Friday, 30 April 2021

 Stephan's Friday Picks

  • Crocs are cool again (Bloomberg)
  • Uber adds app to prompt food-delivery orders (WSJ)
  • The dos and don'ts of dynamic pricing in retail (McKinsey)
  • Amazon raising pay for hundreds of thousands of workers (WSJ)
  • From the archives (2013): Paul Sobey's patient and painstaking approach to building an empire (Globe and Mail)

Thursday, 29 April 2021

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

  • WV's assessment of healthcare customers (Wittington Ventures)
  • Inflation pressure hits consumers as firms pass along higher costs (Globe and Mail)
  • Apple and Google are killing the ad cookie. Here's why (Bloomberg)
  • This online grocery site lets you filter online retailers by their values (Fast Company)
  • Walmart expands delivery to your fridge, pandemic be damned (Bloomberg)

Wednesday, 28 April 2021

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

  • The strategy-analytics revolution (McKinsey)
  • DoorDash allows restaurants to choose commissions in post-pandemic world (WSJ)
  • Toward a more resilient consumer supply chain (McKinsey)
  • How thrifting became problematic (Vox)
  • With no frills of celebrities, Cookpad is a global go-to for recipes (NYT)

Tuesday, 27 April 2021

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

  • Roger Martin: Manipulation of quantities and appreciation of qualities (Medium)
  • Is Deliveroo killing restaurant culture (The Guardian)
  • Restaurants serve up signing bonuses, higher pay to win back workers (WSJ)
  • The dark side of our age of fitness (The New Statesman)
  • Port of Montreal  hit by dock workers strike (Globe and Mail)

Monday, 26 April 2021

 Stephan's Monday Picks

  • They hacked McDonald's ice cream machines - and started a Cold War (Wired)
  • There's a new organic food that fights global warming (Bloomberg)
  • As shopping habits change, Ottawa targets credit card swipe fees (Globe and Mail)
  • Online grocers race to offer New Yorkers faster deliveries (WSJ)
  • The ghosts of Brooks Brothers (NYT)

Friday, 23 April 2021

 Stephan's Friday Picks

  • How the pandemic changed, and didn't change where Americans move (NYT)
  • Lululemon to launch resale pilot for shoppers to buy, sell used items (CNBC)
  • Seafood: Consumer goods' latest catch (McKinsey)
  • Uber Eats expands to Germany, will take on Just Eat Takeaway (Bloomberg)
  • From the archives (2013): Metro's loss of turnaround expert Sawyer is Rona's gain (Financial Post)

Thursday, 22 April 2021

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

  • The state of the plant-based food industry (Vox)
  • Why is fashion talking about regenerative farming (NYT)
  • Herman Miller to buy Knoll in $1.8 billion in workplace bet (Bloomberg)
  • Gap is taking its Athleta workout brand to Canada (CNBC)
  • Amazon does haircuts now (WSJ)