Here are some of the things that happened over the last week in retail, technology, and fashion. All sources can be found in the hyperlinked text after the headline.

Have a great week!

Brand/Retailer:

• Apple Music now has more than 10M subscribers. Link
• Warm weather cost apparel stores hundreds of millions this fall and winter. Link
• Ace to open hotel in New Orleans. Link
• Hudon’s Bay to acquire Gilt Groupe for $250M. Link
• What’s next for the American department store? Link
• Why Finish Line is closing 150 stores even though ‘athleisure’ is booming. Link
• Off-price retailers like TJ Maxx and Ross are thriving. Link
• Holiday sales rise but not all retailers are cheery. Link
• Holiday season winners and losers. Link
• LuLuLemon reaches a turning point. Link
• Macy’s slashes 4,000 jobs after huge drop in holiday season sales. Link
• Old Navy sales tumble. Link
• Kohl’s is debating whether to take itself private or break up the company. Link

Marketing/Social:

• Instagram is now curating videos about live events. Link
• Snapchat is building its own ad platform. Link
• Target partnering with SoulCycle. Link
• Burberry debuts on Apple TV with menswear fashion show. Link
• Longer tweets said to be coming soon to Twitter. Link
• What lies ahead for marketing in an increasingly ad-free future. Link
• The White House joins Snapchat. Link
• Burberry runs lunar New Year WeChat campaign. Link
• Twitter wants to let brands turn your tweets into ads. Link

Startup:

• How this bootstrapped company, Homepolish, is competing with a rival that raised $200M. Link
• Japan’s fashion rental service AirCloset snags $8M. Link

International:

• Amazon is letting UK shoppers to buy now, pay later. Link
• Hong Kong retail sales figures fall for 12^th straight month. Link
• Wayfair roles out Canadian ecommerce site. Link
• What Amazon Prime is like around the world. Link
• Louis Vuitton sues counterfeit online sellers in China. Link
• Victoria’s Secret to open first Southeast Asia flagship in Singapore. Link
• Dolce & Gabbana appeals to Muslim consumers. Link

Mobile/Wearbles/Emerging Technology:

• Under Armour gets serious about fitness tech with HealthBox, a big box of gadgets. Link
• L’Oreal unveils smart skincare patch at CES. Link
• Samsung’s smart clothes are wearables you’d actually wear. Link
• Fashion icon Iris Apfel is designing wearables for Wisewear. Link
• Apple acquires startup that reads emotions from facial expression. Link
• Apple rolls out new betas across its platforms. Link