Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Hudson's Bay shakeup to see return of Liz Robell as president and CEO (Globe and Mail)
• The McDonald's theory of why everyone thinks the economy sucks (Nate Silver)
• Retailers worry about shoppers' mood this holiday season (NYT)
• A strange, short journey through Shein's world (The Verge)
• Can you trust a robot with your holidays hopping (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Scientists and farmers race to save the world's banana supply (Bloomberg)
• Fast fashion giant Shein files to go public (WSJ)
• Americans love avocados. It's killing Mexico's forests (NYT)
• Scientists are turning basically everything into gluten-free pasta (The Atlantic)
• E-commerce stocks rally after Black Friday shoppers spend record online (CNBC)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Playing to win & pivoting (Medium)
• The biggest delivery company in the U.S. is no longer UPS or FedEx (WSJ)
• Mastermind Toys granted creditor protection, plans to close stores (Globe and Mail)
• Will livestreaming be TikTok's Amazon-killer (WSJ)
• Owners keep zombie malls alive even when towns want to pull the plug (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• The FTC puts your lunch on its plate (Politico)
• American shoppers have plenty of dry powder (WSJ)
• Retailers worry about shoppers' mood this holiday season (NYT)
• Inside Lego's quest for the next hit toy set (WSJ)
• Toy shoppers come down with a case of the holiday blahz (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• At 40, J. Crew shakes off a midlife crisis (NYT)
• \How Walmart is leveraging AI and automation to deliver faster (WSJ)
• How healthy is your gut microbiome (NYT)
• The juicy secrets behind food styling (NYT)
• From the archives (2020): Reviving agricultural innovation in seeds and crop protection (BCG)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Why several big box stores have ditched their self-checkouts (CBC)
• It's too easy to buy stuff you don't want (The Atlantic)
• Temu is burning cash to challenge Shein and Amazon on Black Friday (Wired)
• Labour group plans board fight at Starbucks (WSJ)
• HBC sells off $340 million in real estate as it falls behind on payments to suppliers (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Are Canada's food giants finally stabilizing prices (The Star)
• Cathie Wood and Walmart aren't speaking the same deflation language (Bloomberg)
• Canada's inflation rate slowed to 3.1% in October (Globe and Mail)
• Middle-aisle mayhem: How Aldi and Lidl changed British shopping (The Guardian)
• Canada's debt charges are ballooning as Freeland tables a gloomy fall economic statement (CBC)