Stephan's Friday Picks

• Retailers are trying to fix their supply chain forecasts (WSJ)
• A Q&A with Pizza Pizza CEO Paul Goddard (Toronto Life)
• She was the Oppenheimer of Barbie. Her invention blew up (WSJ)
• The pandemic's job market myths (NYT)
• From the archives (2014): Dollarama can't escape the winter blues (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• B.C. port union withdraws strike notice as Ottawa weighs options (Globe and Mail)
• The Bear and the need for a place to belong (NYT)
• Canada's competition commissioner doubles down on claims that Cineplex uses 'deceptive marketing' (Globe and Mail)
• Retailers problems get real (WSJ)
• Kim Kardashian's Skims is now worth $4 billion (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Asian tech rivals pare back 'superapp' as losses mount (FT)
• If Domino's can't beat delivery apps, no one can (The Atlantic)
• Middle managers are the heart of your company (McKinsey)
• Harvest crews hustle to bring in wheat crop hit by drought, late rain (WSJ)
• Canada's inflation rate falls to 2.8%, lowest since early 2021 (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023 (United Nations)
• Roger Martin: What is strategic thinking (Medium)
• Raw milk is being legalized in more states. Is it safe (NYT)
• The food writer that wants to free the recipe (The New Republic)
• The mango is king of the Miami summer (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• How a vast demographic shift will reshape the world (NYT)
• How Allbirds lost its way (WSJ)
• The state of live commerce (McKinsey)
• Banana Republic wants to outfit your home, too (NYT)
• Marketing when budgets are down (HBR)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Highly caffeinated version of Prime Energy ordered recalled by federal government (CBC)
• Hack your workweek to leave early on summer Fridays (WSJ)
• Farm robots poised for growth as labour costs rise (FT)
• Mushrooms have taken over fashion and wellness. Up next: chocolate (NYT)
• From the archives (2007): Why cottagers like to roar through Giant Tiger (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Self-checkout theft causing problems for retailers - and shoppers who despise receipt checks (CBC)
• Leading online shoppers to the finish line (BCG)
• A new playbook for retail leaders (McKinsey)
• How Amazon became a target of a crackdown on anti-consumer, anti-competitive behaviour (CBC)
• Domino's Pizza is soon coming to Uber apps for the first time (WSJ)