Stephan's Friday Picks

• Our top five working definitions' of 2023 (MIT Sloan)
• Respect each other's delusions (Collaborative Fund)
• Amazon is a go-to for batteries and toilet paper. Can it sell cars (WSJ)
• Nine predictions for how we'll eat in 2024 (NYT)
• From the archives (2016): Know your customer's 'jobs to be done' (HBR)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• A demographic time bomb is about to hit the beef industry (Wired)
• 'Food freedom' and the debate over raw milk in Colorado (Colorado Sun)
• What do we miss in standard supply chain measures (Brookings)
• What dermatologists really think about those anti-aging products (Bloomberg)
• Workers at 121 Loblaw-owned stores in Ontario ratify new agreement (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• How Dyson took over TikTok (The Atlantic)
• Temu and Shein are shipping millions of packages a day (WSJ)
• You wanted lower food prices, Ottawa gave you political theatre (Globe and Mail)
• South Korea will police 'shrinkflation' at the supermarket (WSJ)
• The English muffin problem (The Atlantic)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• 6 kinds of board members - and how to influence them (HBR)
• The art and science of reducing retail shrink (McKinsey)
• Starbucks CEO takes on chain's social media controversy (WSJ)
• Jorge Lemann's 3G fuels hedge fund bets for billionaire dynasty (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2004): Interbrew said to be near deal for Brazil brewer AmBev (NYT)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Slow grocery checkouts boost time in a hurried world (Globe and Mail)
• Food groups accuse Galen Weston of misinformation over grocery code of conduct (Globe and Mail)
• How Olive Garden and IHOP build relationships across income classes (MIT Sloan)
• Rite Aid hit with five-year facial recognition ban over 'reckless use' (The Verge)
• Canada's inflation rate holds steady at 3.1% (CBC)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Farfetch gets $500 million lifeline from Coupang (NYT)
• Ontario court approves sale of Mastermind Toys chain (Globe and Mail)
• Factors to consider for same-day delivery (McKinsey)
• From salad trees to 'charcuterwreaths', has the festive food trend gone overboard (CBC)
• Inside Amazon's effort to challenge Musk's Starlink internet business (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• We're all addicted to cheap stuff - and Temu knows it (Vox)
• Inside the mad dash to buy your Walmart and Amazon returns (Washington Post)
• The biggest problem with lab-grown chicken is growing the chicken (Bloomberg)
• Chobani buys coffee company La Colombe for $900 million (Reuters)
• Step inside the secretive world of toymakers (CBC)