Source: Bloomberg News Online

The first places in the U.S. to identify themselves as pawnshops, usually marked by a sign showing three balls, were established in the second decade of the 19th century. The number of pawnshops dotting urban landscapes only increased, thanks to the growth of the domestic manufacturing sector, which generally paid its workforce low wages. A pawnshop loan could be a crucial bridge between paydays, providing cash for basic necessities such as food and rent on the security of personal possessions. These loans also helped business owners meet payroll and the rich to finance their vacations.

Pawnshop loans were so essential to so many that there was one item in pawn for every man, woman and child living in New York City in the year 1828 alone.

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30% OFF – Mens Fashion, Cluster, and Solitaire Rings

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The reports cites that “business is booming” at pawn shops, where shoppers can get a great deal on last minute gifts for Christmas.

” ConsumerWatch: Shoppers Turn To Pawn Shops For Holiday Bargains

With only a few shopping days until Christmas, some shoppers aren’t flocking to the malls, but to pawn shops. Nationwide, pawn shops are reporting higher sales.

Pawn shops may have the reputation of being a place where people go to sell off unwanted goods and get emergency loans, but they’re getting makeovers in an effort to convince shoppers that they can be where shoppers to find bargains.”

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By ANDREW MARTIN and STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Published: December 18, 2011

“Children in San Mateo, Calif., whispered their wish lists to Santa Claus this weekend at Best Collateral, a pawnshop in a strip mall about 20 miles south of San Francisco. And if their parents didn’t mind discounted gifts — well, to be realistic, used or hocked ones — they did their shopping there, too. Christmas this year has come to the neighborhood pawnshop — and business is booming like never before. Sue Gallagher, 54, is one shopper who now works through her Christmas list at a pawnshop before heading to Wal-Mart or Target.
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