn Shop Coronovirus Precautionary Tips
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawn Land, After analyzing what’s coming and a good discussion with one of my brothers from another mother, Ken Smith out in California we feel that it’s time to post some relative discussion about the Global Pandemic underway right now. AS with all things in life we must take precautionary steps…
Pawn Shop Symposium
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawn Land, It’s official, PCG is working on bringing back our famed International Pawn Symposium! International Pawn Symposium History Some years back and after encouragement from one of the trade associations, PCG elected to produce some events unlike anything witnessed in the Pawn Industry. PCG Produced 2-International…
Pawn Shop Business Valuation
Why have a Pawn Shop Business Valuation? For years, PCG has been involved in the Mergers & Acquisitions side of our industry. As a result, a big part of this endeavor has to do with properly valuating businesses and compiling a deep analysis of the stores data, some basic market analysis, and much more.…
Pawn Shop Summit
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawn Land!! I am happy to report that the “Pawn Summit” recently hosted by PCG and BRAVO systems was a huge success in Dallas Texas. The format for this event was very similar to PCG’s “International Pawn Symposiums” that we have done in prior years. We had a great level of…
High Level Consulting in the Pawn World
The Exceptions of High-Level Consulting in the Pawn World PCG celebrates close to 20 years in the Pawn Consulting World, and PCG’s Jerry Whitehead has served in the industry for more than 45 years. Our family has been in the business one way or another for more than 65 years…
Pawn Shop Summit Discount
PCG and Bravo are offering a “Pre-show” discount for our upcoming event in Dallas Texas. The Pawn Summit is schedule this October 5th and 6th at the OMNI Mandalay Resort in Las Colinas Texas. The event is a co-sponsored event by PCG and BRAVO and features some of of the most notable presenters in the…
Steven Mack Pawn Shop Summit
PCG and BRAVO are proud to announce that STEVEN MACK will be presenting several subject matters at this year’s Pawn Summit this October 5th and 6th at the 4-Diamond OMNI Mandalay Resort in Las Colinas, Dallas Texas. Steven has had a long and an extensive career in the Pawn Industry. One of his feature presentations…
Lending Pawn Shop
PCG and Bravo are proud to announce, Las Vegas’s own “Michael Mack” will be presenting at this years Pawn Summit. Michael will be discussing how he has developed one of the best “high-end” luxury lending businesses in the Pawn Industry today. This will be a real opportunity to hear it up close and upfront from…
Pawn Shop Consulting You Say
Jerry Whitehead I find it interesting that the Pawn World is challenged in more ways than it has ever been in it’s 3000+ year existence. AS many of you know, PCG has been in the consulting arena now for close to 20 years and I have personally been in the Pawn world for more than…
High-End Pawn Shop Business
BLUESTONE TRADING PRESENTS AT “PAWN SUMMIT” PCG is proud to announce Bluestone Trading’s Own – RB Grampp Jr. who will be doing a high-level presentation as well as a sponsorship for this year’s “Pawn Summit” which will be held at the 4-Diamond OMNI Mandalay Resort in Las Colinas TX October 5th and 6th. The Pawn…
Gunbroker at Pawn Shop Summit
PCG and BRAVO are proud to announce that the CEO and Founder of GunBroker.com and his partner will be doing high-level presentations at this year’s Pawn Summit coming up this October at the OMNI Mandalay 4-Diamond Resort in Las Colinas Texas. This event promises to be unlike any event in the Pawn World up to…
