Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Strategy on rugged landscapes (Medium)
• Galen Weston on facing his critics and changing Canada's economic narrative (The Logic)
• Voice of the global farmer 2024 (McKinsey)
• A food allergy fix hiding in plain sight (The Atlantic)
• Asda has 'slightly lost the plot', says supermarket's chair Stuart Rose (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Walmart's antidote to locked-up products: A key on your phone (Bloomberg)
• Spending rebound may be on the way, but consumer sentiment remains low, Canadian Tire CEO says (Globe and Mail)
• Sainsbury's backs guidance on hopes of Argos sales rebound (WSJ)
• A turning point for private brands: How retailers can seize the opportunity (McKinsey)
• Blackstone to take Retail Opportunity Investments private in $4 billion deal (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The next big arenas of competition (McKinsey)
• In praise of ghee (Globe and Mail)
• NielsenIQ considers an IPO at a valuation close to $10 billion (Bloomberg)
• America has an onion problem (The Atlantic)
• From the archives (1995): The political economy of food: A global crisis (Harriet Friedmann)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• In changing climate, retailers turning to weather strategies (Reuters)
• Power and influencers: CEOs on social media (FT)
• Is your 'conglomerate discount' a performance discount or a communication problem (McKinsey)
• Why you can probably ditch fabric softener (Washington Post)
• Amazon CEO denies full in-office mandate is 'backdoor layoff' (Reuters)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Tim Hortons parent misses analysts' estimates as demand slows (Globe and Mail)
• Dollar Tree, squeezed by weak spending, appoints interim CEO (Bloomberg)
• Kroger finalizes $1.37 billion opioid settlement (WSJ)
• Primark owner AB Foods profit rises ahead of expectations (WSJ)
• Bernard Marcus, a billionaire founder of Home Depot, dies at 95 (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The origins of business strategy & Playing to win (Medium)
• Couche-Tard targets more fresh food in 7-Eleven pursuit (WSJ)
• Competition Bureau says preferred pharmacy networks may reduce patient choice (Globe and Mail)
• TGI Fridays files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (NYT)
• Whether 7-Eleven is bought or not, convenience store consolidation looms (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Sainsbury's to rival Aldi prices in smallest stores (BBC)
• It took 3 years to convince Costco to buy her snacks - that was the easy part (WSJ)
• Starbucks CEO promises 4-minute coffee in sales turnaround (Bloomberg)
• Toronto luxury retailers are reviving in-store shopping (Globe and Mail)
• The mysterious fees inflating your grocery bill (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Loblaw, Empire call for end to real estate exclusivity clauses amid Competition Bureau probe (Globe and Mail)
• Per Bank: To improve grocery competition, end all commercial property controls (Globe and Mail)
• Reckitt shares surge after baby formula lawsuit win (WSJ)
• Amazon keeps profit margins in orbit (WSJ)
• From the archives (2022): The baby formula crisis (NYT)