Best of Pax Westona: September 2020

• The end of open-plan everything (The Atlantic)
• Beer, Band Aids, and Ben & Jerry's (Forbes)
• It's time for grocery retailers to simplify (BCG)
• Stop over-engineering people management (HBR)
• The high price of salmon farming (The Guardian)
• Fear rules: Part II (Roger Martin)
• The race to redesign sugar (The New Yorker)
• Indigo's Heather Reisman on balance e-commerce development with bricks and mortar (Globe and Mail)
• Shaping the consumer of the future (Bain)
• How great supply chain organizations work (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Why American Eagle is the last mall brand standing (Fast Company)
• Gas station billionaires in running to buy Asda from Walmart (Bloomberg)
• The consumer data give and take  (Deloitte)
• Whole Foods CEO says Amazon merger enabled long-term thinking (Bloomberg)
• Food insecurity is hurting Canadians physical and mental health, social life, and ability to find work (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• How great supply chain organizations work (McKinsey)
• Grocers stockpile, build 'pandemic pallets' ahead of winter (WSJ)
• How Amazon conquered Italy in the pandemic (NYT)
• Kellogg's Nigel Hughes discusses innovation in the COVID era (McKinsey)
• Amazon to add another 3,500 employees to its Canadian work force (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Consumers with allergies - A growing market that remains under-served (McKinsey)
• How McCain Foods' CEO steered the french fry giant through COVID-19 (Globe and Mail)
• Shaping the consumer of the future (Bain)
• Demand for sports equipment and home gyms booms as Canadians prepare for pandemic winter (CBC)
• Meet the secretive billionaire who makes McDonalds' McNuggets, Burger King's Impossible Whopper and more (Forbes)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Ulta Beauty shelves plans for Canadian expansion (Globe and Mail)
• Aldi and Lidl at back of the queue during pandemic (FT)
• Indigo's Heather Reisman on balance e-commerce development with bricks and mortar (Globe and Mail)
• Beyond TikTok, Walmart looks to transform (NYT)
• From the archives (2006): Giant Tiger on the prowl (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• In China, paying with your face is a hard sell (WSJ)
• The race to redesign sugar (The New Yorker)
• Walmart expands fashion focus with new clothing line (CNBC)
• Canadians are buying record number goods. Services, not so much (Globe and Mail)
• Grocery bills are set to go higher and it's not just because of the pandemic (Financial Post)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Six problem-solving mindsets for very uncertain times (McKinsey)
• Fear rules: Part II (Roger Martin)
• Loblaw to resume fines on light shipments (Financial Post)
• Group of Co-op members raises funds to fight MEC's sale (Globe and Mail)
• Meat was once in short supply. Now it's on sale (Globe and Mail)