Stephan's Friday Picks

• Rexall's U.S. owner sells pharmacy chain to Canadian private equity firm Birch Hill (Globe and Mail)
• Retail's outperformers: Lessons in value creation (McKinsey)
• Couche-Tard says it is 'confident' about takeover as questions swirl over price (Globe and Mail)
• Pivotal week ahead in Kroger-Albertsons case as F.T.C. lands early blows (WSJ)
• From the archives (2016): Rexall takeover shakes up the drugstore industry (Globe and Mail)