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
