Bits & Bytes | Yoox and Net-A-Porter, Luxury Retailers, L'Oreal

"Yoox to Accelerate Expansion After Merger With Net-a-Porter" (Bloomberg)
"For Federico Marchetti, combining Yoox SpA with Cie. Financiere Richemont SA's Net-a-Porter is about more than staving off competition for luxury sales from department stores and online opponents such as Amazon.com Inc."

"Why Luxury Retailers Have Finally Given In to Digital" (CNBC)
"As the industry faces a slowdown due to lackluster growth in emerging markets, companies must 'evolve or face possible irrelevance.'"

"Why L'Oréal Has Eyes for the New Innovators" (Forbes)
"Beauty business L'Oréal USA has its sights firmly set on the latest tech innovators, tapping into a different source from the norm."

"We May Have Just Uncovered Amazon's Vision for a New Kind of Retail Store" (Re/Code)
"Amazon perfected online shopping. It may now want to do the same with brick-and-mortar stores."

"Unpacking Etsy's S1" (TechCrunch)
"Etsy is a powerful business with extraordinary network effects. Its customers are extremely loyal, and its committed sellers are earning significant income. But there are legitimate concerns: it is the quintessential case study on the challenge of low margin platforms."

"Frank & Oak Plans to Open Six Brick-And-Mortar Stores in the US" (TechCrunch)
"The company is launching a campaign that will allow customers to vote (through the Tilt platform) on which markets they'd like Frank & Oak to invest in brick-and-mortar."