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

• Amazon raises its free shipping minimum for non-Prime members to $49. Link
• BirchBox co-founder joins First Round Capital as first female partner. Link
• VF Corp falls after fourth quarter results trail estimates. Link
• Neiman Marcus opens new store on Long Island as luxury sales slow. Link
• Coach is now a full-fledged American fashion house. Link
• Wal-Mart, reporting slower ecommerce growth makes plans to expand number of products available online. Link
• Nordstrom tumbles after holiday sales miss analyst estimates. Link
• Wal-Mart still outshined by Amazon despite spending billions. Link
• Google is expanding its same-day delivery on groceries. Link
• Proenza Schouler skillfully mixed commerce on the runway for Fall 2016. Link
• Prada dealt new blow as finance chief quits luxury maker. Link
• Kit and Ace lays off 10% of staff. Link
• Ex-Lululemon CEO advising Adidas on how to target women. Link
• Ralph Lauren to bring management of distribution site in house. Link
• Amazon’s private label push: a new fast-fashion giant? Link

Marketing/Social Media

• Shopping is coming to Snapchat. Link
• Time Inc. buys two car-focused YouTube channels. Link
• Gatorade’s Super Bowl Snapchat filter got 160 million impressions. Link
• Alexa Chung debuts collection for Marks & Spencer. Link
• Why Starbucks is overhauling its loyalty program. Link
• Facebook plans to put ads in Messenger. Link
• Snapchat now lets everyone pay to design geofilters. Link
• Facebook’s huge plan to shake up dull world of telecoms. Link
• How Kanye and Adidas ‘Yeezy-hacked’ the business model of celebrity endorsements. Link
• Google doing away with ads along the right rail. Link

Start Ups

• VCs invested more in space startups last year than in the previous 15 years combined. Link
• New online fashion retailers are capitalizing on consumers’ desires to purchase clothing that lasts. Link

International

• Amazon to open parcel locker network in Europe. Link
• Apple Pay to be launched in China. Link
• Amazon top open new fulfillment center in UK. Link
• Twitter has more users than Facebook in Japan. Link
• eCommerce stakes are high in the Mideast after the largest ever A round for Wadi.com. Link
• Luxury retailer Saks entering Canada amid cooling economy. Link

Emerging Tech/Mobile

• PayPal matches Stripe with its own native toolkit for apps. Link
• This luxury watch is getting MasterCard payment functionality. Link
• Why retailres are missing mobile with millennials. Link
• Here’s where Google Fiber is headed next. Link