Stephan's Friday Picks

• The uncertain future of post-pandemic Starbucks (Marker)
• A close look at a fashion supply chain is not pretty (NYT)
• Coronavirus shifts power to FedEx and UPS, and they are using it (WSJ)
• A new model for the consumer goods industry (McKinsey)
• From the archives (2010): Stop trying to delight your customers (HBR)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Rite Aid deployed facial recognition in hundreds of its stores (Reuters)
• Tech giants grilled for hours over allegations of anti-competitive behaviour (Financial Post)
• Walmart to impose new fees on supplier to offset $3.5 billion investment (Globe and Mail)
• Malls seek to evolve as the pandemic hastens a retail overhaul (NYT)
• Shopify soars as pandemic pushes more businesses to e-commerce (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• How to ramp up online grocery without breaking the bank (Bain)
• Ben & Jerry's radical ice cream dreams (NYT)
• Amazon steps up competition in UK online grocery sales (Reuters)
• Jeans losing out as pandemic ushers in a new era of comfort (Washington Post)
• Sherwin-Williams gains on pandemic's do-it-yourself painting boom (Bloomberg)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Walmart, Kroger bottle their own milk and shake up American dairy industry (WSJ)
• Mondelez CEO Dick Van de Put on snacking during the Covid crisis (Bloomberg)
• Understanding and shaping consumer behaviour in the next normal (McKinsey)
• Hygiene theater is a huge waste of time (The Atlantic)
• When we were bread heads (The Cut)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• How Ben & Jerry's perfected the delicate recipe for corporate activism (Bloomberg)
• Amazon's new antitrust headache (WSJ)
• How Costco convinces brands to cannibalize themselves (Napkin Math)
• Is the five-day office week over (NYT)
• Online retail sales doubled as Canadians turned to e-commerce (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• Habits, COVID, and Strategy (Medium)
• With indoor dining upended, some restaurants call it quits (WSJ)
• How to sell books in 2020: Put them near the toilet paper (NYT)
• U.S. beef-pricing probe falls short of confirming manipulation (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2017): Galen G. Weston: Life at the top of the food chain (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Retail sales rebound nearly wipes our pandemic nosedive (Globe and Mail)
• Why it's still so tough to find disinfectant wipes (Slate)
• The future of our food supply (Bloomberg)
• A framework for retail success in the next normal (McKinsey)
• Sobeys unveils new three-year growth strategy (Empire)