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 4^th 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:

• Amazon sees street lights as drone docking stations. Link
• Virtual reality waits for the music industry to catch up. Link
• Macy’s is testing artificial intelligence with IBM. Link