Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Stephan's Wednesday Picks
  • Move over Monopoly: Hasbro's next big growth engine is Magic (Bloomberg)
  • Scientists create beanless coffee without the bitterness of regular Joe (NPR)
  • Beetles and flies are becoming part of the agricultural food chain (The Economist)
  • Kohl's is betting on Amazon returns to drive sales (NYT)
  • P&G, in search of new markets, is going after bugs (WSJ)

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Stephan's Tuesday Picks
  • Campbell tries to reheat soup sales (WSJ)
  • All that online grocery shopping is creating a cold storage shortage (LA Times)
  • Amazon's Deliveroo invested halted for U.K. scrutiny (NYT)
  • Spurred by Amazon, supermarkets try swapping cashiers for cameras (WSJ)
  • Sandpiper Group joins growing opposition to Baker's HBC privatization bid (Globe and Mail)

Monday, 8 July 2019

Stephan's Monday Picks
  • America has reached peak mask (The Atlantic)
  • How Costco quietly became a $7 billion fast fashion powerhouse (Fast Company)
  • How Costco gained a cult following (The Hustle)
  • Chobani turns to fair trade program to help struggling dairy industry (NYT)
  • Amazon is watching (One Zero)

Friday, 5 July 2019

Stephan's Friday Picks
  • Walmart is losing $1 billion as it tries to catch Amazon (Vox)
  • The evolving perspectives and strategies of dairy executives (McKinsey)
  • Amazon wants to make Whole Foods a beauty destination (Quartzy)
  • Nestle wraps Yes bar in paper as it seeks to cut plastic waste (Bloomberg)
  • From the archives (1986): Pasta (The Atlantic)

Thursday, 4 July 2019

Stephan's Thursday Picks
  • The place to be on Canada Day? Lining up for Mandarin's free buffet (Macleans)
  • E-commerce turns the tables on restaurant space (WSJ)
  • Why you still can't buy fireworks on Amazon (Wired)
  • Struggling beauty giant Coty to restructure operations (WSJ)
  • How Americans decided dogs can't eat grains (The Atlantic)

Wednesday, 3 July 2019

Stephan's Wednesday Picks
  • Subway got too big. Franchisees paid a price (NYT)
  • Shots go on a health kick (WSJ)
  • Amazon Prime Day 2019: eBay offers deals to compete (Vox)
  • Would you drink water out of a can? Pepsi wants to find out (NYT)
  • Walmart turns to VR to pick middle managers (WSJ)

Tuesday, 2 July 2019

Stephan's Tuesday Picks
  • Why science can be so indecisive about nutrition (The Atlantic)
  • Target pulls new thread in bikini yarn (NYT)
  • Retailers such as Barney's Tiffany become restauranteurs to boost sales (CNBC)
  • Amazon adds Rite Aid locations to package delivery network (WSJ)
  • Grubhub is buying up thousands of restaurant addresses. (The New Food Economy)