Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Walmart's reign as America's biggest retail is under threat (WSJ)
• How a 'strange', 'evil' fruit came to define Italy's cuisine (NYT)
• Red Lobster preparing to file bankruptcy this month (WSJ)
• How Uniqlo's 'millennial Birkin' is beating designer bags (Bloomberg)
• The 100-year quest to make a paper water bottle (WSJ)