Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Facial recognition spreads as tool to fight shoplifting (NYT)
• Revenue growth techniques for restaurants (McKinsey)
• Everyone works for Amazon now (The Atlantic)
• New Zealand bans produce bags for fresh produce in supermarkets (BBC)
• Canada is coming for H1-B visa holders (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Strategy, disruption & you (Medium)
• The best way to de-stress workers? Scrap meetings (Bloomberg)
• Unlocking value in food service through revenue growth management (McKinsey)
• How we lost our sensory connection with food - and how to get it back (The Guardian)
• How much do things really cost (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Revenue growth management: The time is now (McKinsey)
• Home Depot's sales growth flattens after year of rapid gains (WSJ)
• Restaurant prices are skyrocketing. Here's why (Grub Street)
• When Kmart moved out, churches and flea markets moved in (NYT)
• Montreal twins behind the Want retail brand try to take on the likes of Amazon with a less-is-more approach (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The sales practices of Europe's leading consumer-goods companies (MQ)
• Albertsons in advanced talks to buy Price Chopper (Reuters)
• Palm oil: Global brands profiting from child and forced labor (Amnesty International)
• Longo's big bet on online grocery shopping (Toronto Star)
• Online or traditional advertising: What's better for brands (Bain)