Stephan's Monday Picks

• Rent the Runway is bouncing back (NYT)
• How to do long term (Collaborative Fund)
• Marketing in a privacy-first world (McKinsey)
• Costco is seeing inflation abound (CNBC)
• Food culture wars abound as chocolate eggs go green (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• U.S. challenges Canada's sheltered dairy industry under new USMCA trade deal (Globe and Mail)
• A new crop in Pennsylvania, warehouses (NYT)
• The curious case of a Toys 'R' Us killer (The Bulwark)
• Vets go upscale to care for vets (NYT)
• From the archives (2017): Curing the addiction to growth (HBR)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Deodorant, teeth whitener fly off the shelves (WSJ)
• Amazon to buy MGM, bagging a lion to help wage streaming battle (WSJ)
• What's next for digital consumers (McKinsey)
• TikTok, the fastest way on earth to become a food star (NYT)
• Gap announces new plan to sell home furnishings at Walmart (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Food supply chains are stretched as Americans head back to restaurants (WSJ)
• Walmart, Target try local package delivery (Reuters)
• The next wave of cereal is here (Fortune)
• Six vectors of success in online fashion (McKinsey)
• Britain's retail spending soars as economy reopens (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Your personal Playing to Win strategy (Medium)
• The economics of customer businesses (Morgan Stanley)
• Grocers need not fear Amazon, for now (WSJ)
• Which wines have the highest markup (Quartz)
• How to build a cult furniture brand (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• 10 questions with Mark Landini (Interior Design)
• Cicadas could make outdoor dining a nightmare (The Atlantic)
• The making of 'High on the Hog', bringing black history to TV (NYT)
• The 50 greatest food stores in the world (FT)
• From the archives (2018): Grocers imagine the store of the future (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Women in executive roles make 56 per cent less than men (Globe and Mail)
• Burger King plans chicken sandwich to rival sister chain Popeyes (Bloomberg)
• America's restaurant apocalypse has been greatly exaggerated (Bloomberg)
• Shein overtakes Amazon as the most installed shopping app (Tech Crunch)
• Shein: The TikTok of E-commerce (Not Boring)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• A tahini lemon cranberry bar dreams of Whole Foods (NYT)
• Climate-friendly food is on the rise (Bloomberg)
• J. Crew is naming former Supreme designer to 'disrupt' brand (WSJ)
• Alice Waters says people who call her elitist just don't get it (NYT)
• Toronto e-commerce company Knix wear raises $53 million in funding (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Overcoming the pervasive analytical blunder of strategists (Medium)
• Walmart to buy virtual fitting room assistant (Bloomberg)
• The rise of the appaccino (Buzzfeed)
• Amazon in talks to buy MGM movie studio (Reuters)
• Benchmarking in the dairy industry: Strengthening performance amid double volatility (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• General Mills acquires Tyson Foods' natural pet treats business (General Mills)
• Shopify's side hustle (Globe and Mail)
• Amazon, McDonald's others woo scarce hourly workers with higher pay (WSJ)
• The great American chicken wing shortage is upon us (Vox)
• DoorDash's revenue triples amid sustained demand for food delivery (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Delivery Hero returns to Germany to take on Uber, Just Eat (Bloomberg)
• Activist investor ValueAct takes stake in 7-Eleven owner (Reuters)
• Canadian Tire to test membership program for e-commerce, Crave (Globe and Mail)
• Unleashing online brand growth with the right operating model (Bain)
• From the archives (2014): Target missed signs of a data breach (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Retail apocalypse: Four ways physical stores can survive (BCG)
• Navigating the retail storm through supply chain agility (McKinsey)
• The lure of H Mart, where the shelves can seem as wide as Asia (NYT)
• The benefits of working from home two days a week (The Atlantic)
• Inside Jeff Bezos' obsessions (NYT)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Simon Property, Authentic Brands to buy Eddie Bauer (Reuters)
• Restaurants plan for post-Covid renewal (WSJ)
• RFID's renaissance in retail (McKinsey)
• Walmart vs Amazon: The battle to dominate grocery (FT)
• Giant Tiger discount chain expanding, plans to increase store count to 300 (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: What is digital strategy, anyway (Medium)
• Why DoorDash and Uber Eats delivery is costing you more (WSJ)
• Pharmacies are entering the mental health market (NYT)
• Empire completes purchase of Longo's and Grocery Gateway (Empire)
• Amazon Prime Day postponed in Canada amid warehouse outbreaks (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Just about everything at grocery stores costs more now (Bloomberg)
• Driscoll's desperately needs to know America's demand for strawberries (WSJ)
• A leaked memo highlights the daunting challenges facing Walmart (Vox)
• Walmart deal shows expansion in telehealth, new front with Amazon (WSJ)
• Ottawa should work with provinces to develop code of conduct of grocery industry, committee says (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The pudding pack index: A grocery barometer for normalcy (Instacart)
• Flat pasta that turns into 3-D shapes (NYT)
• Fashion for a summer of reentry (The Atlantic)
• Walmart sale of Asda likely to be approved by U.K. authorities (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2011): Tesco announces retreat from Japan (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The untold story of how Jeff Bezos beat the tabloids (Bloomberg)
• The survival guide to omnichannel and the path to value (McKinsey)
• After 242 years, the last Debenhams to close on May 15 (Reuters)
• Gummy bears and candy bars are casualties of the pandemic (Wired)
• Uber taps Softbank-backed GoPuff to expand grocery delivery (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• America is running low on chicken (Washington Post)
• Inside Amazon's shadow workforce in Mexico (Reuters)
• America's biggest meat company gives faux meat another shot (Bloomberg)
• Warren Buffet says bad leaders pose the biggest risk to companies (WSJ)
• Stores still matter. Where's Amazon (NYT)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Strategists: Stop obsessing over averages (Medium)
• Has online retail's biggest bully returned (NYT)
• Sephora plans bricks-and-mortar expansion in Canada (Globe and Mail)
• Kroger and Drone Express partner to provide grocery delivery by drone (Kroger)
• How remote work is killing Manhattan's storefronts (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• A grudge match in Japan: One corner, new 7-Eleven's (NYT)
• Fried-chicken craze is causing U.S. to run low on poultry (Bloomberg)
• Unifor pushes grocers to restore pandemic pay premiums (Globe and Mail)
• Canadian retailers better placed to weather third wave (RBC)
• Shoppers returning to stores lift clothing sales (WSJ)