Stephan's Friday Picks

• Canadian Tire launches new $2 billion investment plan (Globe and Mail)
• Kroger gives upbeat outlook while questions swirl around CEO (Bloomberg)
• Starbucks CEO tells workers to step it up after layoffs (WSJ)
• Walmart asks Chinese suppliers for major price cuts on Trump tariffs (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2022): Canadian Tire spending $3.4 billion over four years to expand products, bolster operations (Globe and Mail)