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

Brands and Retailers

• Is co-working the next hot retail concept?  Retail Dive
• These brands are benefiting from fumbles at Victoria’s Secret.  CNBC
• To compete with Amazon, big-name consumer brands have to become more like it.  Havard Business Review
• CoverGirl is opening its first store.  Elle
• Rent the Runway extends logistics tools to luxury fashion brands.  Fast Company
• Google enters deal with Carrefour to sell food online.  Bloomberg
• Zara goes high-tech in race with Amazon.  Bloomberg
• Home Depot sets $1.2B supply-chain overhaul.  The Wall Street Journal
• AT&T completes its acquisition of Time Warner.  TechCrunch
• Amazon is facing questions from U.S. senators about Echo privacy.  AdAge
• Adobe could be the next $10B software company.  TechCrunch
• Amazon’s clever machines are moving from the warehouse to headquarters.  Bloomberg
• JetBlue founder launching another low-cost airline.  Fast Company

Marketing + Social Media

• Voice assistants are the new marketing battleground.  The Wall Street Journal
• Cannabis has officially arrived in the realm of luxury wellness.  Quartz
• Inside Coach’s latest bid for brand love.  Retail Dive
• Inside Nike’s mission to change the future of our planet.  Dazed
• Snap introduces ads for its stoppable AR games.  VentureBeat
• How Depop is catering to Gen Z and millennials to get an edge over competitors.  Glossy
• Get ready to activate marketing campaigns with mobile wallets.  Forbes
• Facebook is building a $750M data center in Huntsville, Alabama.  Fortune
• Instagram’s new shopping bag icon adds commerce element to advertisers’ Stories.  MarketingLand
• In study, Conde Nast seeks to understand which factors influence purchase on the path to purchase.  Glossy
• Oprah partners with Apple on subscription video service.  Fast Company
• Snapchat builds app services for Tinder and more.  AdAge
• Unilever says it won’t work with influencers who buy followers.  CNBC

Startup + Emerging Tech + Acquisitions

• L’oreal is bringing the makeup counter experience into your home with live-streaming and AR.  AdWeek
• Macy’s and B8ta partner on new retail concept.  Retail Dive
• Why are grocery retailers teaming up with tech giants?  Reuters
• Microsoft is developing its own cashier less store technology.  TechCrunch
• Marketing startup Influential raises $12M from WME and others.  TechCrunch
• Zelle forecast to overtake Venmo this year.  TechCrunch
• WeWork in talks with SoftBank to double valuation to as much as $40B.  The Wall Street Journal
• LOLA raises $24M for a subscription service that ships tampons, pads and now condoms.  TechCrunch
• Square jumps on receiving license to let New York customers buy and sell bitcoin.  Bloomberg
• These high-tech clothes make you money by selling your data.  Wired

International

• Chinese shoppers look to live videos to discover American beauty brands.  Glossy
• How ecommerce with drove delivery is taking flight in China.  The Economist
• Google invests in JD.com.  Seeking Alpha