Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The popular chicken sandwich gets a redo at Panera Bread, Popeyes (WSJ)
• P&G just wants you to use your dishwasher (Bloomberg)
• Falling food prices ease upward pressure on inflation (WSJ)
• Customer segmentation needs a behaviourally-informed upgrade (Behavioral Scientist)
• Dollar store dinners and vats of shampoo help families cope with inflation (WSJ)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Delta variant clouds back-to-school shopping plans (WSJ)
• What Zomato's $12 billion IPO says about the tech industry (HBR)
• Why do American grocery stores still have an ethnic aisle (NYT)
• Deliveroo shares rise after rival Delivery Hero takes 5% stake (The Guardian)
• Much anew about nudging (McKinsey)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The business logic in debiasing (McKinsey)
• Amazon sets up shop in the heart of the publishing industry (NYT)
• The future of Whole Foods isn't about groceries (Bloomberg)
• The rice industry is furious at the existence of 'cauliflower rice' (Quartz)
• Does corporate storytelling work? Some mega-brands say no (Mark Schaefer)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• How to become a customer-centric grocer (BCG)
• The crop that ate America (Bloomberg)
• How Sephora is thriving amid a retail crisis (NYT)
• Food research lab tracks consumer habits (CBC)
• Robert Cialdini on persuasion (Financial Times)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Why Whole Foods is now struggling (WaPo)
• Having more options can make us evaluate risks differently (HBR)
• Kellogg's dumping DSD sparks industry speculation (Supermarket News)
• How Red Bull became a media company (L2)
• Excavation readies heritage Loblaws site for mixed-use density (Urban Toronto)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Are consumers turned off by too many choices? Not yet (Stanford)
• How Canada's zany dairy system affects life (National Post)
• Family farms navigate risk in the new economy (Bloomberg)
• How loss aversion and conformity threaten organizational change (HBR)
• Black Friday sales numbers are useless and wrong (538)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Gut feeling: new CEO to steer Nestle down uncharted health path (Reuters)
• Strategic decisions: When can you trust your gut? (MQ)
• PepsiCo's practical application of supply chain resilience strategies (Forbes)
• Using "digital footprints" to predict consumer motivation online (RTInsights)
• M&S's deafening silence (Bloomberg Gadfly)