Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The makeup artist at ground zero of the internet beauty culture (The New Yorker)
• Who's winning the battle for India's $700 billion retail industry (Quartz)
• Amazon workers are hanging smartphones in trees to get more work (Bloomberg)
• Recovery in Canadian consumer confidence shows signs of cooling (Bloomberg)
• Dollarama sales climb as Canadians spend on cleaning supplies, summer products (Globe and Mail)