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· DSW buys into Canada [WSJ]
· Fashionista got a site makeover [Fashionista]
· A rare glimpse inside Google X laboratories [FC]
· Barneys is selling $1,290 Saint Laurent hosiery [Fashion Spot]
· Dior follows Alexander Wang to Brooklyn Navy Yards [WWD]
· Victoria's Secret is headed to London this year [Daily Mail]
· Does Alex Wang mark a strategy shift for H&M because he's accessible? [FT]
Chicago News—
· A vote to ban Chicago retailers from using plastic bags was put off until April 24 [Politics Early & Often]
· The Gold Coast will get a pop-up chocolate shop from April 26 to May 11 [DNA Info]
· Alexander Knox won the Chicago Fashion Foundation's annual scholarship competition on Sunday [The Daily Journal]