Here is your Tuesday recap (sorry, busy Monday!) of industry news over the last week from around the web.  Sources can be found in the hyperlinked text after the headline.

Brand/Retailer

• Abercrombie & Fitch posts unexpected rise in comparable sales. Link
• Herschel goes high-tech with its new magic fabric. Link
• Yoox Net-a-porter partner with IBM. Link
• Amazon is about to give QVC a run for its money. Link
• Under Armour debuts first ever 3D-printed shoes. Link
• Why big retailers are going solar. Link
• Samsonite confirms deal to buy Tumi. Link
• Valentino eyes IPO in 2017 after revenue exceeds $1B. Link
• Online retailer Everlane seeks valuation north of $250M in investment talks. Link
• Fashion is dull and other key points about the state of Urban Outfitters’ business. Link
• Aerie shows it pays to tell young women to love their bodies. Link
• Seeking millennials’ kids and babies, Target spends big on tech. Link
• Analysts see mixed message in teen market. Link

Marketing/Social Media

• Apple finally joins Twitter with eye toward socializing its customer service. Link
• Snapchat catches up with Facebook, clocks 8B daily video views. Link
• New York Magazine building out branded content studio. Link
• The Instagram Effect: How the platform drives decisions at fashion brands. Link
• Facebook reaches 3 million advertisers, launches your business store video tool. Link
• Amazon Prime now finding fashion followers. Link
• Pinterest’s buyable pins help lure new sales and customers. Link

Start Ups

• How this digital entrepreneur rocketed a fashion business from 4 to 350 employees. Link
• Why show startups are making sneakers from wool. Link
• ‘Warby Parker of suits,’ Combatant Gentlemen opens pop-up shop in Nordstrom. Link
• The hot ecommerce app Wish has hundreds of millions of users. Link
• Augment raises over $3M in Series A funding from Salesforce. Link
• You can now make voice calls using Slack. Link
• Bed-in-a-box startups challenge traditional mattress makers. Link

International

• The billionaire African behind the continent’s greatest retail empire. Link
• Amazon to open second largest delivery center in Hyperbad. Link
• Zalando targets logistics as mobile fashion sales grow. Link
• Victoria’s Secret to open flagship in Shanghai. Link
• Europe’s antitrust enforcer on Google, Apple and the year ahead. Link
• com’s revenue growth beats expectations. Link
• Apple is selling more phones in India’s biggest cities than you might think. Link
• Ikea to open first India store at Hyperbad. Link
• Uber launches in Pakistan. Link
• Adidas to boost China outlets by a third with 3,000 stores. Link

Emerging Tech/Mobile

• The North Face to launch insanely smart Watson-powered shopping app next month. Link
• Apple sold 116M Apple Watches in 2015. Link
• Is 3D printing the next industrial revolution? Link
• Amazon expands Alexa AI with new tap and dot voice-controlled speakers. Link
• Google is plotting ways for developers to cash in on virtual reality Cardboard. Link
• Google Fiber is coming to San Francisco. Link
• From science fiction to reality, retailers get serious about drones. Link