Stephan's Monday Picks

• Amid uncertainty, AI gives retailers a path to resilience (BCG)
• Yes, food inflation is about to simmer down (Globe and Mail)
• Dished up by 3D printers, a new kind of fish to fry (Reuters)
• Vicious traps (Collaborative Fund)
• Loblaw shareholders bless Galen Weston's raise despite criticism of food price inflation (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The internet rediscovered Blockbuster's website. Press play on nostalgia (Washington Post)
• The consumerization of healthcare (Fire Ant)
• The 3D culinary revolution is coming (The Guardian)
• MIT researchers twist apart more than 1,000 Oreos in search of perfect method (WSJ)
• From the archives (2007): The fast lane (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The world's first 3D printed ribeye is unveiled (Washington Post)
• IKEA branches out into consumer banking with Ikano bank deal (Globe and Mail)
• TikTok sale to Oracle, Walmart gets shelved (WSJ)
• Sainsbury's takes on Aldi in price war (BBC)
• From the archives (1999): RJR Nabisco, an epilogue (NYT)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Re-imagining marketing in the next normal (McKinsey)
• The battle for south-east Asia's online shoppers (FT)
• How Dixie cups became the breakout startup of the 1918 pandemic (Fast Company)
• Trader Joe's to re-brand international food after petition calls to get rid of 'racist branding' (NYT)
• KFC is working with a Russian 3D bio-printing firm to try to make lab-grown chicken nuggets (The Verge)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• How a short seller's warning helped take down Luckin' Coffee (WSJ)
• Coming soon to a 3D printer near you: Plant-based steaks (Reuters)
• Why your grocery bill is about to go up (Financial Post)
• Couche-Tard quarterly revenue tops estimates, helped by panic buying (Globe and Mail)
• From the archives (2003): The Wal-Mart you don't know (Fast Company)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Fake meat companies are racing to 3D-print steaks (Bloomberg)
• Welcome to the button wars (WSJ)
• The real problem with Paula Deen (Eater)
• The life and death of the local hardware store (NYT)
• Judge dismisses Subway's $210M lawsuit against CBC over chicken sandwich expose (CBC)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Is dry cleaning dying (Racked)
• FedEx follows Amazon into the robotic future (NYT)
• Seven technologies remaking the world (MIT Sloan Management Review)
• Aeroplan strikes deal with Amazon for shoppers to earn points online (CBC)
• Oracle's Ellison unveils hydroponic farming startup (Tech Crunch)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• 3D printers start to build the factories of the future (The Economist)
• How Americans order their steak (538)
• Walmart upgrades to Angus beef (Bloomberg)
• Change management in merger integration (Bain)
• How Nike is using digital channels to drive sales (Digiday)