Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Kroger's CEO wants to cut prices by cutting costs (WSJ)
• PepsiCo plans layoffs as it looks to wrap up Elliott talks (Bloomberg)
• Beauty has never been more cutthroat. Here's how Sephora plans to stay on top (WSJ)
• Magnum Ice Cream hits $9 billion market cap on trading debut (WSJ)
• Same product, same store, but on Instacart, the prices might differ (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: A leader's role in fostering AI superpowers (Medium)
• American breakfast cereals are becoming less healthy, study finds (NYT)
• How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices (The Guardian)
• Game theory explains how algorithms can drive up prices (Wired)
• The heist of its culinary crown jewels rocks French village (NYT)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• The end of the lunch bowl era (Bloomberg)
• New York law could set stage for AI regulation's next big battleground (NYT)
• Goodbye price tags, hello dynamic pricing (NYT)
• Why you may not want lower prices as much as you think (Washington Post)
• Economy was on stronger footing heading into trade war, Statscan revisions show (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• EQ Bank to buy PC Financial from Loblaw for $800 million (Globe and Mail)
• Thomson, Weston families win bid for Hudson's Bay charter (Globe and Mail)
• You're on Ozempic? How quaint (The Atlantic)
• Ozempic is changing the way we spend money on time, and the way we eat (Washington Post)
• From the archives (2002): Thomson legacy likely to endure (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• People are ordering smaller pizzas and fewer toppings. What does that tell us (NYT)
• San Francisco sues food makers over ultra-processed products (WSJ)
• Past forward: The modern rethinking of marketing's core (McKinsey)
• Get ready America, here come China's food and drink stores (NYT)
• Costco joins companies suing for refunds if Trump's tariffs fail (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Diversification can't disappear a strategy problem (Medium)
• Trump's beef price battle meets America's insatiable demand (Bloomberg)
• Does New York need another luxury grocery store (NYT)
• The future of retail: Six disruptions that could shape the next decade (Bain)
• H&M caught in the middle of a fast fashion battle (FT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Gen X-ers have money to spend. Why are retailers ignoring them (NYT)
• Here's what's really in a can of chicken soup (WSJ)
• Billionaire Zara heir bets fast fashion empire on upmarket push (Bloomberg)
• Inside Atlanta's first government-funded supermarket (WSJ)
• How Pepsi trounced Coca-Cola in the Middle East (The Economist)