Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• The utter uselessness of job interviews (NYT)
• The whole 'Malls are dying' is getting old, say mall CEOs (Bloomberg)
• According to new Google research, teens think Google is cool - sorry, "lit" (Quartz)
• Inside Blue Apron's meal kit machine (Bloomberg)
• The great retail apocalypse of 2017 (The Atlantic)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Unilever's Paul Polman on why he didn't get angry when Kraft Heinz came to call (The Telegraph)
• Our messed-up relationship with food has a long history. It started with butter (Washington Post)
• Amazon's robot war is spreading (Bloomberg)
• Is it last call for craft beer (NYT)
• The restaurant deal frenzy has a shelf life (Gadfly)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• Unilever restructures after failed Kraft bid, offloading spreads business (Financial Times)
• This robot will haul up to 1,500 kilos around a warehouse for nine hours without stopping (MIT Technology Review)
• Aldi remodels stores near first Lidl sites (Supermarket News)
• Hudson's Bay posts $152 quarterly million net loss (CBC)
• Dear brands, quit trying to be my best friend (Racked)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How Trader Joe's wine became cheaper than bottled water (Thrillist)
• Why brands need to approach loyalty like Amazon (Marketing Week)
• Why investors are so keen on Amazon (The Economist)
• Strategic choices need to be made simultaneously, not sequentially (HBR)
• Holt Renfrew shakes things up amid increased competition (Toronto Star)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• How content helps the UK's biggest supermarkets stand out (Contently)
• A Brooklyn ice cream brand increased sales by 50% after it redesigned its packaging (Quartz)
• How do winning consumer-goods companies capture growth (McKinsey)
• Inside Walmart's digital strategy (Ragan)
• Cheetos' spring fashion line proves Big Food hates itself (New Food Economy)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Reckitt Benckiser review could put French's mustard up for sale (NYT)
• VF needs a new megadeal, here's why it's taking so long (Fortune)
• How big brands can prepare for US grocery's tectonic shifts (Bain)
• University of Guelph gets largest gift ever to lead agri-food revolution (University of Guelph)
• This is what strawberries are supposed to taste like (Bon Appetit)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Amazon wants Cheerios, Oreos, and other brands to bypass Walmart (Bloomberg)
• Amazon and Walmart are in an all-out price war that are terrifying America's biggest brands (Recode)
• Is it too late for Sears to save itself (HBR)
• The death of the daily deal (K@W)
• Johnson and Johnson have a baby powder problem (Bloomberg)