Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• A brief history of nachos (Mental Floss)
• Amazon, Walmart tell consumers to skip returns of unwanted items (WSJ)
• Roger Martin: Is strategy in B2B dramatically different than strategy in B2C (Medium)
• Walmart creates fintech startup, speeding push beyond retail (Bloomberg)
• Business is booming at Amazon Canada, but workers say the pandemic is adding to safety concerns (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Jim Orlando: Canadian tech / venture capital predictions for 2021 (Medium)
• De-risking digital and analytics transformations (McKinsey)
• Amazon shutters Prime Pantry (Bloomberg)
• Domtar exits diaper business after nearly a decade with sale of $920 million (Globe and Mail)
• An oral history of Xbox (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Jim Orlando: Reviewing my 2020 Canadian venture capital predictions (Medium)
• Viennetta, the fanciest desert of the '90s, is making a comeback (Eater)
• The end of the golden age of Silicon Valley cafeterias (Bloomberg)
• Can Nike keep its cool (FT)
• From the archives (2012): Loblaw shedding sales to Walmart (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

The great American salad revolution (WSJ)

Work of the future (MIT)

Why suits are cyclical and business travel is coming back (Medium)

The man who turned credit card points into an empire (NYT)

Voices from the front lines of America's food supply (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Brookfield to buy back property arm for $5.9 billion amid retail real estate rout (Globe and Mail)
• Consumer brands bet working from home is here to stay (WSJ)
• Being an Amazon seller in 2020: A year in review (Molson Hart)
• The great bucatini shortage (Grub Street)
• Trends that will define 2021 - and beyond (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The trap of presiding over strategy (Medium)
• Debunking the myths of dynamic pricing (BCG)
• How Arc'teryx parkas and Salomon hiking boots became high fashion (WSJ)
• For H&M, the future is both 'circular' and 'digital' (McKinsey)
• Tim Hortons launches new dark roast coffee as part of 'back-to-basics' strategy (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Instacart looked like a savior. Now stores aren't so sure (WSJ)
• Life without Amazon (NYT)
• Washington's secret to the perfect Zoom bookshelf. Buy it wholesale (Politico)
• Is Substack the media future we want (The New Yorker)
• Yum Brands CEO orders fast-food growth to go (WSJ)