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Bigger, Better: Stores Like Inver Grove's Pawn America Signal Change

Pawn shops are bumping up against discount retailers, the Star Tribune reports.

The humongous Pawn America in Inver Grove Heights is highlighted in a Star Tribune roundup of industry trends that are seeing lines blur between pawn shops and discount retail stores. 

Pawn America owner Brad Rixmann's 33,000-square-foot store in IGH is a prime example. 

“Brad is an innovator,” a trade group official told the newspaper. “He’s diversifying the business model.”

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