Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• AI fuels a new era of product placement (NYT)
• Should Amazon be responsible for everything it sells and ships (WSJ)
• What if Ozempic is just a good thing (New York Magazine)
• HMV makes comeback through Toys 'R' Us locations (Financial Post)
• Manulife backtracks plan to give Loblaws exclusive right to fill prescriptions for some drug plan members (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Is or is not the opposite stupid on its face (Medium)
• Amazon made an AI bot to talk you through buying more stuff on Amazon (The Verge)
• Consumers look to Value Village for a bargain. Many are finding 'ridiculous' markups (CBC)
• Unlikely allies want to bar JBS from U.S. stock markets (NYT)
• Inflation has fallen. Why are groceries still so expensive (Washington Post)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Loblaw CEO Per Bank isn't here to be famous (Globe and Mail)
• How Emily Weiss if fixing Glossier (FT)
• Made in Bangladesh (CBC)
• Indigo's controlling shareholder looks to take the company private (Globe and Mail)
• Big Milk's supply management sank yet another trade deal - it holds too much influence (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Is self-checkout a failed experiment (Knowledge@Wharton)\
• M&A in retail: Why scale is still paramount in grocery (Bain)
• Walmart to add 150 U.S. stores in five-year expansion drive (NYT)
• Walmart announced three-for-one stock split as shares hover below all-time high (CNBC)
• From the archives (1974): Cooking with Julia Child (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Food for thought: Canada's plan to better inform people what they're buying at the grocery store (Globe and Mail)
• Novo Nordisk smashes past $500 billion value on Wegovy frenzy (Bloomberg)
• Minister Champagne says he's working phones to court new players for Canadian grocery market (Globe and Mail)
• Amazon is now charging Prime  members extra for ad-free streaming (WSJ)
• Rogers Sugar reaches tentative deal with Vancouver refinery deals (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• For retailers, business is back and landlords say no more discounts (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Sainsbury's update looks set to please investors with simplified strategy (WSJ)
• Industry minster urges Competition Bureau to conduct follow-up study of grocery prices (CBC)
• TikTok tests feature that could make all videos shoppable (Bloomberg)
• Amazon ends $1.7B iRobot acquisition in rare victory for tech regulators (Washington Post)
• Metro's first quarter sales near $5 billion, but profit slips (Globe and Mail)