Happy Tuesday! Here’s a recap of industry news from the last week plus one day 🙂  Sources are in the hyperlinked text after the headline.

Brands and Retailers

• Walmart’s marketplace items get free 2-day shipping, in-store returns.  TechCrunch
• How Everyone plans to rid its supply chain of virgin plastic.  Fashionista
• According to survey, Vans is the breakout brand for teens.  Quartz
• Amazon Business Prime adds same-day and 1-day shipping among other benefits.  TechCrunch
• Warby Parker is coming to a suburban mall near you.  Bloomberg
• A look inside the convenience store of the future.  Bloomberg
• Hasbro’s holiday cheer may be delayed by Toys ‘R’ Us bankruptcy.  The Wall Street Journal
• eBay launches instant selling, a new trade-in service for smartphones.  TechCrunch
• Amazon revisits some cities as H2Q decision looms.  The Wall Street Joural
• Rent-the-Runway is teaming up with WeWork to boost subscription services.  Glossy
• Jimmy Choo co-founder is reimagining the shoe industry with her namesake line, Tamara Mellon.  CNBC
• Starbucks opens it first U.S. sign language store.  AdAge
• P&G reports best quarter in five years.  USA Today

Marketing and Social Media

• Instagram inches ahead of Snapchat in popularity among teens.  CNBC
• L’oreal CMO says that companies that just sell products will not be successful.  MarketingWeek
• Tommy Hilfiger combines content and commerce in Messenger.  AdWeek
• Inside the $2.6B subscription box wars.  Fast Company
• Oculus co-founder departs Facebook.  AdWeek
• Crate & Barrel teams up with Zola hoping to win over Millennial couples.  AdWeek

Startup + Emerging Tech + Acquisitions

• Uber ambitiously eyes 2021 for food-delivery drones launch.  The Wall Street Journal
• Former Go-Pro exec launches clothing startup that does away with sizes.  TechCrunch
• Lufstansa and IBM think AI can convince you to use your vacation days.  Fast Company
• General Motors expands its peer-to-peer ride-sharing service to 10 cities.  Fast Company
• China is the world’s retail laboratory.  Bloomberg
• Tastemade raises $35M in funding from investors including Amazon.  Variety
• Amazon, Walmart and others are using AI and robotics to transform everything from appliance shopping to grocery delivery.  The Wall Street Journal

International

• Alibaba looks to take this year’s $25B mega sales event international.  CNBC
• Hermes launches its first-ever Chinese ecommerce site. Jing Daily 
• The multi billion-dollar modest fashion industry that’s gone global.  Vogue
• China’s JD.com unwraps FedEx-style parcel business to bolster sales.  Reuters
• China’s JD will launch flagship U.S. store on Google this year.  Bloomberg
• Starbucks is brewing up massive growth in China.  Fortune