Happy Monday! Here is a recap of industry news from the last week.  Sources are in the hyperlinked text after the headline.

Brands and Retailers

• Burberry teams up with FarFetch in online push.  Business of Fashion 
• Nautica brand to be sold by VF after losing its 90’s cool.  Bloomberg
• J.Crew has hired the Starbucks executive who transformed the coffee chain into a tech innovator.  Recode
• H&M forecasts physical stores to return to growth next year.  Business of Fashion 
• In cutting time to market, toy companies try on fast-fashion approach. The Wall Street Journal
• Fossil shares surge 79% as wearable tech spurs sales.  Fortune
• Campbell Soup organic sales fall as dispute with Walmart continues.  CNBC
• Walmart rolls out new apparel brands for women, kids and plus sizes.  CNBC
• Sam’s Club offering free shipping in challenge to Costco and Amazon.  Fortune
• Shopify beats estimates but signs emerge of slowing growth.  Business of Fashion 
• Pepsi is investing in its ecommerce business to avoid the retail apocalypse.  Business Insider 
• Sears to post a rare profit but that’s only thanks to tax reform.  Fortune
• Walmart goes to the cloud to close the gap with Amazon. Reuters

Marketing and Social Media

• Snapchat opens a store – and takes aim at a trillion-dollar industry.  Fast Company
• How Giphy is bringing GIF engagement to brands.  The New York Times 
• Unilever threatens to pull ads from Facebook and Google if they don’t help clean up the internet.  Fortune
• How Glamgldw became the skin-care brand with the most buzz on social media.  Digiday
• The Stories format is coming to Google search results next.  The Verge
• Snap will use data to lure digital stars back from Instagram.  Bloomberg
• Vimeo launches tools for simultaneous uploading or live streaming to Facebook, YouTube, Twitch.  TechCrunch
• Why Diesel opened a deceptive NYC pop-up store selling knockoffs of its own clothes.  AdWeek
• Google Chrome debuts automatic blocking of annoying ads.  Ars Technica

Startup + Emerging Tech + Acquisitions

• WeWork moves into retail with new partnership with J.Crew.  Glossy
• Harry’s raises $112M to go behind shaving.  New York Times
• Oreo hopes to see success in its own scavenger hunt AR game.  Digiday
• Oliver Cabell disrupted the luxury bag market, and now it’s taking on sneakers.  Fast Company
• Amazon-owned Twitch is expanding in Europe.  Digiday

International

• Amazon to create 2,000 jobs in France in 2018.  Business of Fashion 
• Walmart in talks to buy more than 40% of India’s flipkart.  Reuters
• JD.com raises $2.5B by selling stake in logistics unit.  ZDNet
• Under Armour’s international push eases slump at home.  Business of Fashion