Stephan's Friday Picks

• The Nortena burrito takes New York (The New Yorker)
• Doris Fisher, co-founder of the Gap, dies at 94 (NYT)
• Kraft Heinz CEO pushes value: Consumers are literally running out of money (WSJ)
• Will AB Foods' split from Primark unlock its potential (The Grocer)
• From the archives (2007): Michelin sprinkles stars on Tokyo (FT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The writing vs editing distinction (Medium)
• Strategic and annual planning in chaotic times (BCG)
• Inside Gap's last-ditch, tariff-addled, turnaround push (Bloomberg)
• The CMOs comeback: Aligning the C-suite to drive customer-centric growth (McKinsey)
• Amazon is on the cusp of using more robots than humans in its warehouses (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• When did teen boys get a nose for $300 cologne (NYT)
• The one place in airports people actually want to be (The Atlantic)
• The executive that turned around Barbie has a new long-shot mission: Save Gap (WSJ)
• After industry boom, Quebec distilleries fight for shelf space on liquor store shelves (CBC)
• Canada's inflation rate slowed to 2.7% in April, boosting bets for June rate cut (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Chaos and creation: Inside the making of Yeezy Gap (NYT)
• If we're all so busy, why isn't anything getting done (McKinsey)
• Shopify cuts 10 per cent of staff as CEO Tobias Lutke apologizes for big bets on e-commerce, admits he 'got this wrong' (Globe and Mail)
• More signs emerge that inflation is altering shopping habits (NYT)
• The case of the $5,000 Springsteen tickets (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: My love/hate relationship with VUCA (Medium)
• Tyson Foods works to fix its chicken operation as orders pile up (WSJ)
• Some surprising good news: Bookstores are booming and becoming more diverse (NYT)
• Gap CEO Syngal fired after failing to rescue struggling retailer (Bloomberg)
• Cadillac Fairview, Teachers, and ex-Shopify exec gamble on a new, old model for e-commerce returns: showing up in person (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Inside the corporate dash to buy up dentist's offices, veterinary clinics, and pharmacies (Globe and Mail)
• Amazon Consumer CEO, who led massive logistics expansion, resigns (WSJ)
• USDA annoucnes framework for shoring up the food supply chain and transforming the food system (USDA)
• Macy's, Gap, other clothing stores are stuck with the wrong items (WSJ)
• Some restaurants are abandoning tipping in favour of paying staff higher wages (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Shrinking The Gap: How a clothing brand lost its way (The Guardian)
• Rise of Shein tests and industry's go-green commitments (Bloomberg)
• Surging costs hard to swallow for makers of the humble BLT (FT)
• The home cooks (and startups) betting on prepared meals (NYT)
• The 15-minute ultrafast delivery craze slams into reality (Bloomberg)