Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Federal budget to include tax hikes for wealthiest Canadians, some corporations (Globe and Mail)
• Customers flock to Costco to buy gold bars (NYT)
• Ghost kitchens are disappearing, squeezed by demand and complaints (NYT)
• The dairy industry's rebranding of bird flu (Vox)
• Pharmacists file proposed lawsuit against Shoppers alleging practices compromised patient care (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Ghost kitchens are dying and nobody noticed (Washington Post)
• SunnyD vodka seltzer tastes nothing like SunnyD - or vodka (Washington Post)
• The global brands coming to a shopping mall near you (WSJ)
• Indigo sees nearly half its board exit; founder Heather Reisman to retire this summer (Globe and Mail)
• Six ways retail can soar through the macroeconomic clouds (Bain)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• TikTok is taking the book industry by storm, and retailers are taking notice (NBC)
• Almonds swept California farms. Then the water ran out (WSJ)
• Price and politics set stage in three-way Morrisons bidding war (Bloomberg)
• Shopping mall giants back expanded, delivery-only ghost kitchens in food courts (WSJ)
• Ocado gains Alcampo as a client for its warehouse robotic warehouse services (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The great wings rush (The Verge)
• LuxCo 2030: A vision of sustainable luxury (Bain)
• The pizza business is divided on delivery (WSJ)
• What went wrong at Haven (Fortune)
• At-scale holistic transformation in the consumer packaged goods industry (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• The protein transformation (BCG)
• Amazon explored opening home goods, electronics discount stores (Bloomberg)
• Those Cosmic Wings you had delivered, they're really from Applebee's (WSJ)
• Americans have $1.7 trillion to burn in revenge spending binge (Bloomberg)
• A pasta factory in Brooklyn (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Walmart Canada explores ghost kitchens (Retail Dive)
• Ahold CFO aims to make online sales a larger share of revenue (WSJ)
• The convenience retail industry is at a crossroads (Fire Ant)
• Where are all the female analysts on Bay Street (Globe and Mail)
• Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop is going in on ghost kitchens (Eater)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Strategy as a practice (Medium)
• Amazon primes for another happy holiday and prosperous New Year (Bain)
• Your next favourite restaurant might not be a restaurant (Bloomberg)
• Coupon-clipping fades into history as Covid-19 accelerates digital shift (WSJ)
• Loblaw tests driverless technology in delivery network (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How Allbirds became Silicon Valley's favourite sneaker (WSJ)
• Adidas bet on the rebirth of Reebok. Has it paid off? (Bloomberg)
• UK sales of scented candles soar as Covid restrictions tighten (The Guardian)
• Chipotle to open its first digital-only restaurant as online orders soar (CNBC)
• Alibaba sees $56-billion of sales as Singles Day shopping event gets into full swing (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Uber founder turns real estate mogul with ghost kitchens startup (WSJ)
• What outdoor dining may look like in winter (Bloomberg)
• Whole Foods now offers free one-hour delivery (The Verge)
• Kraft Heinz gets into the food delivery business with its own 'ghost kitchen' (Globe and Mail)
• How Clorox's new CEO plans to turn to turn disinfectant wipes into future wins (Fortune)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Department stores decade of decline (Retail Dive)
• Grocery giant Tesco sets its sights on Ocado (Bloomberg)
• Kroger launches on-premise ghost kitchens (Kroger)
• Six chicken-industry officials are indicted in price-fixing probe (WSJ)
• From the archives (1991): The MAC attack: A Canadian firm takes on the cosmetics giants (Macleans)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• The rise of restaurants with no diners as apps take orders (NPR)
• Unintended perk of the online mattress wars: Never-ending free returns (WSJ)
• Palettes are what every teen wants for the holidays (NYT)
• First, Burger King. Now fancy tasting menus are ditching meat (Bloomberg)
• Call it a crime of pasta (NYT)