Stephan's Friday Picks

• Amazon plans to open large retail stores akin to department stores (WSJ)
• Why do chief data officers have such short tenures (HBR)
• Lululemon plans to make leggings from plants (Fast Company)
• Soaring cost of food is forcing families to scrimp at the dinner table (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2012): Selling it with extras, or not at all (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Revenue growth management: The time is now (McKinsey)
• Home Depot's sales growth flattens after year of rapid gains (WSJ)
• Restaurant prices are skyrocketing. Here's why (Grub Street)
• When Kmart moved out, churches and flea markets moved in (NYT)
• Montreal twins behind the Want retail brand try to take on the likes of Amazon with a less-is-more approach (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Tim Hortons China to go public via $1.7 billion SPAC deal (Bloomberg)
• People now spend more at Amazon than at Walmart (NYT)
• Are four drive-thru lanes better than two (Retail Wire)
• How Amazon won shopping (NYT)
• Walmart's earnings report shows sales rose as shoppers returned to stores (WSJ)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The proper role of a chief strategy officer (Medium)
• How digital beauty filters perpetuates colorism (MIT Technology Review)
• They ditched the office for the farm - and stayed (WSJ)
• Who wants to return to the office (538)
• Hanging by a thread (Collaborative Fund)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Can Instacart reconfigure America's grocery wars (The Economist)
• Diaper costs crush families (Bloomberg)
• The cutthroat world of $10 ice cream (NYT)
• Adidas strikes deal to sell Reebok (CNBC)
• A guide to the new workday lunch (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Why the crocs craze may be here to stay (BoF)
• When Amazon customers leave negative reviews, some sellers hunt them down (WSJ)
• Canada's big three grocers see shifting shopping habits as COVID-19 restrictions ease (Globe and Mail)
• Doordash recently held talks to buy Instacart (The Information)
• From the archives (2017): The rise, fall, and return of hydrox cookies, the proto-Oreo (Gastro Obscura)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How the pet revolution unleashed a new top dog (NPR)
• A pricing playbook for CPG companies amid inflationary pressure (BCG)
• Back-to-school displays begin popping up earlier than usual (Globe and Mail)
• The immense human cost of keeping Thailand's palm oil flowing (Eater)
• Understanding the global price-sensitive consumer (BCG)