A Mall For the One Percent; Lowe's Robot Sales Associate

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National
· Lululemon's new collection will help you work out all night [Racked]
· How to remove that thrift store smell, and other vintage cleaning tips [Racked]
· Tim Cook says Apple Pay already a huge hit [Bits]
· The ugly afterlife of crowdfunded projects [Ars Technica]
· Now you can dress as "sexy Joe Biden" for Halloween [WaPo]
· Michelle Phan's journey from YouTube to $84 mil start-up [Re/Code]
· Long Island mall survives by catering to the one percent [Bloomberg]
· Museum of Science and Industry to honor blogger Garance Doré [Racked Chicago]

Local
· Lowe's has a robot sales associate in San Jose [WSJ]
· Some guy literally stole the shirt off a woman's back [SFWeekly]
· You could win Halloween in this epic centaur costume [eBay]
· Have you seen the new Carlos Santana mural? [Mission Local]
· These are the Chronicle's picks for SF's top shops [SFGate]
· Kim Kardashian shares social media tips in Half Moon Bay [Re/Code]