Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Why beauty brands are struggling (BoF)
• Dominion workers strike after tentative deal rejected (CBC)
• How hedge funds profited from the fall of malls (NYT)
• Staycation summer brings boom to some retailers (Globe and Mail)
• Why are there still not enough paper towels (WSJ)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Barnes & Noble is sold to hedge fund after tumultuous year (NYT)
• A short rant about yogurt (Taste)
• Fitness clubs spawn urban clusters of juice bars, spas (WSJ)
• Save our food. Free the seed (NYT)
• Alcohol companies pander to millennials with focus on wellness (Eater)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Meet the saviour of Sobeys (The Globe and Mail)
• How wellness influencers made Indian food a trend (Bon Appetit)
• Slowly but surely, the Amazon Prime backlash is coming (Vox)
• Inside the hedge fund war at Sears (Bloomberg)
• Marriott hacking exposes data of up to 500 million guests (NYT)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Inside the strange odyssey of hedge fund king Eddie Lampert (Vanity Fair)
• Grocery wars turn small chains into battleground casualties (NYT)
• Maker of Sharpies drew the line on trade promotions - and paid in lost sales (WSJ)
• Carrefour calls on Google for voice boost in battle with Amazon (Reuters)
• Do people really get promoted to their level of incompetence (HBR)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Rollback: Wal-Mart to focus more on everyday low pricing initiative (Globe and Mail)
• How the cookie fortune crumbles: Dare family embroiled in lawsuit over company's fate (National Post)
• Hedge funds' next big short: U.S. malls (Value Walk)
• Here's how on-demand detergent could help P&G deal with 'crappy' metrics (L2)
• Burger King owner to buy Popeyes for $1.8 Billion (Bloomberg)