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

Brands and Retailers

• AdoreMe to expand brick-and-mortar presence in challenge to Victoria’s Secret.  The Wall Street Journal
• Bobbi Brown is ready to slay the wellness industry.  The New York Times
• eBay Fashion aims to reposition in the face of competition.  Glossy
• Here is who is winning the retail race, and it’s not inside the mall.  CNBC
• H&M has a problem: $4.3B in unsold clothes.  The New York Times
• Kohl’s bets on smaller stores to fuel its growth.  CNBC
• Walmart may be acquiring health insurer Humana.  TechCrunch
• Amazon may launch a bank account aimed at teens.  TechCrunch
• Bumble is suing Match Group for $400M for fraudulently obtaining trade secrets.  TechCrunch
• Rite Aid bid for Albertsons wins U.S. approval.  Bloomberg
• The Sephora effect: How the retailer wields its power to boost new beauty brands.  Glossy
• Ikea’s plan to leave the big blue box store behind.  Fast Company
• Apple insists the iPhone is built in the U.S.  Recode
• Lululemon stretches its digital marketing wings.  AdAge
• Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren betting on denim revival.  Business of Fashion
• Saks, Lord & Taylor report data breach affecting 5 million cards.   CNN Money
• Toys ‘R’ Us shuts down web operations.  Fortune

Marketing and Social Media

• Snapchat tests ‘Connected Apps’ as people choose to delete Facebook.  Mashable
• As fallout from Cambridge Analytica hits Facebook, marketers shrug.  AdAge
• Warby Parker and Arby’s team up to create WArby’s this April Fools’ Day.  AdWeek
• IoT devices could be the next customer data frontier.  TechCrunch
• LinkedIn is introducing auto-playing video ads.  TechCrunch
• Facebook will cut off access to third party data for ad targeting.  TechCrunch
• The number of OTT-only U.S. homes has tripled over the last five years.  AdWeek
• Waze officially launches its ad program for small businesses.  TechCrunch
• Instagram GIFs are back to Stories with stricter moderation.  The Verge
• Facebook is investing $1B in small-business initiatives this year.  Inc
• Amazon Spark is not taking off with brands, agencies.  Digiday
• Influencers are getting long-term contracts that treat them more like traditional talent.  Digiday
• The six new companies in the Twitter official partner program.  AdWeek
• Social commerce is here, but is it ready for the mainstream consumer? AdWeek
• Publicis Media launches global commerce practice.  AdWeek
• TV’s share of ad spend expected to continue its decline this year.  AdWeek
• Adobe announces it’s helping companies track people across devices to result in better ad quality.  Time
• Shorter, skip-able ads coming to YouTube.  TechCrunch

Startup + Emerging Tech + Acquisitions

• Google Home drops prices.  Forbes
• Nike acquires customer data analytics company Zodiac.  MarketWatch
• A new wave of beauty apps is coming for your skin-care routine.  Fashionista
• Why Walmart is testing robots in its stores.  Fortune
• How Shyp sunk: the rise and fall of an on-demand startup.  Fast Company
• Goop raises $50M in series C round.  TechCrunch
• New Apple Watch is coming this fall with larger displays, analyst says.  Fast Company

International

• Farfetched CEO on the Chinese partners catapulting them ahead.  Jing Daily
• Alibaba bets big on local delivery in a $9.5B deal.  Fortune
• Alipay tempts Europe’s retailers with Chinese tourists’ massive spending power.  Quartz
• Alibaba’s auto vending machine.  L2 Inc