Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Why Air Miles needs more than just a new owner to appeal to customers (CBC)
• Subscription services are hitting their limit with customers (Bloomberg)
• Shrinkflation deals a surprise ice cream tax to customers (Globe and Mail)
• The secret behind Japan's delicious strawberries: kerosene (NYT)
• Starbucks's new CEO, Laxman, Narasimhan, takes coffee chain's helm (WSJ)