Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Brooks Brothers poised to be acquired by Authentic Brands - Simon Venture (WSJ)
• Kroger to build web marketplace to compete with Walmart, Costco (Bloomberg)
• What consumer-goods sales leaders must do to emerge stronger from the pandemic (McKinsey)
• The battle to invent the automatic rice cooker (Atlas Obscura)
• Retail chains abandon Manhattan: "It's unsustainable" (NYT)