Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Becoming an EI augmented enterprise (Substack)
• The dark side of Japan's convenience stores (FT)
• How Jeff Bezos upended The Washington Post (NYT)
• South Korea fell hard for this dessert, but that was so last month (NYT)
• JBS beef plant workers begin industry's largest strike in years (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Fixing strategy (Medium)
• Lululemon blames customers again after see-through leggings fiasco (Bloomberg)
• America's convenience store conundrum (The Atlantic)
• With generic Ozempic coming to Canada, the race is on (Globe and Mail)
• Nestle's chief is in turnaround mode. He drinks eight cups of coffee a day (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Can department stores be fun again (NYT)
• Saks has to look luxury to sell luxury (Bloomberg)
• How chatbots might reshape retail (FT)
• Walmart's new CEO takes over with $1 trillion valuation within reach (Bloomberg)
• So long, frozen juice from concentrate. The once-popular canned drink leaves shelves this year (CBC)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Eleven's (NYT)
• Why 7-Eleven and other convenience stores in Japan are so special (NYT)
• AB Foods slumps as Primark owner bemoans challenging environment (Bloomberg)
• The Starbucks turnaround that has baristas and customers steamed (NYT)
• Soon, even your Starbucks latte can come with protein. Is this trend healthy, or just good business (CBC)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Pepsi introduces prebiotic cola months after Poppi acquisition (CNBC)
• 7-Eleven parent fires back over 'highly misleading' statement after deal talks break off (Globe and Mail)
• As consumers lose their appetite, food brands fight to keep Wall St. happy (NYT)
• After pledging to keep prices low, Amazon hiked them on hundreds of essentials (WSJ)
• Health-Ade Kombucha sells for $500 million (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The billion-dollar battle to own 7-Eleven (Bloomberg)
• E.l.f Beauty to acquire Hailey Bieber skincare brand Rhode in deal valued at $1 billion (CNBC)
• Barbecue maker Napoleon has always been proud to be made-in-Canada. But a closer look shows the harsh reality of manufacturing at home (Globe and Mail)
• Costco defies tariff volatility with higher profit, lower prices (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2017): The case for good jobs (HBR)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Instacart falls on disappointing sales, earnings outlook (Bloomberg)
• TJX expects more growth this year (WSJ)
• Itochu withdraws from Seven & i buyout planned by retailer's founding family (Globe and Mail)
• Is bird flu the only reason egg prices are soaring (NYT)
• Would you pay $34 for shrimp cocktail (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Tariffs and strategy (Medium)
• Walmart is retail king again. Can it keep the crown (WSJ)
• Japan perfected 7-Eleven. Why can't the U.S. get it right (Bloomberg)
• Uber sues DoorDash over food delivery practices (WSJ)
• Can surf and turf survive a trade war (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• CBC investigation uncovers grocers overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat (CBC)
• Tesco backs profit target after Christmas sales growth (WSJ)
• 7-Eleven owner reports profit drop, keeps guidance (WSJ)
• Ottawa targets raft of U.S. goods, including steel products and Florida orange juice, for tariffs (Globe and Mail)
• From the archives (2005): Wal-Mart: A progressive success story (Jason Furman)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• A 7-Eleven heirs $50 billion fight to keep the company in the family (NYT)
• Albertsons is mad at Kroger (Bloomberg)
• Nearly a fifth of Canada's food production facilities deemed low risk without being assessed, data reveal (Globe and Mail)
• Walmart has a tough battle ahead in India (Bloomberg)
• Why Christmas trees in Europe are so much cheaper than in Canada (CBC)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• The sand wars dividing cranberry growers and their neighbours (WSJ)
• At 7-Eleven, Couche-Tard wins by losing out (Globe and Mail)
• How Harry & David gest 20,000 pears to doorsteps for the holidays (WSJ)
• Grupo Bimbo suing Maple Leaf Foods for more than $2 billion over alleged bread price fixing probe (Globe and Mail)
• Shoppers fight back as retailers crack down on returns (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Loblaw to cut prices at Shoppers Drug Mart as customers pull back (Globe and Mail)
• 7-Eleven owner receives buyout offer from founder's son (WSJ)
• Amazon launches online digital storefront to better compete with Shein and Temu (Globe and Mail)
• The case for wine with less alcohol - and fewer calories (WSJ)
• Canada's government intervenes to end port shutdowns (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Personal effectiveness strategy (Medium)
• Vintage shopping is booming. Banana Republic and others get in on the action (NYT)
• Major CVS shareholders plans activist push (CNBC)
• Is food the new fuel? Convenience stores look to become food destinations (Globe and Mail)
• Inside Domino's quest to revive sales with 'emergency pizza (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Nearly 1 in 10 people in B.C. are non-permanent residents (Globe and Mail)
• Taking on food emissions at their origin and consumption (NYT)
• Some 7-Eleven owners in Japan welcome foreign bid (Reuters)
• Couche-Tard's 'Cowboy Canadian' eyes his 7-Eleven prize, but the stakes are high (Globe and Mail)
• From the archives (2013): Canadian population passes 35 million (CBC)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• How Athletic Brewing conquered the drink market (Fast Company)
• How dynamic pricing spread from plane tickets to concerts (Bloomberg)
• A new era dawns as beer and wine hit convenience store shelves (Globe and Mail)
• The takeover fight that could reshape Japan (FT)
• From Starbucks to specialty cafes, the new arms race in the coffee wars (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Why 7-Eleven is a national treasure in Japan (NYT)
• How Lidl accidentally took on the big guns of cloud computing (FT)
• Dino falls victim to price war between Polish supermarket chains (Bloomberg)
• A TikTok cucumber salad trend sets of shortage in Iceland groceries (NYTNYT)
• How consumers saved money on groceries in 1982 (CBC)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How Costco hacked the American shopping psyche (NYT)
• 7-Eleven deal talk reflects allure of Japanese convenience stores (Bloomberg)
• Shein sues Temu over copyright infringement, alleges rival loses money on every sale (CNBC)
• Businesses prepare for turmoil ahead of possible Canadian rail shutdown (Globe and Mail)
• Can plastic waste be transformed into food for humans (Undark)

 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

• Canada's inflation rate dips to 3.8% (Globe and Mail)
• Barnes & Noble sets itself free (NYT)
• How the British corner shop has set itself free (The Guardian)
• Taller box, less cereal? Calls for more transparency when companies shrink your groceries (CBC)
• Amazon introducing warehouse overhaul with robotics to speed deliveries (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• The chaotic, dispiriting work of liquidating Harmon stores (NYT)
• After eight years, Domino's Pizza gives up on Italy (Bloomberg)
• Activist hedge fund pushes for fuel giant Parkland Corp. to be broken up (Globe and Mail)
• How companies can build an institutional capability to achieve competitive advantage (McKinsey)
• Starbucks new CEO trained as barista to prepare for role (WSJ)