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    Small Used Jewelry Business Leads to a Growing Pawn-Shop Franchise

    A father and son road trip led them to launch a small pawn shop that grew into a nationwide franchise.
    by Jason Daley Apr 01, 2013 2 minutes

    Father-son road trips can be powerful and life-changing. But while most excursions wind up at Cooperstown or the Grand Canyon, Robbie Whitten's yearlong odyssey with his dad ended with him behind the counter of a pawn shop--and eventually, at the helm of an empire.

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