Pawn Shop Summit Schedule
PCG and Bravo are proud to announce our Preliminary Schedule of Speakers and Presenters for this Year’s upcoming “Pawn Summit”. The Pawn Summit will be unlike any other event the Pawn Industry has witnessed up to this point in its History. Some years back PCG introduced the “International Pawn Symposium” in Florida and the Cayman…
Pawn Shop Business Updates
PCG is proud to announce “The Dream Team” is in the middle of a significant operational makeover in the Carolina’s and just finished up a great team initial do-over in Alabama. PCG’s JW was in the Carolina’s earlier this month and began a consulting relationship with one of our newest family members, “Pawn South”, a…
PCG’s Pawn Shop Dream Team
PCG is proud to continue to introduce some of our humble Industry Servants that we have on-boarded and will be featuring up close and up front at this year’s Historic “Pawn Summit”. The Event is Co-Produced by PCG and BRAVO will be happening this October 4th – 6th at the 4-Diamond OMNI Mandalay Resort in…
Pawn Shop Operations
MarketBlazer Presents – Technical Marketing Session for Pawn Summit 2019 PCG is proud to introduce OUR go to Gurus Ray Perry and Mark Z. Fortune, two prominent leading best selling authors and master market developers will be deciphering Technical Marketing in a comprehensive inner-active LAB at the Pawn Summit this year !! Session Title: 7…
Gunbroker Pawn Shop Consulting
Hello Fans in Pawnland!! PCG and BRAVO are proud to announce GunBroker.com’s own CEO and founder Steve Urvan and Stephen Verska IA Tech’s CTO will be doing a high-level presentation at this year’s Pawn Summit. These two will be presenting subject matter on the expansive network of GunBroker.com along with the broad functionality and app’s…
Pawn Shop Consulting Team
Hello Fans in Pawnland!! PCG is proud to announce that we have on-boarded two new Pawn Professionals to our list of Consultants. Dave Larson Dave started with Value Financial Services or (Value Pawn 70+ Stores) back in 2002 – 2009 and quickly progressed to be Director of Operations responsible for 1/3 of the operations of…
Pawn Shop Experience
Ladies and Gentleman in Pawnland, PCG is proud to announce we have aligned ourselves with Podium. Podium specializes in managing and enhancing your online Google Reviews and so much more. They have a very flexible app and has been providing outstanding results for our clients utilizing their platform. For folks who follow the link below,…
PCG Pawn Shop Systems
Ladies and Gentleman, PCG is proud to introduce our next series of high-level educational conferences, the Pawn Summit Series. This series will emulate PCG’s famed International Pawn Symposiums we produced some years back in the Cayman Islands and Florida. We will be hosting the event this year at the DFW OMNI Mandalay which is a…
Updated Crossover EXPO III Schedule
STILL TIME TO REGISTER AND COME AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR YOUR INDUSTRY AND THE EDUCATIONAL TRADE SHOW SERIES FOR FLORIDA! 2018 CROSSOVER EXPO™ Pawn & AFS SHOW – September – 28th thru October 1st GAYLORD PALMS RESORT KISSIMMEE FLORIDA Pawn Fans and More! CROSSOVER EXPO™ – IS IN FULL SWING!! We are proud to…
Craig Harrison – New Owner of M&M Merchandisers Speaks at Crossover EXPO
Hello Fans in Pawn Land! Craig Harrison – New Owner of M&M Merchandisers out of Ft. Worth Texas to speak at the Crossover EXPO™!! CROSSOVER EXPO 2018™, PCG™ and the Florida Pawnbrokers Association would like to welcome Craig Harrison and M&M Merchandisers to the 2018 show in Orlando. Craig will be presenting subject matter on…
ENTRUPY – HAND BAG AUTHENTICATION PRESENTATION CROSSOVER EXPO
