Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Why several big box stores have ditched their self-checkouts (CBC)
• It's too easy to buy stuff you don't want (The Atlantic)
• Temu is burning cash to challenge Shein and Amazon on Black Friday (Wired)
• Labour group plans board fight at Starbucks (WSJ)
• HBC sells off $340 million in real estate as it falls behind on payments to suppliers (Globe and Mail)