Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Top priorities for dairy executives in 2023 (McKinsey)
• You probably eat twice the recommended salt per day (CBC)
• AMC Entertainment shares jump on report Amazon exploring a deal (Reuters)
• The metaverse is quickly turning into the meh-taverse (WSJ)
• Starbucks bargains in good faith, ex-CEO Schultz tells lawmakers (Reuters)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Canada's Food Price Report 2023 (Dalhousie University)
• Forecasters split on how high Bank of Canada will push next rate hike (Globe and Mail)
• Fashion in the metaverse: What avatars are wearing (WSJ)
• Census shows high rate of undergraduate and college education among Canadians, but complex trends lie behind it (Globe and Mail)
• Ad firms predict slower advertising growth in 2023 (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Digital twins: The foundation of the enterprise metaverse (McKinsey)
• Why shaving dulls even the sharpest of razors (MIT News)
• Engaging with history (Collaborative Fund)
• The Canadian wheat odyssey (Globe and Mail)
• From the archives (2008): Pomegranate princess (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• CRISPR, 10 years on: Learning to rewrite the code of life (NYT)
• Inflation puts spotlight on companies use of LIFO accounting (WSJ)
• Amid attacks and thefts, some retail workers want to fight back (NYT)
• When - and how - to build hurdles into your loyalty program (HBR)
• What teen brands can teach us about fashion in the metaverse (Vogue Business)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The end of the millennial lifestyle subsidy (The Atlantic)
• You can now belly up to a virtual bar, but don't expect to get tipsy (WSJ)
• Big hit in store for Canadian tech sector as wave of layoffs loom (Globe and Mail)
• Stores have too much stuff. Here's where they're slashing prices (WSJ)
• Why everything's a spritz now (Eater)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Canada is facing a terrible food crisis, says Michael McCain (Globe and Mail)
• Marketing in the metaverse: Opportunity for experimentation and innovation (McKinsey)
• Gorillas to cut staff in search for profit (Reuters)
• Starbucks to sell juice brand as coffee chain focuses on its stores (WSJ)
• Geographies of grocery shopping in major Canadian cities: Evidence from large-scale mobile app data (School of Cities)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Forecasting the future of stores (McKinsey)
• Online brands try a traditional marketing strategy: physical stores (NYT)
• Instacart slashes its valuation by 40% to $24 billion (Bloomberg) 
• Rapid delivery gets some Insta-validation (WSJ)
• Shopping in the metaverse could be more fun than you think (CNet)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Larry Fink's Annual 2022 Letter to CEOs (BlackRock)
• Kohl's is urged by Macellum to make changes or explores sale (WSJ)
• Ralph Lauren CEO says metaverse is way to tap into younger customers (CNBC)
• Can anyone satisfy Amazon's demand for electric vehicles (NYT)
• Ikea's climate footprint shrinks from pre-pandemic level despite record sales (Reuters)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Don't let them compel you to be stupid (Medium)
• The true cost of Amazon's low prices (Recode)
• Walmart is quietly preparing to enter the metaverse (CNBC)
• We need to let go of the bell curve (HBR)
• McDonald's CEO confronts a supersize challenge (WSJ)