Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Canada's Food Price Report 2021 (Dalhouse University)
• DoorDash: The value of speed (The Generalist)
• Barnes and Noble's new boss tries to save the chain - and traditional bookselling (WSJ)
• The artisanal Crocs have landed (The Verge)
• I've spent my life building restaurants. Covid-19 has killed their magic - and threatened their future (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• The $2 billion mall rats (Esquire)
• These gas station entrepreneurs favored food over fuel and got rich (WSJ)
• Avocados are the 'pandemic-proof' crop in lockdown health craze (Bloomberg)
• How retailers track your every move in exchange for coupons and convenience (Vox)
• How the biggest retail companies are companies essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic (Brookings)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Why Sobeys is saying 'yes' to hero pay and 'no' to gouging suppliers (Toronto Star)
• With 3 billion packages to go, online shopping faces tough holiday test (NYT)
• Nestle redoubles efforts to combat climate change (Nestle)
• Investors seek growth now in paying later (WSJ)
• U.S. retail instalment plan financier Affirm buys Canada's PayBright for $340 million (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The state of fashion 2021 (BoF)
• Goodbye blazers, hello 'coatigans': Women adjust attire to work at home (NYT)
• Google, Facebook, and Amazon gain as Coronavirus reshapes ad spending (WSJ)
• Cultured meat has been approved for consumers for first time (MIT Technology Review)
• From the archives (2018): The great retail bifurcation (Deloitte)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Pharmacies add freezers, train staff to handle Covid-19 vaccination drive (WSJ)
• Coalition of retailers is calling on Ontario government to lift Covid restrictions (Globe and Mail)
• How consumer brands can get e-commerce right (McKinsey)
• Amazon shopping needs a Prime army (NYT)
• Amazon works to avoid Google's fate with EU regulators (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The death of the department store and the American middle class (Vox)
• 'Bleak Friday' for stores as pandemic pushes holiday shopping online (NYT)
• Philip Green loses battle to retail of 21st century (Bloomberg)
• Kohl's to open 850 Sephora beauty shops in its stores by 2023 (CNBC)
• Debenhams collapse deals another blow to struggling UK retail sector (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Strategy & Time (Medium)
• The 'great man' theory of American food (The Atlantic)
• Why proper sleep hygiene is so important (Globe and Mail)
• As winter arrives, heaters become a survival tool for businesses (NYT)
• Predicting consumer demand in an unpredictable world (HBR)