Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The role of strategy in achieving managerial effectiveness (Medium)
• Toronto has had some of the longest business closures in North America (Globe and Mail)
• The best bagels are in California (NYT)
• Debranding is the new branding (Bloomberg)
• Inside the pandemic wealth boom - and why it's not spread evenly (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• How remote work is reshaping America's geography (WSJ)
• Can the death of skinny jeans save retail (Bloomberg)
• Real meat that vegetarians can eat (WSJ)
• Your weird pandemic meals are probably fine (The Atlantic)
• Avoiding the tyranny of choice (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• India's Flipkart said to mull U.S. listing with a SPAC as an option (Bloomberg)
• Michael's will be acquired by a private equity firm in a $5 billion deal (NYT)
• Wittington-backed Foxtrot opens its first physical store in Washington D.C. (Retail Dive)
• As online shopping surged, Amazon planned its New York takeover (NYT)
• From the archives (1998): Surf's up! (Forbes)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Instacart raises $265 million, more than doubling its valuation to $39 billion (NYT)
• Older shoppers are the hot new thing for consumer brands (WSJ)
• Baby boomers are dominating online shopping (Washington Post)
• The grocery store of the mind (NYT)
• Sobeys teams up with Oliver & Bonacini to add high-end frozen dishes via Voila delivery service (The Star)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Unhealthy foods aren't just bad for you, they may be addictive (NYT)
• Is radical transparency the future of the fashion industry (WSJ)
• 2020 was the worst year on record for Canada's economy, shrinking 5.4% (CBC)
• Michael's is attracting buyout interest from private equity (NYT)
• Target builds on momentum, announces 2021 strategic investments (Target)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The tragic futility of investing to catch up (Medium)
• The future of customer experience (McKinsey)
• The TikTok feta effect (NYT) 
• Macy's, Gap, Neiman Marcus will now let you buy now, pay later (WSJ)
• Black employees say Amazon has a race problem (Vox)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Warren Buffett's 2020 letter to shareholders (Berkshire Hathaway)
• The secret economics of food delivery (The Economist)
• UPS boss preaches the power of 'no' (WSJ)
• If DoorDash wins, what do we lose (Fast Company)
• What happens when a publisher becomes a megapublisher (NYT)