Best of Pax Westona: September 2018

• Hard lessons breathe new life into retail stores (NYT)
• Frozen dinners make a comeback (WSJ)
• Why U.S. grocery chains need more (and better) store brand products (HBR)
• Fast food's got a Netflix problem (Bloomberg)
• Everything you need to know about Daniel Zhang, Alibaba's new king (Wired)
• Bezos unbound: What the Amazon founder plans to conquer next (Forbes)
• Tesco's new discount chain Jack's takes on Aldi and Lidl (BBC)
• Will we ever stop eating animal meat (The Atlantic)
• Amazon Prime Day: What the real lessons are (McKinsey)
• Meet the woman running Walmart's biggest deal ever (Fortune)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• Meet the woman running Walmart's biggest deal ever (Fortune)
• The existential void of the pop-up 'experience' (NYT)
• Farm Boy won't change after Sobeys deal, co-CEO promises (CBC)
• Amazon turns to toys, hard goods in latest bricks and mortar trial (Reuters)
• From the archives (2006): Wal-Mart finds that its formula doesn't fit every culture (NYT)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Amazon Prime Day: What the real lessons are (McKinsey)
• Can beauty department makeovers keep traditional retailers relevant (Retail Dive)
• Lululemon, the brand that invented athleisure, plans its second act (Fast Company)
• Shoppers love rewards credit cards. Retailers hate them (WSJ)
• Arby's, Buffalo Wild Wings parent to buy Sonic for $2.3 billion (Bloomberg)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Steven Sinofsky: Amazon: Retailers gonna retail (Medium)
• Want to see what's up Amazon's sleeve? Take a tour of Seattle (NYT)
• French retailer Carrefour denies takeover talks with Casino (WSJ)
• From farm to blockchain: Walmart tracks its lettuce (NYT)
• Sears CEO pushes a rescue plan to avoid bankruptcy (WSJ)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Will we ever stop eating animal meat (The Atlantic)
• Uber looks to Deliveroo to expand food delivery in Europe (FT)
• Store of the week: Jacks (TCC Global)
• Grocery retailers try new bag of tricks to slow sales decline (CBC)
• Sobeys parent looks to beef up with $800 million acquisition of Farm Boy (The Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Monday picks

• The Prime effect: How Amazon's 2-day shipping is disrupting retail (WSJ)
• Ranch nation (NYT)
• Walmart got Flipkart but Amazon now has more (Quartz)
• Walmart will use VR headsets to train all its employees (MIT Technology Review)
• Shoppers Drug Mart clears first hurdle to selling medical cannabis (The Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• Walmart is trying to take on Amazon in fashion (Quartz)
• Amazon will consider opening up to 3,000 cashierless stores by 2021 (Bloomberg)
• Nestle sharpens focus on food and beverages with review of skin-health unit (WSJ)
• How to engage and retain your B players (HBR)
• From the archives (2015): Pierre Lessard knows how to make an exit (Montreal Gazette)