Here’s the industry news I’ve collected over the last week.  Sources can be found in the hyperlinked text after the headline.

Brand/Retailer:

• Burberry’s Christopher Baily replaced as CEO by Marco Gobbetti. Link
• Musicians explore new markets with fashion. Link
• Amazon’s Prime Day orders up 60% over the previous year. Link
• Is Birchbox on the rocks because the boxes just sucked? Link
• Millennials only want to spend money on one thing and it’s killing Macy’s. Link
• Alexa Chung to launch her own fashion brand. Link
• How Gentle Monster road the KPop wave to $160M. Link
• Swatch first half profit slumps as much as 60%. Link
• Free People expands into beauty and wellness. Link
• Inside BraHaus, Nike and Bandier’s customized pop-up shop. Link
• Hermes takes minority stake in Pierre Hardy. Link
• Mall owners push out department stores in favor of specialty shops and restaurants. Link
• These were the top-selling non-Amazon items on Prime Day from around the world. Link
• The one retail sector that need not fear Amazon. Link
• Urban Outfitters profits from Trump backlash with tshirts. Link
• Aeropostale seeks to auction assets in bankruptcy wind-down. Link
• Former Toys ‘R’ Us site in Times Square Is being re-imagined. Link

Marketing/Social:

• Google launches smarter, more visual ads timed for holiday shopping. Link
• Instagram’s Eva Chen: It’s not a numbers game. Link
• Twitter has inked another live-streaming deal, this time with Bloomberg. Link
• Ralph Lauren scaling back on advertising spend. Link
• Buzzfeed releases a chatbot for the RNC. Link
• Facebook adds refined targeting for app download ads. Link
• With back-to-school approaching, Gap seeks new grip on shoppers. Link

Start Up:

• Sizing technology company True Fit raises $25M. Link
• This startup lets you buy Snapchat geo-filters from a collection of artists. Link
• PointerPointer points to your pointer. Link
• That one was a test to see if you read this? (But it also made me chuckle)

International:

• Nike uses high-energy video to sell sport in India. Link
• China’s ecommerce addiction has real market potential. Link
• British department store John Lewis to tie up with Myer in Australia. Link
• Burberry puts new UK facility on hold amid Brexit fallout. Link

Mobile/Emerging Tech:

• Ikea Canada uses RFID to engage customers. Link
• Amazon is developing a 3D modeling system to solve online clothes shopping’s biggest problem. Link
• Chatbots edge out apps as teens prefer messaging. Link
• Alibaba will let consumers shop the world’s stores via virtual reality. Link
• Virtual reality is coming for weddings. Link
• Five ways shoppers are using mobile to influence purchase decisions, according to Google. Link