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

Brands and Retailers

• Nordstrom opening a New York store as other retailers close theirs.  The New York Times
• H&M announces Moschino collaboration.  Vogue
• Amazon expands Prime Wardrobe.  RetailDive
• What beauty players can teach the consumer sector about digital disruption.  McKinsey
• Toys ‘R’ Us gets 11th hour bid from Little Tikes’ Larian.  Bloomberg
• Levi’s CFO turns to robots to help keep the books.  The Wall Street Journal
• Gap follows J.Crew in giving up on the bridal-wear industry.  Bloomberg
• At Lands’ End, gone are the stilettos and trendy clothes that didn’t fit the brand’s customers.  The Wall Street Journal
• Apple’s business is now being powered with clean energy.  Bloomberg
• Domino’s will now delivery to 150,000 parks, pools and other non-traditional locations.  TechCrunch
• Why Sephora merged its digital and physical retail teams into one department.  Glossy
• Estee Lauder adds two women CEOs to its board as it nears gender parity.  Fortune
• Walmart recruits Postdates to help grocery delivery push.  Fortune
• The retail industry is focusing on customer experience and convenience to win in ecommerce.  AdWeek
• Netflix stock skyrockets on yet another subscriber growth spurt.  Fast Company
• Target brings same-day delivery of in-store purchases to five cities.  Engadget
• T-Mobile fined $40M by FTC for inserting fake ring tones.  Fast Company
• Sears to close more stores.  Business Insider

Marketing and Social Media

• Netflix may spend $300M to buy a billboard company.  AdWeek
• Hermes plays a hipster tune.  The New York Times
• Go young, go digital: Gucci and Louis Vuitton have similarly successful playbooks.  Glossy
• HighSnobiety experiments with a multimedia vertical stories format.  Digiday
• Bumble ditches Facebook login requirement.  Fortune
• Women use their phones for way more than just communicating.  AdWeek
• Pandora vs. Spotify: ad tech streams into audio.  AdAge
• Snap is testing commerce with Snapchat Discover publishers.  Digiday
• Abercrombie & Fitch is digging into its archives to gain ground with Gen Z.  Glossy
• How a teen and Wendy’s proved that social superfine work.  Digiday

Startup + Emerging Tech + Acquisitions

• LVMH backs luxury startups.  Reuters
• Colgate unveils smart toothbrush.  The Wall Street Journal
• General Assembly sells to Adecco for $413M.  TechCrunch
• The RealReal hunts for more funding amid IPO buzz.  RetailDive
• Startup subscription service Billie raises $6M.  RetailDive
• Adobe acquires voice interface platform Sayspring.  TechCrunch
• US early-stage investment share shrinks as China surges.  TechCrunch
• Google’s new VR tours let you experience imperiled cultural sites around the world.  Fast Company
• How JetBlue is defining the future of travel and hospitality through JetBlue Technology Ventures.  Fast Company

International

• Saudi Arabia just had its first Fashion Week.  The New York Times
• Gap to open 3-4 new stores in India this year.  Economic Times
• Alibaba is the latest Chinese internet giant to test self-driving cars.  Engadget