Stephan's Monday Picks

• Metro grocery stores in the GTA close as workers go on strike (Globe and Mail)
• Shein is trying to take on Amazon. Some say it should clean up its own act instead (CBC)
• Inside Walmart's warehouse of the future (WSJ)
• Influencers built up this wellness startup - until they started getting sick (Bloomberg)
• That cool, new bookstore? It's a Barnes & Noble (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Maximum Canada is happening (Noahpinion)
• In defense of middle management (McKinsey)
• Shopify goes all in on artificial intelligence as it launches new tools for users, automates workforce (Globe and Mail)
• New Zealand's fruit-rich ice cream gets a sugary American makeover (NYT)
• From the archives (2020): Why Sarah Davis is the president Loblaw needs now (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Unilever says inflation has peaked as sales growth accelerates (FT)
• A soap maker cracks the code for 'made in America' (WSJ)
• Shoppers sound off on retailers' anti-theft tactics (CBC)
• It's so hot, they're growing mangoes in Italy (WSJ)
• Loblaw tops analysts estimates as rising grocery prices still outpace inflation (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• A decade ago, Jeff Bezos bought a newspaper. Now, he's paying attention to it again (NYT)
• For a more equitable world, should we give up cheap bananas (Globe and Mail)
• 'Skimpflation': How supermarkets reduce the quality of what you buy (The Guardian)
• Why Walmart is trouncing Amazon in the grocery wars (The Economist)
• From pasta to bread, Canada aims to put protein from pulses in everyday foods (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: How to thwart strategy masquerades (Medium)
• Why Michelin-starred restaurants are putting 'millets' on the menu this year (Bloomberg)
• How Modelo beat Bud Light after a decade of transformation (NYT)
• End of the bartender? The UK vending machine pouring pints for the masses (The Guardian)
• What Jose Andres's lab-grown chicken tastes like (Vox)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• A funeral for fish and chips: Why are Britain's chippies disappearing (The Guardian)
• Why is Switzerland - of all places - importing so much cheese (NYT)
• Why businesses can't stop asking for tips (WSJ)
• Accelerating retail personalization at scale (MIT Technology Review)
• Amazon is asking some workers to relocate, return to 'main hub' offices (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Retailers are trying to fix their supply chain forecasts (WSJ)
• A Q&A with Pizza Pizza CEO Paul Goddard (Toronto Life)
• She was the Oppenheimer of Barbie. Her invention blew up (WSJ)
• The pandemic's job market myths (NYT)
• From the archives (2014): Dollarama can't escape the winter blues (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• B.C. port union withdraws strike notice as Ottawa weighs options (Globe and Mail)
• The Bear and the need for a place to belong (NYT)
• Canada's competition commissioner doubles down on claims that Cineplex uses 'deceptive marketing' (Globe and Mail)
• Retailers problems get real (WSJ)
• Kim Kardashian's Skims is now worth $4 billion (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Asian tech rivals pare back 'superapp' as losses mount (FT)
• If Domino's can't beat delivery apps, no one can (The Atlantic)
• Middle managers are the heart of your company (McKinsey)
• Harvest crews hustle to bring in wheat crop hit by drought, late rain (WSJ)
• Canada's inflation rate falls to 2.8%, lowest since early 2021 (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023 (United Nations)
• Roger Martin: What is strategic thinking (Medium)
• Raw milk is being legalized in more states. Is it safe (NYT)
• The food writer that wants to free the recipe (The New Republic)
• The mango is king of the Miami summer (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• How a vast demographic shift will reshape the world (NYT)
• How Allbirds lost its way (WSJ)
• The state of live commerce (McKinsey)
• Banana Republic wants to outfit your home, too (NYT)
• Marketing when budgets are down (HBR)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Highly caffeinated version of Prime Energy ordered recalled by federal government (CBC)
• Hack your workweek to leave early on summer Fridays (WSJ)
• Farm robots poised for growth as labour costs rise (FT)
• Mushrooms have taken over fashion and wellness. Up next: chocolate (NYT)
• From the archives (2007): Why cottagers like to roar through Giant Tiger (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Self-checkout theft causing problems for retailers - and shoppers who despise receipt checks (CBC)
• Leading online shoppers to the finish line (BCG)
• A new playbook for retail leaders (McKinsey)
• How Amazon became a target of a crackdown on anti-consumer, anti-competitive behaviour (CBC)
• Domino's Pizza is soon coming to Uber apps for the first time (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Retailers set higher bar for free shipping as delivery costs surge (WSJ)
• Amazon dangles deeper Prime Day discounts for stressed shoppers (Globe and Mail)
• It's never been a better time for vegan ice cream (NYT)
• What Burger King's new logo says about its strategy (WSJ)
• Dollarama chief financial officer J.P. Towner stepping down in coming months (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• How to prepare for strategy. Less is more (Medium)
• Open your mind to unicorn meat (The Atlantic)
• Shein takes on Amazon in the business of selling everything (WSJ)
• B.C. port strike sends ripples across the Canadian economy (Globe and Mail)
• Amazon's Prime Day to test consumer demand (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Reality deflates the NDP's Big Grocery conspiracy theory (Globe and Mail)
• Meeting beauty consumers where they are - and where they're going (McKinsey)
• Cottage cheese makes a comeback (NYT)
• The supermarket aisle where prices are still soaring (WSJ)
• Why food is where energy was a year ago (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Legacy food supplier Wallace & Carey files for creditor protection amid COVID-19 supply chain hangover (Globe and Mail)
• What's a summer without Georgia peaches? Not so sweet (NYT)
• Are airline credit cards worth it (WSJ)
• Why McDonald's menu items are different prices, even in the same city (CBC)
• From the archives (1992): The Balanced Scorecard - Measures that drive performance (HBR)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Joe Mimran and partners buy retailer Kit & Ace (Globe and Mail)
• Companies with 'flat' structures rarely work. Is there a solution (NYT)
• Ontario quietly moving ahead with plan to sell beer in corner stores (Globe and Mail)
• Shein in talks with banks and exchanges about U.S. IPO (Reuters)
• Cineplex says Competition Bureau movie ticket price-dripping case should be dismissed (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Facial recognition spreads as tool to fight shoplifting (NYT)
• Revenue growth techniques for restaurants (McKinsey)
• Everyone works for Amazon now (The Atlantic)
• New Zealand bans produce bags for fresh produce in supermarkets (BBC)
• Canada is coming for H1-B visa holders (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Balanced scorecard & Playing to Win (Medium)
• Cheaper than water. Retailers try to sell Bud Light (NYT)
• Canada welcomes largest number of immigrants in first quarter since at least 1972 (CBC)
• Retailers aren't abandoning downtowns because of crime (Bloomberg)
• How America's new favorite beer hammered the competition (WSJ)