Monday, 31 May 2021

 Stephan's Monday Picks

  • Rent the Runway is bouncing back (NYT)
  • How to do long term (Collaborative Fund)
  • Marketing in a privacy-first world (McKinsey)
  • Costco is seeing inflation abound (CNBC)
  • Food culture wars abound as chocolate eggs go green (Bloomberg)

Friday, 28 May 2021

 Stephan's Friday Picks

  • U.S. challenges Canada's sheltered dairy industry under new USMCA trade deal (Globe and Mail)
  • A new crop in Pennsylvania, warehouses (NYT)
  • The curious case of a Toys 'R' Us killer (The Bulwark)
  • Vets go upscale to care for vets (NYT)
  • From the archives (2017): Curing the addiction to growth (HBR)

Thursday, 27 May 2021

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

  • Deodorant, teeth whitener fly off the shelves (WSJ)
  • Amazon to buy MGM, bagging a lion to help wage streaming battle (WSJ)
  • What's next for digital consumers (McKinsey)
  • TikTok, the fastest way on earth to become a food star (NYT)
  • Gap announces new plan to sell home furnishings at Walmart (Bloomberg)

Wednesday, 26 May 2021

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

  • Food supply chains are stretched as Americans head back to restaurants (WSJ)
  • Walmart, Target try local package delivery (Reuters)
  • The next wave of cereal is here (Fortune)
  • Six vectors of success in online fashion (McKinsey)
  • Britain's retail spending soars as economy reopens (Globe and Mail)

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

  • Roger Martin: Your personal Playing to Win strategy (Medium)
  • The economics of customer businesses (Morgan Stanley)
  • Grocers need not fear Amazon, for now (WSJ)
  • Which wines have the highest markup (Quartz)
  • How to build a cult furniture brand (Bloomberg)

Friday, 21 May 2021

 Stephan's Friday Picks

  • 10 questions with Mark Landini (Interior Design)
  • Cicadas could make outdoor dining a nightmare (The Atlantic)
  • The making of 'High on the Hog', bringing black history to TV (NYT)
  • The 50 greatest food stores in the world (FT)
  • From the archives (2018): Grocers imagine the store of the future (WSJ)

Thursday, 20 May 2021

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

  • Women in executive roles make 56 per cent less than men (Globe and Mail)
  • Burger King plans chicken sandwich to rival sister chain Popeyes (Bloomberg)
  • America's restaurant apocalypse has been greatly exaggerated (Bloomberg)
  • Shein overtakes Amazon as the most installed shopping app (Tech Crunch)
  • Shein: The TikTok of E-commerce (Not Boring)