1. Bill Ready (former PayPal COO) will join Google in January as the company’s new commerce chief, reporting directly to Prabhakar Raghavan, SVP, Ads, Commerce and Payments. Story by Sarah Perez.
2. Verishop, a shopping website and brand incubator launched earlier this year by former Snap exec Imran Khan and his wife, has partnered with U.S. mall owner Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield to open 14 stores through next year. Coverage from Lauren Thomas.

Source: PayPal’s exiting COO Bill Ready to join Google as its new president of Commerce | TechCrunch

Source: Former Snap exec Imran Khan’s retail site Verishop has teamed up with a US mall owner to open stores | CNBC