Take pawn shops, for example. A spike in activity can sometimes point to economic strain as more people look for quick cash.

Investigators say a disgruntled ex-employee used a company credit to purchase items from Home Depot before pawning them.

Pawn shops offer the opportunity to sell goods or take out short-term loans with used merchandise as collateral. They are small businesses by nature because both the items exchanged and the loans paid ...

Pawn shops reporting spike in customers tied to higher gas prices - One pawn shop owner said that ‘expensive watches‘ are ...