PAWN SHOP CONSULTING GROUP™ – JERRY WHITEHEAD CROSSOVER EXPO™ – OUR NEWEST PRESENTATION AT THIS YEARS CROSSOVER EXPO – ENTRUPY’S OWN – LUXURY HAND-BAG AFFICIONADO – DEANNA THOMPSON Deanna Thompson of Entrupy will be doing a high-level presentation on how their “Luxury Hand Bag” Detection Devices work. ON a personal level I have seen many…
Crossover EXPO – Cal Gem Labs Presentation – Orlando
Hello, Fans in Pawn Land! PAWN SHOP CONSULTING GROUP™ – JERRY WHITEHEAD CROSSOVER EXPO™ – PRESENTS CAL GEM LABS – MORIS ADATO The Crossover EXPO is proud to announce one of our newest presentations that will be conducted this year at the EXPO in Orlando. Moris Adato – Moris is a long-time client and friend…
Crossover EXPO™ Presents – Pawn Shop Operational Techniques
Ladies & Gentlemen in Pawn Land! PAWN SHOP CONSULTING GROUP™ – PRESENTS A “ONE OF KIND” PRESENTATION AT THE CROSSOVER EXPO IN ORLANDO! CROSSOVER EXPO™ 2018 PRESENTS NEXT GENERATION OF “PAWN SHOP OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUES” This year’s High-Line piece from PCG™ will be an advanced program on Pawn Shop Operational Techniques that illustrate some of the…
Crossover EXPO ™ – Brad Huisken Presents EXPO Only Presentation
2018 CROSSOVER EXPO™ “Turn Your Merchandise into Cash and your Cash Into PSC” – Presented by Brad Huisken Brad Huisken will lead participants through a fun and motivational seminar on Selling Strategies to Maximize Sales. In today’s pawn environment a pawnbroker has to quickly turn merchandise into cash so that he/she can get the cash…
CROSSOVER EXPO™ – ZERO FEE CREDIT CARD PROCESSING & IN-HOUSE FINANCING AT EXPO
2018 CROSSOVER EXPO™ PAWN SHOP ZERO FEE CREDIT CARD PROGRAM & IN-HOUSE CONSUMER FINANCING OPTIONS – PCG EXCLUSIVE OFFERING TO THE INDUSTRY At this year’s Crossover EXPO™ in Orlando, we will be featuring a litany of new programs that PCG’s exclusive relationships are offering to the Pawn Industry and several others as well. IN a…
2018 Crossover EXPO™ – How Our Show is Different
2018 CROSSOVER EXPO™ – HOW OUR SHOW IS DIFFERENT 2018 Crossover EXPO™ is coming up September 28th – Oct 1st at the Gaylord Palms Resort once again this year in the Orlando area. PCG in conjunction with the Florida Pawnbrokers Association is producing our 3rd annual event again this year at the Gaylord Palms which…
2018 CROSSOVER EXPO™ – UPDATES
Hello, Fans in Pawn Land! 2018 CROSSOVER EXPO™ – UPDATES 2018 Crossover EXPO™ is coming up September 28th – Oct 1st at the Gaylord Palms Resort again this year in the Orlando area. PCG in conjunction with the Florida Pawnbrokers Association is producing our 3rd annual event again this year at the Gaylord Palms Resort…
Crossover EXPO 2018 – NEXT LEVEL OF CONCIERGE LEVEL SERVICE©
PAWN SHOP CONSULTING GROUP™ – JERRY WHITEHEAD CROSSOVER EXPO 2018 PRESENTATION – NEXT LEVEL OF CONCIERGE LEVEL SERVICE© CROSSOVER EXPO™ 2018, PCG™, and the Florida Pawnbrokers Association WILL be delivering up a very high-level customer service segment centered around “Concierge Level Service©” at this year’s EXPO in Orlando. This year’s piece will be an advanced…
2018 CROSSOVER EXPO – DAVID JOHNS HR METRICS & MANAGEMENT
Hello Fans in Pawn Land! DAVID JOHNS – HUMAN RESOURCE METRICS & MANAGEMENT CROSSOVER EXPO 2018, PCG, and the Florida Pawnbrokers Association would like to welcome back David Johns to the 2018 show in Orlando. David will be previewing yet another “Do not miss” opportunity to witness what the next level of Human Resource metrics…
Crossover EXPO 2018 High-Line Sponsor – BRAVO PAWN SYSTEMS
Hello Fans in Pawn Land! BRAVO PAWN SYSTEMS – CROSSOVER EXPO PCG is proud to be bringing back one of our high-line sponsors again this year to the Crossover EXPO this September in Orlando. Bravo Pawn Systems and Steven Mack will be presenting again this year on the amazing advances they have developed with their…
WHY SHOULD I HAVE A CONSULTANT?
