Every Monday I collect and publish the retail industry headlines from around the web over the last week for easy scanning purposes.  Hope it helps. Sources are in the hyperlinked text after the headline. Enjoy!

Brands and Retailers

• Spanx goes after bras. WWD
• Amazon launches Amazon Cash, a way to shop its site without a bank card. Techcrunch
• Jenna Lyons out after 26 years at J.Crew. Fashionista
• VF Corp. in reshaping mode; focus on consumer and retail. WWD
• The winners and losers in a Coach-Kate Spade acquisition. Digiday
• How Warby Parker’s success beat their own expectations. Bloomberg
• Coty just signed a deal to grow Burberry’s beauty business. Fortune
• Verizon announces new name brand for AOL and Yahoo: Oath. New York Times
• Nike’s Soho flagship leads transformational charge into the future of sports retail. Stores
• UPS rolling out Saturday ground deliveries nationwide. Consumerist
• Why investors are so keen on Amazon. The Economist
• How ecommerce is making stores relevant again. Fortune
• Bergdorf Goodman’s chief to step down as parent Neiman seeks sale. Bloomberg
• North Face owner VF needs a new mega-deal. Here’s why it’s taking so long. Fortune
• H&M is launching a new brand called Arket. Fashionista
• As retailers close stores, the world’s third-largest apparel player, Uniqlo, takes another run at the US. CNBC
• Lululemon investors see red as company cites lack of colorful clothing. Wall Street Journal
• Luxury-goods companies are belatedly trying to go digital. The Economist

Marketing and Social Media

• Revolve Social Club to open doors to public for festival style pop-up. WWD
• Amazon wants influencers for new shop program. WWD
• How Generation Z is transforming the shopping experience. Retail Dive
• How the Instagram look gave rise to a new makeup artist. Glossy
• Snapchat makes it possible to search for Stories by keywords. MarketingLand
• Clique Media Group launches new vertical inspired by a surge in wellness traffic. Glossy
• Alice + Olivia launches private Instagram for top consumers. Glossy
• Pinterest sets focus on small businesses to propel revenue growth. Adage
• J&J and Verizon join major marketers suspending YouTube advertising. Adage
• Forever 21 pushes low-priced concept. WWD
• Amazon quietly launches its own social media influencers program into beta. Techcrunch
• To take on Netflix, Hollywood studios are planning ‘premium’ videos on demand. Wall Street Journal
• Adidas All Day app aims to help you stay fit and eat healthy. Engadget
• Chase had ads on 400,000 sites. Then on just 5,000. Same results. New York Times
• Lululemon will target millennials with its first-ever global ad campaign. Fashionista

Startup and Emerging Tech

• Amazon Prime Air drone completes its first US public delivery. CNet
• Glossier is launching perfume and sunscreen. Vogue
• HTC is launching its VR app subscription service at $7 per month. Techcrunch
• Inside retail’s live chat revolution. Forbes
• L’oreal’s technology incubator is creating the future of beauty. New York Times
• Starbucks is going to try out a mobile order only store. Techcrunch
• Goop enters the $37M nutritional supplements industry. Fast Company
• Dominos will deliver pizza by robot in Europe. Newsweek
• The spiral of Spring’s great mobile experiment. Glossy

International

• Amazon buys Middle Eastern online marketplace, Souq.com. Bloomberg
• The real reason Chinese millennials are super consumers. Forbes
• Wal-Mart okay with selling only made-in-India products says India CEO. The Times of India
• More Chinese consumers say no to fake goods. Wall Street Journal
• With Reebok expansion, Adidas challenges Nike in China. Business of Fashion