Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The myth of objectivity and strategy (Medium)
• Snack makers are removing fake colors from processed foods (Bloomberg)
• How organ meat got into smoothies (The Atlantic)
• Supermarket price war looms as Sainsbury's joins fight (BBC)
• Amazon is better prepared for the trade war than investors think (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Four keys to winning in Europe's consumer goods market (McKinsey)
• Is the LCBO the largest alcohol purchaser of the world (Globe and Mail)
• Some Walmart managers get a raise, lifting their max pay above $600,000 (WSJ)
• Sainsbury's to cut more than 3,000 jobs (WSJ)
• From the archives (2002): Is Wal-Mart too powerful (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Walmart's antidote to locked-up products: A key on your phone (Bloomberg)
• Spending rebound may be on the way, but consumer sentiment remains low, Canadian Tire CEO says (Globe and Mail)
• Sainsbury's backs guidance on hopes of Argos sales rebound (WSJ)
• A turning point for private brands: How retailers can seize the opportunity (McKinsey)
• Blackstone to take Retail Opportunity Investments private in $4 billion deal (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Sainsbury's to rival Aldi prices in smallest stores (BBC)
• It took 3 years to convince Costco to buy her snacks - that was the easy part (WSJ)
• Starbucks CEO promises 4-minute coffee in sales turnaround (Bloomberg)
• Toronto luxury retailers are reviving in-store shopping (Globe and Mail)
• The mysterious fees inflating your grocery bill (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• How the Kindle became a must-have accessory (again) (WSJ)
• Online shopping warehouses are reshaping America (Bloomberg)
• Sainsbury's backs guidance after robust growth in grocery (WSJ)
• RBI signs two deals in China to bolster presence (Globe and Mail)
• Why cheap toilet paper sets off alarm bells for some investors (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• $7 million for 30 seconds? To advertisers, the Super Bowl is worth it (NYT)
• 'Scared' food CEOs are calling Ozempic maker for advice (Bloomberg)
• Who created butter chicken? India's great curry clash (NYT)
• Sainsbury's to cut costs by £1 billion and launch share buyback (FT) 
  
• From the archives (2020): Want to be more productive? Try doing less (HBR)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Sainsbury's update looks set to please investors with simplified strategy (WSJ)
• Industry minster urges Competition Bureau to conduct follow-up study of grocery prices (CBC)
• TikTok tests feature that could make all videos shoppable (Bloomberg)
• Amazon ends $1.7B iRobot acquisition in rare victory for tech regulators (Washington Post)
• Metro's first quarter sales near $5 billion, but profit slips (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Is America's ultra-processed diet that bad? Big Food fights back (WSJ)
• Walmart experiments with AI to enhance customers' shopping experiences (AP)
• Instacart is bringing ads to its smart carts (Fast Company)
• Sainsbury's could have done more given fall in consumer costs (WSJ)
• Retailers battle fraudulent returns (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Sainsbury's boss defends decision to sell customers' Nectar card data (The Guardian)
• Convenience stores would rather sell you pizza than gas (WSJ)
• Campari buys Courvoisier from Beam Suntory for $1.2 billion (Bloomberg)
• How to reach sustainable packaging targets in retail (McKinsey)
• The self-checkout even the haters will love (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Bud Light loses title as top-selling U.S. beer (WSJ)
• How retail media is creating a Bermuda triangle relationship between retailers, marketers, and media agencies (Digiday)
• Inside Walmart and Amazon's race to buy PillPack (Fortune)
• Instant Pot maker says it will gauge sales offer during Chapter 11 bankruptcy (Bloomberg)
• Sainsbury's and Asda told not to block rival stores (BBC)