Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• The art, science, and technology of geopolitical scenario planning (McKinsey)
• In a soft housing market, appliance and home furnishing retailers are collapsing. Customers are paying the price (Globe and Mail)
• Starbucks Korea to close all stores early for history training (Bloomberg)
• China summons Sam's Club over food safety concerns (FT)
• Bath & Body Works' strategy to win more young customers (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Weight-loss drugs cut UK food bills by £780 million, study shows (Bloomberg)
• The latest snack innovations are basically just Creamsicles and Chex Mix (Bloomberg)
• Why your summer tomatoes cost so much (Bloomberg)
• The 70-year-old marriage between McDonald's and Coke has some issues (WSJ)
• Being honest about low inventory can pay off for retailers (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Bordeaux wine was the toast of the world. Now even the locals don't drink it (NYT)
• How Saskatchewan's global reputation as a major commodities exporter laid the groundwork for Canada to diversify trade (Globe and Mail)
• El Nino slams into a global economy unprepared for more chaos (Bloomberg)
• Peru extends halt on anchovy fishing as El Nino threat looms (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2012): Charting the rise of the king of retail (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Ottawa has struggled to increase food competition. Will the new food strategy help (CBC)
• Smucker plans to lower coffee prices next year as costs drop (Bloomberg)
• It's not just food. Our whole world is 'ultraprocessed' (NYT)
• Fruit is too sweet (The Atlantic)
• Ben & Jerry's co-founder says brand is being 'destroyed' by Magnum (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Starbucks can double its store count outside of the US, CEO says (Bloomberg)
• UK turns to chicken as demand surges (FT)
• Innovating human-centered luxury experiences in the luxury age (McKinsey)
• Beef prices hit record in May as screwworm impact looms (Bloomberg)
• Artificial chocolate will show what really shapes global trade (FT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Chinese buyers will wait five hours for this conveyor belt sushi (Bloomberg)
• Nestle's longtime PE partner drops out of bidding for Perrier (Bloomberg)
• Amazon to raise $14 billion in record-setting Canadian corporate bond offering (Globe and Mail)
• Australian pharmacy group pulls out of $10B talks to buy Boots (FT)
• Amazon's trucking push sparks new slide in transport stocks (Bloomberg)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Your budget is killing your strategy - and four ways to fix it (McKinsey)
• This restaurant stopped charging for food. Profits went up (NYT)
• J.M. Smucker expects sales to fall this year (WSJ)
• Driverless trucks are here - and they're delivering bags of Doritos (WSJ)
• Extreme heat risks losses for Indian suppliers to Uniqlo, Tesco (Bloomberg)