Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The AI-first consumer products company (BCG)
• Canada's lobster industry is on a roll. But we can't take the good times for granted (Globe and Mail)
• Can cosmetic acupuncture be the new botox (NYT)
• How Warby Parker has kept the price of glasses at $95 for 15 years (WSJ)
• The one feat of leadership Patagonia's founder couldn't pull off (Bloomberg)

 Stephan' Friday Picks

• Pietro Satriano's three-act journey at U.S. Foods (BCG)
• The learning organization. How to accelerate AI adoption (McKinsey)
• As ready-to-drink cocktails grow in popularity, some are getting stronger (CBC)
• Your morning coffee, in a bucket (NYT)
• From the archives (2008): How Loblaw's leadership triumvirate fell apart (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• The fall of Hudson's Bay: How Richard Baker presided over the failure of a retail icon (Globe and Mail)
• Empire CEO Michael Medline to retire in May 2026 (Globe and Mail)
• Once shunned by Japanese customers, Korean rice now flies off the shelves (NYT)
• My matcha-dusted, lemon-scented, tahini-drizzled adventures in flavormaxxing (NYT)
• Mountain Equipment Co. finds buyer with textile executive set to gain control (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Strategy for start-ups - redux (Medium)
• From bad to worse: Canada's productivity slowdown is bad for everyone (TD)
• He used to bag groceries. Now Kroger's CEO is trying to save a $20 billion deal (WSJ)
• The plastics industry wants to redefine what's 'recyclable' (Propublica)
• Lego's business cards are made of Lego - but not for long (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Loblaw CEO Per Bank isn't here to be famous (Globe and Mail)
• How Emily Weiss if fixing Glossier (FT)
• Made in Bangladesh (CBC)
• Indigo's controlling shareholder looks to take the company private (Globe and Mail)
• Big Milk's supply management sank yet another trade deal - it holds too much influence (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The growing link between microbes, mood, and mental health (Knowable Magazine)
• No, that's not Tayler Swift peddling Le Creuset cookware (NYT)
• The Stanley water bottle craze, explained (Vox)
• Where the CEO of Walmart U.S turns for advice (WSJ)
• From the archives (2008): Wal-Mart chief offers a social manifesto (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Panera Bread founder Ron Shaich shares leadership lessons on what matters most and why (McKinsey)
• The salmon on your plate has a troubling cost. These farms offer hope (NYT)
• How Lunchables ended up on school lunch trays (Washington Post)
• She made pesto. People started spilling their secrets (NYT)
• Who are the 12% of people consuming half the beef in the U.S. (The Guardian)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Monday's are the new office fight (WSJ)
• Larry Fink 'ashamed' to be a part of ESG debate (Axios)
• The place most affected by remote workers' moves around the country (NYT)
• FairPrice CEO on breakthrough leadership (McKinsey)
• The buffet is back, stretching dollars and slinging crab legs (NYT)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• How a startup is using AI to make a vegan version of Boursin (Fast Company)
• Online shopping's fast delivery race is slowing down (WSJ)
• Inflation cools noticeably, but it's a long road back to normal (NYT)
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says in shareholder letter he's confident he can get costs under control (CNBC)
• From the archives (2021): Who's Anthony von Mandl? Meet the billionaire who made a fortune with genre-defying alcoholic drinks (Financial Post)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Would life be better if you worked less (WSJ)
• Worker shortage? Canada's labour supply is actually robust (Globe and Mail)
• Grocery chains boost profits by charging different prices for the same stuff (CBC)
• New Skipthedishes CEO looks to expand online delivery beyond food (Globe and Mail)
• From the archives (2014): A dozen things I have learned from Jeff Bezos (25iq)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Lowe's selling Canadian retail operations, including Rona, to Sycamore Partners (Globe and Mail)
• CVS, Walmart, Walgreens reach $13 billion opioid settlement (Bloomberg)
• Freeland's economic update warns of 2023 recession, announces tax on corporate share buybacks (Globe and Mail)
• Was Jack Welch the greatest CEO of his day - or the worst (The New Yorker)
• From the archives (2008): Ontario's store wars marching west (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Winning the long gone of strategy (Medium)
• The $1.50 Costco hot dog combo that defies inflation (WSJ)
• Shein says its cleaning up its act. Will anyone buy it (Bloomberg)
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy breaks from the Jeff Bezos way (NYT)
• Business groups, Tories, seek changes to Canadian tax system after Amazon findings (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Talent strategy in 2022 (Medium)
• How keeping quiet about politics helped make Uniqlo China's favourite fashion brand (Bloomberg)
• Demand for comfort food greases market for all things fried (WSJ)
• How Panera Bread navigated Covid, the labour market, inflation, and more (NYT)
• Why a federal salmon study that found viruses at B.C. fish farms took 10 years to be released  (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Dude, where's my stuff (J.P. Morgan)
• The digital future of manufacturing consumer packaged goods (McKinsey)
• New research busts popular myths about innovation (WSJ)
• The nasty logistics of free returns (The Atlantic)
• From the archives (2012): Q&A with Daniel Debow (Toronto Life)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Andy Jassy says the company could do more to treat workers better (CNBC)
• PepsiCo juggles strong demand and supply chain challenges (WSJ)
• Robots take over Italy's vineyards as wineries struggle with labour shortages (WSJ)
• Canada's smallest canola harvest in 13 years forces importers to turn elsewhere (Globe and Mail
• Dick's Sporting Goods' new CEO: Being a female leader is a huge asset (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• How the pandemic changed, and didn't change where Americans move (NYT)
• Lululemon to launch resale pilot for shoppers to buy, sell used items (CNBC)
• Seafood: Consumer goods' latest catch (McKinsey)
• Uber Eats expands to Germany, will take on Just Eat Takeaway (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2013): Metro's loss of turnaround expert Sawyer is Rona's gain (Financial Post)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• How crying on TikTok sells books (NYT)
• How a Russian retailer is building a next-generation grocery retailer (McKinsey)
• What Walmart can learn from Tesco's failed banking experiment (Bloomberg)
• Pasta has a new shape (NPR)
• From the archives (2013): At Rona, a hands-on CEO grapples with a turnaround (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• George Weston to sell bakery business, Loblaw makes management shifts (Globe and Mail)
• Ocado sues rival AutoStore in Germany as patent fight deepens (Bloomberg)
• The next great disruption is hybrid work - are we ready (Microsoft)
• How CEO Chris Kempczinski keeps McDonald's relevant (McKinsey)
• Popeyes plots to become global power (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Where's the business model in playing to win (Medium)
• Revealed: Seafood fraud happening on a vast global scale (The Guardian)
• Subscriptions are getting out of hand. Here's how to manage them (WSJ)
• Low tips, long waits: DoorDash takes on drivers' Walmart gripes (Reuters)
• Greg Hicks on the role of stores and e-commerce during the pandemic (Toronto Star)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Canada's population grows at lowest rate since 1916 (Statcan)
• The engineers building ridiculous dart blasters that Nerf won't touch (The Verge)
• The great Amazon flip-a-thon (NYT)
• Dollar General bets that bigger is better while rivals pare down (Bloomberg)
• Sam's Club CEO on the company's high sales and low wages (NYT)