Stephan's Monday Picks

• Unilever to build new U.S. research facility (WSJ)
• Men are spraying themselves 100 times in new fragrance frenzy (Bloomberg)
• Retail stock surge with US shoppers surprising Wall Street (Bloomberg)
• Americans spent $2.4 billion on Korean beauty last year. It's about to get even better (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Bank of Canada warns of low-hire, low-fire job market that complicates rate decisions (Globe and Mail)
• It's such a mess shopping for reasonably priced menswear (Bloomberg)
• Lidl overtakes Morrisons to become fifth largest supermarket in UK (The Guardian)
• Americans are about to pay even more at the grocery store (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2014): A dozen things I've learned from Jim Sinegal (25iq)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How Barnes & Noble became private equity's most radical retail experiment (Bloomberg)
• Lululemon settles dispute with founder (WSJ)
• For ailing Lululemon, going private might not be a stretch (FT)
• He invented the Basque cheesecake. He prefers chocolate (NYT)
• Swiggy CEO vows to stay out of Amazon-Walmart spending war (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The ice-cold civil war between Diet Coke and Coke Zero drinkers (WSJ)
• Trump's tariffs have devastated coffee exports (Globe and Mail)
• America can't produce enough honey (Bloomberg)
• Ozempic maker cuts prices as generic versions hit shelves (Globe and Mail)
• How Canada's agriculture sector is getting its global swagger back (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• The paradox at the heart of American meat consumption (Vox)
• Experimental drug yields dramatic weight loss (NYT)
• Why the dream of the feel-good millennial brand didn't last (WSJ)
• Khloe Kardashian popcorn takes off after winning coveted Starbucks display (Bloomberg)
• Japanese retailer pioneer who transformed 7-Eleven dies at 93 (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• How Super C is reshaping grocery in Quebec (Canadian Grocer)
• Kroger plans biggest price cuts in years to take on Walmart, Costco (Bloomberg)
• PepsiCo to raise prices on small chip bags over higher US costs (Bloomberg)
• Morrisons planning to close 100 stores in the next few months (BBC)
• In India, you can get milk faster than it takes to make coffee (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Walmart sees signs at gas pump that consumers are stressed (WSJ)
• What comes after Peru's food revolution (Bloomberg)
• The world has officially reached peak bagel (WSJ)
• AI could transform economy, but no evidence yet of widespread job losses, Bank of Canada says (Globe and Mail)
• From the archives (2000): Craig Claiborne, 79, Times food critic and editor, is dead (NYT)