Stephan's Thursday Picks
- Suncor moves on gas station plans, deciding which to renovate and which to sell (Globe and Mail)
- 'Bromakase' is the new steakhouse (NYT)
- Quebecor says Loblaw deal with telecoms is anti-competitive (CBC)
- Can beef be 'low carbon'? The USDA thinks so (Undark)
- Amazon is reviving its logistics expansion and reshaping its U.S. distribution (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)
Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- Choosing to grow: The leader's blueprint (McKinsey)
- How Wish built (and fumbled) the dollar store for the internet (NYT)
- E-commerce hasn't killed physical retail. It's only made it more important (Fast Company)
- Why are Kroger and Starbucks investing in EV charging stations (Quartz)
- ESG is facing a political and market backlash. Will it survive (Globe and Mail)
Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- The $2 billion mall rats (Esquire)
- These gas station entrepreneurs favored food over fuel and got rich (WSJ)
- Avocados are the 'pandemic-proof' crop in lockdown health craze (Bloomberg)
- How retailers track your every move in exchange for coupons and convenience (Vox)
- How the biggest retail companies are companies essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic (Brookings)
Stephan's Monday Picks
- FreshDirect stages a comeback (NYT)
- The gas station M&A frenzy looks like a bubble (Bloomberg)
- The robot in aisle five isn't stalking you (WSJ)
- What happens to your mail-order mattress after you return it (538)
- The U.S.-Iran pistachio war is heating up (Businessweek)
Stephan's Thursday Picks
- How online shopping makes suckers of us all (The Atlantic)
- Loblaw sells chain of 213 gas stations to Brookfield for $540 million (CBC)
- Silicon Valley's $400 juicer may be feeling the squeeze (Bloomberg)
- Walmart's bargain bin e-commerce plan (Gadfly)
- Primark plans biggest expansion in decade as chain's sales soar (Bloomberg)
