Check out the industry’s headlines from the week.  Sources are in the hyperlinked text. Ciao!

Brand/Retailer

• TopShop the latest to join runway-to-retail move. Link
• Target’s omni-channel target. Link
• Intermix opens its first concept store. Link
• First look at Abercrombie’s new branding. Link
• Club Monaco joins NYFW schedule with shoppable presentation. Link
• Crew to launch new line at Nordstrom. Link
• Aritzia seeks to raise about $232M in initial offering. Link
• Inside the reinvention of Saks Fifth Avenue. Link
• Fabrics that pass heat but not light may keep people cool in the summer. Link
• ASOS to pay 20M pounds to rival retailers. Link
• Crew shows no signs of improving in first half of the year. Link
• Consortium submits bid to save 229 Aeropostale stores. Link
• American Girl Dolls coming to a Toys R Us near you. Link
• Lululemon set to open smaller, hyper-local stores. Link
• Starbucks is testing weekend brunch. Link

Marketing/Social

• This fashion week, Google gets a new look. Link
• Prada to focus on online, social to grow sales. Link
• Snapchat will hit nearly $1B in ad revenue by the end of 2017. Link
• Facebook created the digital equivalent of a coupon drawer. Link
• Stadiums update location tracking to feed ad exchanges. Link
• Ann Taylor joins Snapchat with a shopping strategy. Link

Startup/Emerging Tech

• Smashbox goes behind the scenes of a photo shoot with its foray into VR. Link
• Lowe’s launches retail robots. Link
• Michael Kors brings really, really big design to Android Wear. Link
• Yelp invites hackers to expose vulnerabilities through bug bounty program. Link
• How Rebecca Minkoff keeps disrupting the fashion industry. Link

International

• China’s luxury consumer moves online, brands follow. Link
• Lululemon helps China’s affluent young professionals warm up to an active lifestyle. Link
• German retail sales rise 1.7% in July. Link
• Amazon expands Dash into the U.K., Germany and Austria. Link
• Outlet malls booming in China as department stores feel the pinch. Link