Here is your Monday recap of industry news over the last week from around the web.  Sources can be found in the hyperlinked text after the headline. (P.S. I love feedback. Shoot me a message in the comments or on Twitter if you’ve got any!)

Brand/Retailer

• Target looking to hire 20 people for mysterious start-up called Goldfish. Link
• Amazon finds air freight partner. Link
• Amazon debuts its first live show that lets you shop while you watch. Link
• High-fashion brands split on faster retail cycle. Link
• Dozens of Jos. A. Brank stores closing due to poor sales. Link
• Patagonia to help fund residential solar installations. Link
• Top 25 innovative consumer and retail brands of 2015. Link
• Nordstrom cutting 120 tech jobs to save profits. Link
• Why Brooks Brothers is investing in veteran tailors. Link
• Burberry becomes focus of takeover talks. Link
• Zara uses supply chain to win again. Link
• The North Face doubles down on locally sources manufacturing. Link
• Roberto Cavalli launches website. Link
• Modcloth enters bridal foray. Link

Marketing/Social Media

• Snapchat has a secret team possibly building a pair of smart glasses. Link
• British Vogue tests breaking fashion news alerts on WhatsApp. Link
• Buzzfeed launches new ad format to further monetize its big social reach. Link
• Facebook acquires video filter app Msqrd to square up to Snapchat. Link
• L’oreal creates unbranded content hub to woo beauty fans. Link
• The relationship between Instagram and music is a powerful one. Link
• Retail analysts cautiously optimistic about Abercrombie & Fitch. Link
• Under new CMO, Lowe’s debuts marketing rebrand. Link
• Platform bets big on branded social loyalty. Link

Start Ups

• Personal shopping services seek scale. Link
• Whole Foods and Instacart to offer home grocery delivery to more US households. Link
• Does this new online marketplace really use a stock trading model? Link
• Marla Malcom Beck sold Bluemercury to Macy’s for $210M and now she’s betting on vegan cosmetics. Link
• Made-to-measure menswear maker Indochino raises $30M as it eyes the wedding market. Link

International

• Apple refiles application for retail stores in India. Link
• Culture gap impedes business efforts for US trade with Cuba. Link
• Victoria’s Secret, Nike cashe in on rising girl power in China. Link
• EU regulators to release findings on barriers to cross-border ecommerce. Link
• Alibaba’s logistics arm gets funding to boost delivery speed. Link

Emerging Tech/Mobile

• Amazon Echo users can now ask Alexa to pay their credit card. Link
• True Religion to arm associates with Apple Watches in clientelling move. Link
• Robots may someday engage male shoppers who shy away from in-store interactions. Link
• Ferragamo puts microchips in shoes to bid to fight fraudsters. Link