Wednesday, 11 October 2023

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

  • Claudia Goldin wins Nobel in Economics for studying women in the workforce (NYT)
  • Roger Martin: Heuristics, management, and strategy (Medium)
  • Should Walmart be data-mining your Ozempic prescriptions (The Verge)
  • In Provence, winemakers confront climate change (NYT)
  • Home Depot tracked a crime ring and found an unusual suspect (WSJ)

Tuesday, 10 October 2023

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

  • Tesco doing all it can to lower prices, boss says (BBC)
  • Ocado CEO still believes robots can make it the Tesla of grocery (Bloomberg)
  • Tesco: Steady Murphy still has room for more surprises in store (FT)
  • Ozempic is making people buy less food, Walmart says (Bloomberg)
  • A Resy founder expands his loyalty program for restaurants (NYT)

Friday, 6 October 2023

 Stephan's Friday Picks

  • A jargon-free explanation of how large language models work (Ars Technica
  • You gorged on your European vacation but lost weight. Why (WSJ)
  • The Harvard professor and the bloggers (NYT)
  • America's food giants confront the Ozempic era (WSJ)
  • From the archives (1990): Lessons in the cracker market (NYT)

Thursday, 5 October 2023

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

  • Carlyle is dismantling US consumer team in buyout shift (Bloomberg)
  • Amazon used secret 'Project Nessie' algorithm to raise prices (WSJ)
  • For U.S. consumers, it's a matter of 'and', not 'or' (WSJ)
  • Cargill's pandemic-era chicken-bet is finally ready to pay off (Bloomberg)
  • How firms set prices during periods of inflation (Bank of Canada)

Wednesday, 4 October 2023

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

  • When to put out holiday decorations? For small businesses, it's a tricky question (WSJ)
  • Lego is a company haunted by its own plastic (Wired)
  • Why is coffee suddenly more expensive (Vox)
  • India is making luxury fashion for the world (Bloomberg)
  • Gucci, Chanel, and other luxury retailers splurge on American real estate (WSJ)

Tuesday, 3 October 2023

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

  • Roger Martin: Who should do strategy (Medium)
  • Sycamore to take apparel retailer Chico's FAS private for nearly $1 billion (Reuters)
  • What is a 'moat' (NYT)
  • Meal kit maker Blue Apron to be sold (WSJ)
  • Amazon has become a one-click nightmare (The Atlantic)

Monday, 2 October 2023

 Stephan's Monday Picks

  • Newer Nordic: The next wave of Copenhagen's fine-dining revolution (FT)
  • Is an all-meat diet what nature intended (The New Yorker)
  • Shopping habits have shifted for good, says Aldi (BBC)
  • Canada's population surges on 46% jump in temporary residents (Globe and Mail)
  • Working at Dollar General is so horrible even the investors are concerned (Bloomberg)