Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The hidden where-to-play element in strategy (Medium)
• Green toothpaste tubes and the new antitrust battleground (Bloomberg)
• Luxury discounting on the rise after years of price increases bite (FT)
• How a $3 grocery bag become an international status symbol (WSJ)
• Dutch Bros is out-Starbucksing its rivals with the sugariest drinks (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Meet the fully autonomous farm (WSJ)
• Has Japan's 'rice minister' brought down prices enough to keep his job (NYT)
• Walmart plans to sell Vizio TVs exclusively as a private brand (Bloomberg)
• Froot Loops, Apple Jacks to cut synthetic dyes by 2027 (Bloomberg)
• The Trader Joe's tote bags have made it to London (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• State of Grocery Europe 2025 (McKinsey)
• Harry's razor brand seeks to build consumer goods empire (NYT)
• A frenzy at Trader Joe's: Everyone's here for the tote bags (NYT)
• 7-Eleven owner targets profit growth despite tariff uncertainty (WSJ)
• How can I find a healthy breakfast cereal (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Inside Amazon's push to crack Trader Joe's - and dominate everything (WSJ)
• Tesco says price pressures easing as profits soar (BBC)
• Psychological safety levels the playing field for employees (BCG)
• Tupperware is in trouble (The Atlantic)
• How far $100 goes at the grocery store after five years of inflation (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The $2.99 Trader Joe's tote is causing chaos (NYT)
• Asia's e-commerce battleground is expanding fast (WSJ)
• The mysterious rise of the Chinese ecommerce giant behind Temu (FT)
• Temu's push into America pays off big for Meta and Google (WSJ)
• Bank of Canada holds interest rate steady, offers few hints about timing of future cuts (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Rocks and bugs: A week of recalls for Trader Joe's (WSJ)
• Birkenstock owner plans September IPO at $8 billion value (Bloomberg)
• TikTok pivots towards shoppable content (The Atlantic)
• Fast fashion aims to mend its image with repairs (WSJ)
• Avion rewards program expands to customers that don't bank with RBC (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The state of grocery retail around the world (McKinsey)
• Paying with a credit card will soon cost more as some businesses add transaction fees (Globe and Mail)
• Ben & Jerry's vs Unilever: How a star acquisition became a legal nightmare (FT)
• That reusable Trader Joe's bag. It's rescuing an Indian industry (NYT)
• Look at all the money Cargill made (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Still feeling good: The U.S. wellness market continues to boom (McKinsey)
• Couche-Tard, stymied on deals, goes on food marketing push (Bloomberg)
• Nordstrom adopts poison pill after Mexican retailer buys stake (WSJ)
• For New Yorkers, 6pm is the new 8pm (NYT Magazine)
• Where's the pumpkin ice cream? The Trader Joe's hoarders have snagged it all (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Why planning over strategy (Medium)
  
• Behind every Trader Joe's sign is a working artist that painted it (Washington Post)
• How Canadians are coping with rising grocery bills (Globe and Mail)
• How Whole Foods has changed in the five years since Amazon took over (CNBC)
• Meta and Jio launch grocery shopping on WhatsApp in India (Tech Crunch)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Tim Hortons proposes free coffee and doughnuts as settlement for privacy class action lawsuits (Globe and Mail)
• Trader Joe's workers at a Massachusetts store form a union, a milestone in the chain (NYT)
• Instacart aims to go public before year's end, defying a frozen IPO market (WSJ)
• As inventory piles up, liquidation warehouses are busy (NYT)
• Sprite goes green by ditching its green bottle (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Segmentation & strategy (Medium)
• The $9 bottle of Trader Joe's sunscreen that ignited a summer war (WSJ)
• How A.G. Lafley made culture change stick (Chief Executive)
• Walmart 'train wreck' profit warning sends shares down 10% (Reuters)
• Gen Z made it big on Depop. Now they're graduating (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Scotiabank partners with Scotiabank and Cineplex on Scene+ loyalty program, drops Air Miles (Globe and Mail)
• Trader Joe's workers file for election to create company's first union (NYT)
• The battle for your toilet paper is on (Bloomberg)
• Navigating inflation in retail: Six actions for retailers (McKinsey)
• The pain after the gain: Grocery deliverers reshuffle after lockdown boom (Reuters)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Paper Source's bankruptcy leaves female cardmakers feeling burned (NYT)
• Canada's competition laws come under scrutiny after grocery business controversies (Financial Post)
• Stores still matter when it comes to online groceries (FT)
• Amazon-backed Deliveroo plans IPO, testing London's appetite for Big Tech (WSJ)
• From the archives (2003): A specialty food store with a Discount attitude (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Behold, workleisure (NYT)
• The case for Walmart (Fast Company)
  
• M&S puts all its eggs in Ocado basket (FT)
• The future of Trader Joe's looks bumpy (Bloomberg)
• Fashions dirty secret: How sexual assault took hold in jeans factories (The Guardian)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• George Weston pursues ailing Swiss baking firm Aryzta (Bloomberg)
• Trader Joe's refutes claims of product name changes (Trader Joe's)
• DavidsTea to close 82 retail locations in Canada amid COVID-19 (Globe and Mail)
• Walmart is eliminating hundreds of corporate jobs (Bloomberg)
• Lord & Taylor files for bankruptcy as retail collapses pile up (NYT)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Inside the push to create a Canadian version of Popeyes vaunted chicken sandwich (Financial Post)
• Is there a line at Trader Joe's? Social-media spies are keeping track (WSJ)
• What will the retail experience of the future look like (HBR)
• The ice cream industry is having a meltdown (Slate)
• Walmart partners with Shopify to expand web marketplace business (Bloomberg)