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

Brands + Retailers

• How distressed retailers stacked up in Q1 2019.  Retail Dive
• From Olay to L’occitane, is refillable packaging the future of sustainable beauty? Vogue
• Amazon’s US online marketshare estimate cut to 37.7% from 47%. AdAge
• Walmart Grocery’s Amazon Prime rival costs $98/year.  Engadget
• Fedex and Amazon cutting ties.  Motely Fool
• Chanel’s sales surpass $11Billion.  Business of Fashion
• Why Walmart wants to sell its own line of steaks.  CNN
• H&M sales rise for 5th consecutive quarter.  Bloomberg
• New York’s MTA plans retail revamp of highly trafficked subway stations.  The Wall Street Journal
• Restoration Hardware could move some manufacturing to US.  The Wall Street Journal
• Lululemon plans growth in new markets, product lines.  Reuters
• Chewy.com raises $1B in IPO.  CNBC
• Poshmark expands into home category.  Forbes

Social Media + Marketing

• Virtual brand promoters are so lifelike, you might just believe what you see.  The New York Times
• Amazon triples down on free video with ‘IMDb TV.’ Fast Company
• Inside Snapchat’s new pitch to video advertisers: a penny a view.  AdAge
• Business Insider and eMarketer combine into one intelligence company.  AdAge
• Gen Z loves TikTok.  Can fashion brands learn to love it too?  Business of Fashion
• Why the pixel is essential to social commerce’s success. eMarketer
• Facebook says 140M people view its Watch video portal on a daily basis.  AdAge
• The Pinterest Partners program added shopping speciality.  AdWeek
• Amazon launches personalization services for marketers.  TechCrunch
• Inside the multi-billion dollar product recommendation economy.  Business of Fashion

Start Ups, Acquisitions + Emerging Tech

• Domino’s Pizza plans robot delivers with self-driving minivans in 2019.  Fast Company
• Comcast unveils a remote for changing channels with your eyes.  Fast Company
• The burgeoning field of psycho-dermatology explores the link between mental health and skin.  Fashionista
• ASOS launches virtual AR catwalk.  Essential Retail
• Target invests in blockchain to support its supply chain.  Forbes
• MIT develops system to give robots more human senses.  TechCrunch

International

• Chinese millennials are re-writing the future of the luxury brand experience.  Jing Daily
• SoulCycle arrives in the UK.  The Guardian
• Deliveroo pushes into UK provinces with help from Amazon.  Bloomberg
• Farfetch launches on JD.com in China.  WWD
• Alibaba proposes share split ahead of reported $20B Hong Kong IPO.  TechCrunch