Crain's Detroit Business
Detroit-based American Jewelry and Loan is launching digital loan services as the pawn game evolves. The pawn shop, made famous on truTV's over-the-top reality show "Hardcore Pawn," has rolled out a mobile app and digital kiosk at its 20450 Greenfield Road store, said co-owner Seth Gold. 

The recent discovery of the second-biggest diamond in history -- a staggering 1,758-carat stone -- is a remarkable find, but there's a debate over its real market value. Lucara Diamond Corp. said it recovered the stone from the Karowe mine in Botswana. 

Alex Robert Sheaffer reportedly stole a Selmer Super Action 80 Series II alto saxophone from a musician providing entertainment at an April 13 reception in the Dewey Gottwald Center, police said. Alex Robert Sheaffer reportedly stole a Selmer Super Action 80 Series II alto saxophone from a musician providing entertainment at an April 13 reception in the Dewey Gottwald Center, police said.

American Banker
Today’s highly charged and extremely partisan political environment continues to create additional reputational risk for banks, with activists on both sides of the political spectrum seeking to involve the industry in supporting their particular issues or agenda. 

The News & Advance
 A 19-year-old Lynchburg man will serve four years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to his role in burglarizing two Campbell County stores last summer.

Forbes
In the most literal sense retail has always been, and still is, experiential. And depending upon what the customer seeks to do the complexity and importance of what we might commonly consider experiential dimensions (human interaction, tactile elements, investment of time and money, emotional connection to the outcome, etc.) varies considerably.