I guess everyone’s busy launching BTS and closing out their quarter because I’d say it was a relatively quiet week in the industry. Unless you are Dollar Shave Club. Or Yahoo. Sources can be found in the hyperlinked text after the headline.
Brand/Retailer:
- Unilever buys Dollar Shave Club. Link
- WalMart beefs up online assortment with new sellers. Link
- eBay is planning to totally overhaul its marketplace. Link
- Birkenstock to stop selling on Amazon. Link
- The reason Urban Outfitters bought a pizza chain. Link
- LVMH sells Donna Karen for $650M. Link
- Chanel buys four companies to secure high-end silk supplies. Link
- Verizon announces $4.8B deal to buy Yahoo’s internet business. Link
- How Eileen Fisher and the CFDA are propelling the next generation toward a more sustainable future. Link
- Aeropostale and Sycamore Partners headed to trial. Link
Marketing/Social:
- Birchbox tests Snapchat for customer service. Link
- P&G starts online subscription service for Tide pods. Link
- How sponsored content is becoming king in the Facebook world. Link
- Sephora launches first ever Tinder ad campaign. Link
- Tiffany & Co. taps celebrity faces for the first time. Link
- Modelez strikes deal with Fox to innovate ad models. Link
- Coke content VP leaves to start his own company. Link
- Warby Parker offering snapchat-exclusive sunglasses. Link
- TopShop launches fall campaign with Taylor Hill. Link
Start Up:
- Rocket Internet-backed Global Fashion Group raises $364M. Link
- India Hicks on start-up lessons learned, growing her ecommerce business. Link
International:
- Alibaba recruits apparel sellers in South Korea. Link
- Russian retail sales fall amid tigher economic times. Link
- With Live-Streaming, US brands bring July 4th to China. Link
- Amazon set to increase bet on Italy’s digital turnaround plan. Link
- With growing worries of deflation, concern that Australia is becoming desensitized to sales. Link
- India clears path for Apple to open its first retail store. Link
- China’s lingerie market has doubled since 2011. Link
- Google faces new round of antitrust charges in Europe. Link
Mobile/Emerging Tech:
