Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Identifiability and segmentation strategy (Medium)
• Mondelez made a takeover approach for Hershey, sources say (CNBC)
• One of Japan's great sushi masters is working, quietly, in Manhattan (NYT)
• Canadian Tire to keep 100% of financial services division after review (Globe and Mail)
• Tricked by a fake viral food product? You've just been snackfished (Wired)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Canada's unemployment rate jumps to near eight-year high in November at 6.8% (Globe and Mail)
• How America lost its taste for the middle (The Atlantic)
• Frasers to launch takeover bid for Norwegian sports retailer XXL (WSJ)
• A menu for success in a challenging restaurant market (BCG)
• Ulta Beauty raises outlook amid financial discipline push, sees 'transitional' year ahead (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• CEO of the year: All hail the almighty Dollarama (Globe and Mail)
• Why everybody is drinking Guinness (NYT)
• Amazon deliveries are slower in low-income D.C. zip codes, lawsuit says (Washington Post)
• Campbell's new chief inherits strengthened business, but big challenges loom (WSJ)
• From the archives (2012): How Dollarama turns chump change into billions (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Ms. Rachel's improbable journey from toddler whisperer to holiday toy story (NYT)
• How raw milk went from hippie to MAGA (The Intelligencer)
• How Amazon delivers packages within a day (NYT)
• Dollarama expedites growth plans to 2,200 stores by 2034 (Globe and Mail)
• European nongrocery retail: Transition and transformation (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Unilever CEO looking to sell food brands with $1 billion in sales (Reuters)
• The great grocery squeeze (The Atlantic)
• Amazon announces supercomputer, new server powered by homegrown AI chips (WSJ)
• Whole Foods chases shoppers with minimarket concept (WSJ)
• From Pong to Pokémon, a history of holiday 'it' toys (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Strategy & branding (Medium)
• The most hated way of firing someone is more popular than ever (WSJ)
• With discounts on offer, shoppers begin to bite (NYT)
• Buy now before tariffs hit, retailers are telling shoppers (WSJ)
• As cash fades, small retailers embrace efforts to rein in swipe fees (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• The sand wars dividing cranberry growers and their neighbours (WSJ)
• At 7-Eleven, Couche-Tard wins by losing out (Globe and Mail)
• How Harry & David gest 20,000 pears to doorsteps for the holidays (WSJ)
• Grupo Bimbo suing Maple Leaf Foods for more than $2 billion over alleged bread price fixing probe (Globe and Mail)
• Shoppers fight back as retailers crack down on returns (WSJ)