A few articles in the world of retail I found interesting this week:

Payments giant Stripe enters the credit card and lending game. Link
Walmart is done with acquisitions for small brands and shifted to in-house incubation. Listen to the full interview, sounds as though Marc isn’t happy there and the entire strategy is somewhat up in the air. Link
Here come multi-story warehouses. Link
Primark doubling down on brick & mortar, plans addition of 1 million square feet of selling space next year. Link
Shopify acquiring warehouse automation firm as they push into fulfillment service. Link
Amazon trialing returns to their Amazon Go stores. Link
FTC investigating Amazon Marketplace. Link
Restoration Hardware is one of the few retailers defying the odds right now. Others are Costco, Lululemon. Link
Gamestop is the Sears of specialty retail. Link