Best of Pax Westona: July 2018

• How an ex-cop rigged McDonald's Monopoly game and stole millions (The Daily Beast)
• The messy business of selling meal kits (WSJ)
• IKEA's strategy in India: If we build it, they will come (WSJ)
• The vindication of cheese, butter, and full-fat milk (The Atlantic)
• Best Buy should be dead, but is thriving in the age of Amazon (Bloomberg)
• Inside Fresh Direct's big bet to win the food delivery fight (WSJ)
• How e-commerce is transforming rural China (The New Yorker)
• Coming soon to a supermarket near you (NYT)
• Inside JD.com, the giant Chinese firm that could eat Amazon alive (Wired)
• Deciem, the upstart Canadian skin care company aiming for global domination (CBC)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• How sellers trick Amazon to boost sales (WSJ)
• The zero-based cost revolution in retail (Bain)
• Seasonal tomatoes are out. Seasonal coffee is in (Bloomberg)
• Inside Beautycon, beauty's Super Bowl (NYT)
• How an ex-cop rigged McDonald's Monopoly game and stole millions (The Daily Beast)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Geospatial analytics for omnichannel retail (McKinsey)
• The messy business of selling meal kits (WSJ)
• 350 million diners fuel battle for China's food delivery crown (Bloomberg)
• Gene-edited plants and animals are GM foods, EU court rules (The Guardian)
• Talking to your boss about data (MIT)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• Canadians want convenience when food shopping - and grocers are paying the price (The Globe and Mail)
• Waymo teams up with Walmart, Avis and others for short driverless rides (NYT)
• United Natural Foods to buy grocery-store chain Supervalu (WSJ)
• Zero-based productivity: The power of informed choices (McKinsey)
• From the archives (2011): Calvin McDonald, 39, helps Loblaw keep up with changing tastes (The Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The hidden health dangers of flavoured yogurt (Quartz)
• Chef'd is sold to a food consultancy (WSJ)
• The art of the Australian breakfast (NYT)
• Loblaw anticipates higher food prices soon due to trade war pressures (CBC)
• Benefits startup League Inc. raises $62 million in Telus, Weston-led venture deal (The Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Former Sears Canada boss Calvin McDonald named new CEO at Lululemon (CBC)
• 'Scraper' bots and the secret internet arms race (Wired)
• IKEA's strategy in India: If we build it, they will come (WSJ)
• Kroger shrugs at Prime Day sales numbers (Bloomberg)
• The 13-year-old who built a best-selling lemonade brand (BBC)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Your poke addiction won't drive tuna extinct (Bloomberg)
• New Tesco discount chain could launch as early as September (The Guardian)
• How Aldi gets away with mimicking big brands (Sydney Morning Herald)
• A two-year travesty comes to an end as Toblerone reverts to its original shape (Quartz)
• U.K. supermarket to have 'quieter hour' for people with autism (NYT)