Here is your weekly recap of news I found around the web about fashion, retail and ecommerce. Sources can be found in the hyperlinked text after the headline.
Brand/Retailer
- Urban Outfitters finding success in niche beauty market. Link
- How Gilt will be added to Saks’ discount retail stores. Link
- Burberry faces US lawsuit accusing it of deceptive price tags. Link
- Victoria’s Secret CEO resigns. Link
- Nordstrom debuts first TV ad in three years. Link
- Elizabeth Arden bets on app to boost ecommerce. Link
- Sears announces it’s closing at least 50 stores. Link
- Tommy Hilfiger embraces direct-to-consumer shows. Link
- Kate Spade, H&M and Urban Outfitters go beyond apparel but will it improve sales? Link
- Without a creative director, Banana Republic appeals to consumers for Fall 2016. Link
- Amazon shares bounce on news of $5B buyback. Link
- Apple reportedly filming 6-episode series with Dr. Dre. Link
Marketing/Social Media
- YouTube buys BandPage for $8M to attract musicians with money-making tools. Link
- Vox to join other media companies in ecommerce push. Link
- Pop Sugar wants to become the mobile shipping cart for fashion. Link
- Instagram doubles down on video, introduces Facebook-style view counts. Link
- What marketers should know about Twitter’s new algorithmic “catch up” feed. Link
- Time Inc buying MySpace parent company. Link
- YouTube wants viewers to buy directly from review videos. Link
- Pinterest nabs Google executive to head ad sales. Link
- Target’s ground-breaking musical interlude during Grammys extends to social. Link
Start Ups
International
- India’s Snapdeal raises $200M led by Ontario Teachers’ pension plan. Link
- Primark to open 6 US stores in 2016. Link
- Amazon’s Chinese shipping license reflects global goals. Link
- Chinese tourists boost Japanese all sales to record. Link
- Rakuten shutters marketplaces in Southeast Asia. Link
Emerging Tech/Mobile
- How Kate Spade and Everpurse got wearable tech right. Link
- Google/Alphabet building standalone virtual reality headset. Link
- 15 of the best designs merging fashion and technology. Link
- Online shoppers prove skeptics wrong buying tons of luxury goods on mobile devices. Link
- Tech firms push toward future without passwords. Link
- How smartphones are killing off the fashion show. Link
- Fitbit taps Public School designers to outfit its latest fitness tracker. Link
- PayPal Commerce matches Stripe with PayPal’s own toolkit for apps. Link