Top industry news from last week.  All sources can be found in the hyperlink after the headline:

Retailer News:

• Urban Outfitters masters social by mimicking millennials’ behaviors. Link
• Nordstrom stock drops after slow sales growth. Link
• Editd tells retailers exactly what consumers want in real-time. Link
• Etsy launches its wholesale platform for retailers, allowing independent boutiques to buy items from Etsy wholesalers. Link
• Gilt Groupe co-founder takes aim at beauty business. Link
• Weak retail sales point to slowdown in U.S. consumer spending. Link
• Nordstrom launches charitable private-label brand. Link
• Saks launches ecommerce activewear shop. Link
• Amazon introduces credit card reader, taking on Square and PayPal. Link
• Lucky Magazine merging with BeachMint. Link
• The Kardashian’s launch jewelry line on ASOS. Link
• Crew enters beauty with two scents. Link
• Piperlime unveiled new website design and logo on Monday. Link
• Steve Madden acquires Dolce Vita. Link
• Nordstrom unveils price tag for Trunk Club: $350 Million. Link
• The Grommet launches whole site. Link
• Target to keep stores open later. Link
• Online furniture king Wayfair files for IPO. Link
• How Julep turned women’s self-blame into a hit new product. Link
• Yahoo unveiled a new version of Yahoo Stores, aiming to boost revenues from ecommerce. Link
• ASOS to sell erotic accessories range. Link
• Matell to launch Barbie-inspired lines with Foever 21, Lord & Taylor, Wildfox this Fall. Link
• ModCloth signs anti-Photoshop pledge. Link
• Nike releases college-themed sneaker collection. Link

Social Media + Marketing:

• More brands turning to Tweet-for-goodies campaigns. Link
• Twitter adds video ads. Link
• Twitter changes math on counting users who don’t see ads. Link
• Old Navy’s tween web video push goes viral. Link
• Facebook now tells whether mobile ads lead to desktop purchases. Link
• Dell uses YouTube influencers to spread its back-to-school message to students. Link
• Pinterest expands self-serve promoted pins platform to more businesses. Link
• Groupon is adding 100 Snapchat followers a day. Link
• Google buys Jetpac to give context to visual searches. Link
• New Twitter experiment changes how favorites work. Link
• Altuzarra for Target campaign plays up the Luxe factor. Link
• Another look at LiketoKnowIt, the service making Instagram shoppable. Link

Start-ups:

• Spring unveils Instagram-like shopping app. Link and Link
• Into The Gloss heads into its next phase with a revamped team. Link
• This app crawls the web to get you the best deal on almost any product. Link
• Uber to test moving services in Atlanta and Nashville. Link
• House Account makes independent boutiques shoppable via mobile. Link

International:

[APAC]

• TopShop and Miss Selfridge to sell on China’s ShangPin. Link
• Rakuten acquires online shopping service Slice. Link
• Newegg now shipping to India and Singapore. Link
• Meet Scoop Whoop, BuzzFeed’s fast-growing Indian clone. Link
• Apple begins storing user data in China. Link
• Ahead of Rocket Internet’s IPO, here are the numbers on its Southeast Asian ecommerce stores. Link
• JD gets online shopping boost from WeChat, sees $10B in consumer sales in Q2. Link

[AU/NZ]

• Forever 21 rumored to open first Australia store. Link
• Global sports retailer Intersport springs into Australian market. Link
• Sephora reveals the location of its first Australian store. Link

[EU]

• Legendary UK menswear tailor sets up shop inside Bergdorf Goodman in the US. Link

[CA]

• New head of Target Canada plots course for turnaround. Link

[A/ME]

• Ikea to open Bahrain store. Link

[LATAM]

• How Rocket Internet’s Dafiti is helping to shape the future of ecommerce in Latin America. Link

Mobile, Tablet, + Wearables:

• OpenTable rolls out mobile payments in New York City. Link
• Samsung acquires SmartThings, a fast-growing home automation startup. Link
• eBags takes cues from Tinder for its ecommerce app. Link
• Three trends that will make a difference in mobile payments. Link
• Amazon’s Indian rival is proof that mobile shopping is taking over. Link
• Apple’s sweet spot is the people who buy iPads and laptops together. Link
• Amazon doubles the storage on its Kindle Paperwhite e-reader. Link
• Carolina Herrera testing style app for luxury clients. Link

Other:

• Starbucks’ secret to make every store feel unique. Link