Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Why Air Miles needs more than just a new owner to appeal to customers (CBC)
• Subscription services are hitting their limit with customers (Bloomberg)
• Shrinkflation deals a surprise ice cream tax to customers (Globe and Mail)
• The secret behind Japan's delicious strawberries: kerosene (NYT)
• Starbucks's new CEO, Laxman, Narasimhan, takes coffee chain's helm (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• BMO to buy Air Miles after loyalty program loses key retailers, files for creditor protection amid heavy debts (Globe and Mail)
• BORG drinking is going viral on TikTok. What on earth is it (NYT)
• How Lego beat Barbie and Monopoly (WSJ)
• Generative AI in fashion (McKinsey)
• Biomilq and the new science of artificial breast milk (The New Yorker)