Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Buffets are back - but the chocolate fountains are off-limits (WSJ)
• Inside our Subway tuna sandwich test (NYT)
• Fired by bot at Amazon: "It's you against the machine" (Bloomberg)
• Google's plan for the future of work (NYT)
• Amazon demands one more thing from vendors: A piece of their company (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Balancing exploration and exploitation (Medium)
• The economics of dollar stores (The Hustle)
• How a beer giant tackles eaves of Covid-19 around the world (WSJ)
• The hazards of a 'nice' company culture (HBR)
• Re-prioritizing the employee experience for consumer and retail companies (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Can human resources save the restaurant industry from its own toxicity (Vice)
• Food companies say combating climate changes comes with costs (WSJ)
• Remote work won't save the heartland (Brookings)
• White paint is always in style thanks to its canny business model (Bloomberg)
• Marc Lore says brands like Warby Parker and Allbirds can't be replicated by big retailers (CNBC)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• More than 'just takeout' (NYT)
• Why is it so hard to find craft beer (The Atlantic)
• How farmers and scientists are engineering your food (BBC)
• Cancel Amazon Prime (The Atlantic)
• From the archives (2017): The future of retail in the age of Amazon (Fast Company)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Four ways physical stores can survive (BCG)
• What quitters understand about the job market (The Atlantic)
• In the U.K, it's barbarians at the supermarket (Bloomberg)
• The growth triple play: Creativity, analytics, and purpose (McKinsey)
• Rising food costs add to the woes of pandemic-hit restauranteurs (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Alibaba has invented the supermarket of the future (Wired)
• The thriving business of Ikea-hacking (The Hustle)
• Retail workers are leaving at record rates for higher-paying jobs (Washington Post)
• Beyond Meat sparked a run on peas and a protein revolution (Bloomberg)
• Hudson's Bay turns Saks Off Fifth e-commerce business into standalone company, sells stake for $200 million (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Playing to win & agile (Medium)
• What are we going to wear (NYT)
• After a year of pandemic prudence, Canadians eager to spend billions saved (CBC)
• Eating ice cream is much better than investing in it (Crunchbase)
• U.K. grocer Morrisons faces $7.6 billion takeover battle (Bloomberg)