Headline Roundup: Retail Beat

UK retail growth rate at post-recession high. [Telegraph]

Old Navy begins to rebound, lifting Gap Inc. shares. [WSJ]

Seeing shift to web, JC Penney will cease producing catalogs. [WSJ]

Limited Brands' Q3 boost is due to cost-cutting. [WaPo]

Luxury stores cut back on stock, sales. [NY Times]

Ford expects consumers to demand smaller cars. [NY Times]

AOL to cut workforce by one-third after spinoff from Time Warner. [WSJ]

Burberry teams up with Genesis Color to move into India's market. [Economic Times]

(More headlines: Guinness, Urban Outfitters, McDonald's redesign.)

Guinness launches "Fortune Favors The Bold" campaign on TV, online. [BrandWeek]

Urban Outfitters is looking to add brands to its eclectic portfolio. [Trading Markets]

Music service Spotify targets consumers with auto brand ads based on music taste. [Guardian]

Brewer SABMiller beats forecasts with 6% rise in first-half earnings. [Times of London]

AT&T hires Luke Wilson to take a jab at Verizon's "lack of popular smartphones." [DailyTech]

Midtown Manhattan McDonald's is the first in the US to adopt a sleek European redesign. [NY Times]