Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Can a $1,699 Espresso machine help Walmart challenge Amazon (WSJ)
• Grocery prices are high, and economic morale is low (CBC)
• Amazon joins the big-box league with its largest-ever store (WSJ)
• Red Bull boosts can sales at fastest pace since pandemic (Bloomberg)
• Can water sommeliers convince us to pay more for premium H2O (Bloomberg)