WHY SHOULD I HAVE A CONSULTANT? As some of you may have recently heard when we did our “Concierge Level Presentation” up at the Midwest show, pawn shops are closing at an alarming rate, (more than 5000 have closed in the Philippines alone), retail revenues are in decline, pawn loan balances have been contracting, inventories…
Pawn Shop Business Ethics & Good Moral Conduct
Business Ethics, and Good Code of Moral Conduct Hello Friends and Family in Pawn Land!! Today’s Blog is a very simple one, yet, an age-old adage many in the business world should consider living by. It has to do with good business ethics. It is my belief that all of us in the world of…
Pawn Shop Crossover EXPO 2018
2018 Crossover EXPO INFO The Crossover EXPO is being produced again this year with the Florida Pawnbroker Association to assist the association and the industry by providing more educational trade show options for our folks. PCG specializes in producing high-level events from our famed “Pawn Symposiums” hosted at the Ritz Carlton’s in the Cayman Islands,…
PCG’s Pawn Shop Crossover EXPO 2018
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawn Land!! CROSSOVER EXPO 2018 INFO PCG is well underway with our preparations for this years Crossover EXPO in Orlando Florida in conjunction with the Florida Pawnbrokers Association. FPA LINK HERE We will be returning for our 3rd year to the 4-Diamond Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee this year, September 28…
Midwest Pawn Shop Consulting
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawn Land !! The Pawn Shop Consulting Group is proud to be presenting one of our newest presentations on the 15 points of Concierge Level Customer Service and more at the Midwest Pawnbrokers Convention again this year in Louisville KY. The Midwest show this year is May 18th – 20th at…
PCG Pawn Shop Consulting
PCG Meets with CEO of First Cash http://www.firstcash.com/ Hello Pawn World, I am happy to report that I recently spent a great afternoon visiting with Rick Wessel the CEO of First Cash. As many of you do know, First Cash and Cash America recently merged their two companies together with Mr. Wessel remaining the CEO…
PCG Pawn Shop Focus Groups
YES, PCG IS DESCENDING ONTO DICK’S PAWN IN MYRTLE BEACH FOR OUR SPRING GATHERING OF OUR FOCUS GROUP https://dickspawn.com/ PCG Pawn Peer Focus Groups Are you as a business owner or management interested in taking part of a revolutionary game-changing way to enhance your business acumen, the performance of your operation(s) and make more money…
Pawn Shops Financing Programs
Hello Pawn Fans, I don’t need to tell any of you that’ in today’s competitive environment, it remains increasingly difficult to maintain same-store sales year over year with the rapid rates of product obsolescence, increasing online competition, and much more.PCG is proud to offer up a couple of additional product services in the areas of…
Pawn Shop Cash Discount Program
PCG is expanding on a program we introduced last year at our Crossover EXPO !! PCG has several solutions we are offering in the Industry and yes, our programs are pawn and gun friendly! First of all, it’s a CASH DISCOUNT PROGRAM, NOT a surcharge or convenience fee program Very simple, small customer fee is…
Pawn Shop Consulting Business Model
Hello Pawn Fans around the world !! Updates from the Pawn Shop Consulting Group are as follows: We have successfully relocated our offices to Burleson Texas We are moving forward with our Crossover EXPO scheduled for September 28th – October 1st at the Gaylord Resort in Orlando Florida PCG will be speaking this year…
Pawn Shop Cyber Security
The most vulnerable area for the Industry today far exceed just the Physical Assets of the Operations!! The Number ONE Threat Today to your business IS: Cyber Security Today, it is NO longer a question of IF we will be attacked, it’s when, also it is not a question of are we safe, because we…
Pawn Shop Consultation
Pawn Shop Consulting Hello Folks, As many of our followers have heard through our public speaking opportunities and more, the Industry has changed more in the last 30 years than in the previous 3000 years of its existence. Today, change is happening at light speed and the industry is witnessing more store closures than at…
Pawn Shop Consulting Holiday
Ladies and Gentleman in Pawnland !! HOLIDAY WISHES On behalf of the Pawn Shop Consulting Group and myself, I wanted to take this time to wish all our fans, followers, and family the best of the Holiday Season! It’s hard to believe that another year has beamed right on by us. My grandfather said to…
Crossover EXPO Pawn Shop Consulting
Crossover EXPO II – Trade Show Schedule Friday September 22nd GEMS Facility Set UP Trade Show Exhibit Hall (A) 10AM Preshow set up – Crossover TEAM 10AM – Noon Event Registration Opens 2PM – 6PM Saturday September 23rd Registration Opens at 8AM – 4PM – Exhibit Hall A Vendor Set UP 8AM till 4PM –…
Pawn Shop Expo
Folks, PCG is rolling out an exciting new program that eliminates Credit Card Processing FEES completely, potentially saving our clients 10’s of thousands of dollars per year, check out what will be featured at this years Crossover EXPO: CASH DISCOUNT PROGRAM – ELIMINATES PROCESSING FEES! FREE TERMINAL (see below) This year the Crossover…
Pawn Shop News
Ladies and Gentleman in Pawnland! I am happy to report that David Johns will be presenting a very informative “One of Kind” presentations this year at the EXPO, entitled: “Millennials – Hiring & Training Generation Y – The World’s Largest EVER Workforce AS many of you may know, David has a long history in the…
Pawn Shop Expo 2017
Top Dollar Paid for Diamonds, Estate Goods, Watches – Crossover EXPO https://youtu.be/FUacL878LYw Folks, PCG and the EXPO team have assembled some of the best of the best when it comes to properly evaluating your goods to sale, trade, and even buy from our group of select vendors. BRING YOUR DIAMOND GOODS, ESTATE JEWELRY, WATCHES, BULLION…
