Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- Roger Martin: How management can most effectively use boards (Medium)
- How pets became big business (NYT)
- The crazy economics of the world's most coveted handbag (WSJ)
- What it takes to rewire a CPG company to outcompete in digital and AI (McKinsey)
- Amazon mulls monthly fee as part of revamp of unprofitable Alexa service to include generative AI (Globe and Mail)
Stephan's Friday Picks
- 6 kinds of board members - and how to influence them (HBR)
- The art and science of reducing retail shrink (McKinsey)
- Starbucks CEO takes on chain's social media controversy (WSJ)
- Jorge Lemann's 3G fuels hedge fund bets for billionaire dynasty (Bloomberg)
- From the archives (2004): Interbrew said to be near deal for Brazil brewer AmBev (NYT)
Stephan's Friday Picks
- AI comes to the drive-thru (WSJ)
- Telus Health 2023 Drug Trends Report (Telus)
- Lack of female CEOs shows diversity problem in UK retail (Bloomberg)
- Vertical product location effect on sales: A field experiment in convenience stores (SSRN)
- From the archives (2002): Pepsi adds a blue-hued beverage to the spectrum of coloured sodas (WSJ)
Stephan's Friday Picks
- Meta appoints DoorDash CEO Tony Xu to its board (Bloomberg)
- After the Beanie Baby bubble burst (Vox)
- Lemon pepper makes everything better - especially wings (NYT)
- Food delivery giants enter year jockeying for deals and turf (Bloomberg)
- From the archives (2017): Blood and grain dust (Globe and Mail)
Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- Roger Martin: Strategy & boards of directors (Medium)
- Amazon strikes a deal with Affirm, the buy-now, pay-later firm (NYT)
- What I learned visiting two cutting-edge Amazon grocery stores (Full Stack Economics)
- The board perspective on talent and culture (McKinsey)
- The 'hedonistic altruism' of plant-based meat (NYT)
