Stephan's Monday Picks
- Canada targets 12 foreign grocers to lure to food retailing market (WSJ)
- Nordstrom to evaluate founding family's interest in pursuing take-private deal (Reuters)
- Experts say Indigo needs a turnaround as privatization nears (Globe and Mail)
- The unstoppable rise of Shein (The Guardian)
- How Amazon became the largest private EV charging operator in the US (Bloomberg)
Stephan's Monday Picks
- DoorDash aims to expand overseas, CEO Tony Xu says (Bloomberg)
- McDonald's, Costco, and other companies crack down on child labour in the U.S. (NYT)
- Cocoa hits record on tight supply, threatening pricier treats (Bloomberg)
- Indigo reports 70% drop in quarterly profit as it borrows more money from controlling shareholder (Globe and Mail)
- Target weighs paid membership program akin to Amazon Prime (Bloomberg)
Stephan's Monday Picks
- Loblaw CEO Per Bank isn't here to be famous (Globe and Mail)
- How Emily Weiss if fixing Glossier (FT)
- Made in Bangladesh (CBC)
- Indigo's controlling shareholder looks to take the company private (Globe and Mail)
- Big Milk's supply management sank yet another trade deal - it holds too much influence (Globe and Mail)
Stephan's Thursday Picks
- Amazon dedicates team to train ambitious AI model codenamed 'Olympus' (Reuters)
- Indigo reports $22.4 million second quarter loss as consumers pull back (Globe and Mail)
- Shein targets up to $90 billion valuation in US IPO (Bloomberg)
- How Germany got hooked on Canadian maple syrup (Globe and Mail)
- Aldi and Lidl are now just as middle class as other UK grocers (Bloomberg)
Stephan's Monday Picks
- Is it time to give candy corn the respect it deserves (NYT)
- Indigo CEO unveils new store and vision, but refuses to address past issues (Globe and Mail)
- The Mediterranean diet really is that good for you. Here's why (NYT)
- Amazon's profit triples as sales show resilience leading into holidays (WSJ)
- Unilever announces the sale of Dollar Shave Club (Unilever)
Stephan's Thursday Picks
- One-third of Canadian restaurants operating at a loss as costs rise (Globe and Mail)
- As cost of living soars, millions of Canadians are turning to food banks (CBC)
- Amazon discloses it has more than 181 million users in the EU in first store transparency report (Globe and Mail)
- VF facing second activist push by Legion (Bloomberg)
- Heath Reisman is back to run Indigo for a very, very long time (Globe and Mail)
Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- Roger Martin: Strategy for the experience economy (Medium)
- Indigo founder Heather Resiman returns as CEO (Globe and Mail)
- Mattel's windfall from Barbie (NYT)
- Minister says Canada's largest grocery chains have agreed to 'work' on stabilizing food prices (CBC)
- Turmoil in Indigo's C-suite leaves Canadian publishers reading between the lines (Globe and Mail)
Stephan's Friday picks
- DoorDash, shifting business model, will offer drivers hourly pay (NYT)
- Morrisons' boss admits supermarket chains have hiked profits on petrol (The Guardian)
- Indigo reports nearly $50-million loss as it appoints new board leadership (Globe and Mail)
- How marketing can drive resilience during uncertain times (McKinsey)
- From the archives (2012): Talk to me, one machine said to the other (NYT)
Stephan's Thursday Picks
- Ghost kitchens are dying and nobody noticed (Washington Post)
- SunnyD vodka seltzer tastes nothing like SunnyD - or vodka (Washington Post)
- The global brands coming to a shopping mall near you (WSJ)
- Indigo sees nearly half its board exit; founder Heather Reisman to retire this summer (Globe and Mail)
- Six ways retail can soar through the macroeconomic clouds (Bain)
Stephan's Friday Picks
- Inflation has come to your pets' high-end food and toys (WSJ)
- Indigo outage nears one-week mark (Globe and Mail)
- Container shipping costs plunge as consumer spending declines (FT)
- How Bed Bath & Beyond avoided bankruptcy (WSJ)
- From the archives (1991): Pattison pushes into the United States (Maclean's)
Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- Why bosses should ask employees to do less - not more (WSJ)
- Backing Lindt, Swiss court orders Lidl to 'destroy' its chocolate bunnies (NYT)
- Indigo's new CEO plans to sell $450 pizza ovens and collagen face mists at the bookstore (Globe and Mail)
- Useless meetings waste time and $100 million a year at big companies (Bloomberg)
- Our food system could have been so different (The Atlantic)
