Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Walmart confident about tariff resilience despite sales volatility (WSJ)
• Apparel brands grappling with 'tariff hell' (CBC)
• Hershey strikes $750 million deal for LesserEvil popcorn brand (WSJ)
• Leaders in Latin American CPG: A commercial excellence revolution (McKinsey)
• Walgreens sales rise on U.S. retail pharmacy segment growth (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Personality and strategy (Medium)
• The journey of an Ontario-grown cucumber into U.S. cities offers a glimpse into a delicate supply chain (Globe and Mail)
• Beef is expensive. Meatpackers are scraping every morsel from bones (WSJ)
• More grocery stores that are also great restaurants (NYT)
• Loyalty points aren't worth what they used to be (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Carrefour raises offer to take Brazilian grocery unit private (Bloomberg)
• As it seeks sale, Hudson's Bay mulls fate of trove of art, artifacts, including 1670 charter (Globe and Mail)
• Dollarama CEO expects trade war with U.S. to hit discount stores (Globe and Mail)
• Where will we eat when the middle class restaurant is gone (NYT)
• A Danish supermarket hits back against U.S. tariffs (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The new Pepsi challenge: Saving Pepsi from years of decline (WSJ)
• Hudson's Bay pitches plan to save six stores and e-commerce business (Globe and Mail)
• Steak fries: Deservedly reviled or underappreciated edible spoons (NYT)
• Eating your way through Europe. Or anywhere really (NYT)
• From the archives (2003): Kmart's Eddie Lampert struggles to bring profit to retailer (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Amazon's new AI agent is designed to do your shopping (The Verge)
• Chipotle went on a seven-year quest to find avocados outside of Mexico (WSJ)
• Walmart keeps price pressure on suppliers after Beijing pushback (Bloomberg)
• Ben & Jerry's co-founder calls on Unilever to 'set it free' (WSJ)
• Amazon's new movie strategy starts with theatres (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Walmart bets $6 billion on Mexico even as economy slows (Bloomberg)
• That H&M model showing off a new look might be a digital clone (NYT)
• How Costco's Kirkland Signature brand became a powerhouse (WSJ)
• Ultra luxe food supplier thrives on cravings for snow crab and wagyu (WSJ)
• With Shake Shack in first class, airline food is no longer a joke (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Playing to win & regional strategy (Medium)
• Why is it so hard to find a good nonalcoholic wine (NYT)
• New Zealand mulls interventions to break supermarket duopoly (Bloomberg)
• Is Ozempic really the reason Americans are snacking less (WSJ)
• Is the doggy bag dead (NYT)