Stephan's Friday Picks

• Cheaper beer, cigarettes gain favour as inflation pinches shoppers (WSJ)
• How bacon and Costco fish shape America's view of inflation (NYT)
• Suburbanites fight over new dinner services in Mercedes vans (WSJ)
• As inflation soars, European consumer goods M&A slows (Reuters)
• From the archives (1994): Wal-mart entering Canada (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Chaos and creation: Inside the making of Yeezy Gap (NYT)
• If we're all so busy, why isn't anything getting done (McKinsey)
• Shopify cuts 10 per cent of staff as CEO Tobias Lutke apologizes for big bets on e-commerce, admits he 'got this wrong' (Globe and Mail)
• More signs emerge that inflation is altering shopping habits (NYT)
• The case of the $5,000 Springsteen tickets (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Segmentation & strategy (Medium)
• The $9 bottle of Trader Joe's sunscreen that ignited a summer war (WSJ)
• How A.G. Lafley made culture change stick (Chief Executive)
• Walmart 'train wreck' profit warning sends shares down 10% (Reuters)
• Gen Z made it big on Depop. Now they're graduating (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Amazon wants 100,000 electric vans. Can Rivian deliver (NYT)
• Canada's foodservice industry roars back after two years of pandemic pain - but soaring inflation blunts the joy (Globe and Mail)
• Maybe we don't need groceries in 15 minutes after all (NYT)
• Aldi, Lidl sales jump as UK consumers try to save money (Bloomberg)
• Bell, Canadian Tire, GM all look to back local startups as corporate Canada awakens to innovation (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Little ways the world works (Collaborative Fund)
• Decarbonizing grocery (McKinsey)
• Offshore fish farms: A new wave of food production, or the Wild West of ocean pollution (The Guardian)
• Mattel sales up 20%, led by Hot Wheels and Lightyear toys (WSJ)
• Amazon to acquire One Medical clinics for $3.9B in latest push into health care (NYT)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• This pioneering economist says our obsession with growth must end (NYT)
• Inflation rises again, to new 39-year high of 8.1% (CBC)
• Uber Eats, DoorDash offer new deals to court customers as growth slows (WSJ)
• CFOs must rebrand themselves as innovation allies (McKinsey)
• From the archives (1952): When Sears joined up with Simpson's (Maclean's)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Nobody knows how long inflation will last. That's life (Bloomberg)
• Ocado Retail boss Melanie to leave business next month (Reuters)
• Hasbro stocks up on toys ahead of holiday season (WSJ)
• Shopify partners with YouTube to shore up sales from content creators (Reuters)
• Is anybody watching the interns (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Amazon has been slashing its private label selection amid weak sales (WSJ)
• Nobody wants to go to the office on Fridays (Washington Post)
• Eye popping price increases for staples like milk and eggs leave some in the U.S. with few options (CBC)
• France faces a mustard shortage (NYT)
• Amazon secretly funds new US coalition opposing tech regulation (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Winning the long gone of strategy (Medium)
• The $1.50 Costco hot dog combo that defies inflation (WSJ)
• Shein says its cleaning up its act. Will anyone buy it (Bloomberg)
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy breaks from the Jeff Bezos way (NYT)
• Business groups, Tories, seek changes to Canadian tax system after Amazon findings (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Expect inflation to be officially over 8% and stay there a few months, Bank of Canada governor warns (CBC)
• The hidden fees making bananas, and everything else, cost more (Propublica)
• The speedy downfall of rapid delivery (Wired)
• Inside Amazon's strategy to shield profits from Canadian taxes (Globe and Mail)
• Domingo family behind $11 billion beer fortune raises bet on Lehman's 3G (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Toronto wants to kill the smart city forever (MIT Technology Review)
• Some consumers are giving inflation the bird, with a whole chicken (WSJ)
• JAB's bet on pets (FT)
• The Great Attrition is making hiring harder. Are you searching in the right pools (McKinsey)
• From the archives (2014): America is eating a lot more berries. Here's why (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Bank of Canada hikes interest rate to 2.5% - biggest jump since 1998 (CBC)
• Hard seltzer has gone flat (The Atlantic)
• Your questions about automation, answered (McKinsey)
• New York City is drowning in packages (MIT Technology Review)
• PepsiCo revenues rise as higher prices, snack brands lift business (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: My love/hate relationship with VUCA (Medium)
• Tyson Foods works to fix its chicken operation as orders pile up (WSJ)
• Some surprising good news: Bookstores are booming and becoming more diverse (NYT)
• Gap CEO Syngal fired after failing to rescue struggling retailer (Bloomberg)
• Cadillac Fairview, Teachers, and ex-Shopify exec gamble on a new, old model for e-commerce returns: showing up in person (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Choosing to grow: The leader's blueprint (McKinsey)
• How Wish built (and fumbled) the dollar store for the internet (NYT)
• E-commerce hasn't killed physical retail. It's only made it more important (Fast Company)
• Why are Kroger and Starbucks investing in EV charging stations (Quartz)
• ESG is facing a political and market backlash. Will it survive (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• How are we possibly still disinfecting things  (The Atlantic)
• Food prices squeeze poorest in rich countries (WSJ)
• Tesco and Heinz reach agreement in price row (BBC)
• Is there any alcohol Gen Z won't drink (Bloomberg)
• Customer service excellence in 2022 (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• A taxonomy of East and Southeast Asian fried chicken (Eater)
• What's the best alternative to a single-use plastic bag? It depends (CBC)
• How did dry cleaning get so expensive (WSJ)
• Ben & Jerry's sues parent company Unilever over sale of Israeli business (CNBC)
• From the archives (1988): The Steinberg saga (Maclean's)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Amazon adds Grubhub delivery to Prime membership to bulk up foods business (WSJ)
• The lost glamour of the department store restaurant (Atlas Obscura)
• Shopify delays compensation overhaul, lays off 50, as fallen stock price complicates plans (Globe and Mail)
• Walmart tells suppliers new fuel and pickup fees are coming  (WSJ)
• New Zealand reluctantly pushes Canadian dairy dispute (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: How to compel customer action (Medium)
• Taiwanese fried chicken meets the moment (NYT)
• Glut of goods at Target, Walmart is a boon for liquidators (WSJ)
• Ontario's convenience stores push Premier Doug Ford on derailed beer pledge (Globe and Mail)
• Falling commodity prices raise hopes that inflation has peaked (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• There's no escaping soaring food prices for UK shoppers (Bloomberg)
• Why other countries have better sunscreen (The Atlantic)
• Meat, monopolies, mega farms: How the US food system fuels climate crisis (The Guardian)
• Nutrition warnings are coming to the front of some packaged foods in Canada (CBC)
• Walmart amps up cloud capabilities, reducing reliance on tech giants (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Shein's rise was nearly overnight. The backlash came just as fast (WSJ)
• Does your strategy have a spine (HBR)
• Grocery delivery companies race to compete in quick-commerce (Globe and Mail)
• Kohl's ends sale talks with Franchise Group, lowers outlook (CNBC)
• Tesco can afford to squeeze Heinz in 'Beansgate' (Bloomberg)