Jerry Whitehead, founder of the Pawnshop Consulting Group, leading Merger and Acquisition Specialist Pawn Shop Valuations & Acquisitions         Pawn Shop Valuations & Acquisitions – as PCG’s founder, Jerry Whitehead this is an area of extreme specialty in the Pawn Industry for us. Pawn Shop Valuations and Acquistions, and as the founder of PCG, Jerry Whitehead I have completed more than 250+ purchase, acquisition, transfer, or sale of Pawn Shops in the past 35+ years. I started in the Pawn business in 1968 and progressed on through building and ..read more

PCG Pawn Peer Focus Group   “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 and Uncle Dan’s Pawn in Dallas.   What are Pawn Peer Focus Groups?   Pawn Peer Focus Groups, created by Jerry Whitehead and Pawn Shop Consulting Group, connect pawnbrokers. Together pawn operators learn, observe, and critique each other while shar ..read more

Jerry Whitehead, founder of Pawnshop Consulting Group 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 Pawn, both in Dallas Texas.   This will be our 2nd tour back through Texas to see these two fantastic operators and some of the best of the best in the ..read more

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 Whitehead has serviced hundreds of clients as a global Pawn Consultant celebrating 50 years as a second generation Pawnbroker in the industry, and 23 years as consultant. With our global community and many active clients in th ..read more

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 some 50 years”, who has serviced hundreds of clients as a global Pawn Consultant anything!! We did do a lighter version of this piece last year (2022) at the NPA Convention in Las Vegas. We are advising anyone wishing to attend this seminar, show up early as last ..read more

How to Capitalize for the Looming Economy and Pawn Industry Trends Pawnshop Consulting Group will be presenting again this year at the upcoming Midwest Pawnbrokers Convention in Indianapolis this May 19th – 21st. Our presentation will focus on how to capitalize for the looming economy, and what the current industry trends are for Pawn in the USA. This wil be a one of kind presentation being provided this year at the midwest show. PCG has presented for the last 20 years for the MIdwest group and we are looking forward to this one for sure. “How to prepare your operation for the cash demand comi ..read more

PCG Legendary Focus Groups head to Boise Idaho That’s right, Pawnshop Consulting Group’s Legendary Focus Groups are heading to Boise Idaho. We are on our way to have the eyes of some of the best operators in the Pawn Industry to descend upon our newest member to the Focus Group Family, Sam Read of Idaho Pawn & Gold and the developer of Pawn Leads and more. This team recently won the prize of the “Best of Pawn” In Idaho! And our focus group, with over 400 years of Pawn Wisdom is looking forward to crawling through every aspect of their business, their team, along with their successes and we ..read more

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 Pawnbrokers Convention Link Dates for that show are May 20th – 22nd, and our topic for this years show looks as follows: “How to prepare your operation for the cash demand coming, how to potentially fund it, and how to capitalize for business expansion opportu ..read more

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 analysis from First Cash and generally, it does follow the overall trends we are witnessing in the Pawn Industry across the spectrum: First Cash Trend Analysis   AS illustrated in this analysis, First Cash saw Pawn Fee growth during the financial crisis of 2008 ..read more

PCG Focus Groups Head to Boise Idaho   PCG Focus Group gathering in Sacramento   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 coming into their 12th year for Group 1. Over the years we have witnessed many operators all across the USA along with Colombia, Aruba, and Canada since our game changing collaboration of high level operators began. Peer Groups create the highest levels of accountability as your fel ..read more