Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Loblaw to cut prices at Shoppers Drug Mart as customers pull back (Globe and Mail)
• 7-Eleven owner receives buyout offer from founder's son (WSJ)
• Amazon launches online digital storefront to better compete with Shein and Temu (Globe and Mail)
• The case for wine with less alcohol - and fewer calories (WSJ)
• Canada's government intervenes to end port shutdowns (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Geoffrey Hinton, who warned of AI's dangers, co-wins the Nobel Prize in Physics (Globe and Mail)
• Shein's founder heads to U.S. to meet with investors ahead of London IPO (WSJ)
• Rotting rice in India fuels discontent over Modi's food policy (Bloomberg)
• How e-commerce is making China's deflation worse (NYT)
• The battle over robots at U.S. ports is on (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• B.C. port union withdraws strike notice as Ottawa weighs options (Globe and Mail)
• The Bear and the need for a place to belong (NYT)
• Canada's competition commissioner doubles down on claims that Cineplex uses 'deceptive marketing' (Globe and Mail)
• Retailers problems get real (WSJ)
• Kim Kardashian's Skims is now worth $4 billion (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• How to prepare for strategy. Less is more (Medium)
• Open your mind to unicorn meat (The Atlantic)
• Shein takes on Amazon in the business of selling everything (WSJ)
• B.C. port strike sends ripples across the Canadian economy (Globe and Mail)
• Amazon's Prime Day to test consumer demand (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• China's online sellers are revolting against a barrage of refunds (Rest of World)
• Goodbye to the dried office mangoes (The Atlantic)
• Bed Bath & Beyond customers rush to use coupons for the last time (WSJ)
• Port of Montreal expansion costs soar to $1.4 billion (Globe and Mail)
• From the archives (2019): With Revlon for sale, the hostile takeover era Ron Perelman started comes to an end (Vanity Fair)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Too many Americans are missing out on the best kitchen gadget (The Atlantic)
• J&J consumer health IPO process to kick off key test for moribund new issue market (WSJ)
• When did mass layoffs become so common (Vox)
• Port of Vancouver gears up to build $3.5 billion container terminal (Globe and Mail)
• What remote workers miss without the 'power of proximity' (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Canada Goose goes viral in China for all the wrong reasons (Globe and Mail)
• E-Commerce needs real store locations now more than ever (WSJ)
• A tale of culinary reconciliation, beside the Eiffel Tower (NYT)
• P&G recalls antiperspirants after cancer-causing chemical found (WSJ)
• Port of Vancouver descends into distress as B.C. flooding severs rail lines, highways (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Reviving the art of apprenticeship to unlock continuous skills development (McKinsey)
• Canadian retailers take to the skies to mitigate holiday supply chain woes (Globe and Mail)
• Where did all the shipping containers go (WSJ)
• America's ports problem is decades in the making (Cato Institute)
• George Weston to sell bakery business for $1.2 billion (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• All the supply chain nightmares came today (Bloomberg)
• L.A. port to operate around the clock to ease logjams (WSJ)
• What is Europe's most popular speedy grocery app (Sifted)
• L.O.L dolls are lost in the supply chain. John Baker must free them (WSJ)
• Baby bust: How the Covid-19 pandemic re-shaped family planning (Globe and Mail)