Stephan's Friday Picks

• The beloved Filipino tradition that started as a government policy (The Atlantic)
• Retailtainment: A deep dive into the new shopping experiences (Medium)
• How COVID-19 disrupted global value chains (St. Louis Fed)
• Sustainable business went mainstream in 2021 (HBR)
• From the archives (2015): How bad will it get for American Express (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Roger Martin: Competing against big new entrants (Medium)
• How Shopify outfoxed Amazon to become the 'Everywhere Store' (Bloomberg)
• Should retailers split e-commerce from stores? A high-level debate (WSJ)
• Marketplaces Year in Review 2021 (Marketplace Pulse)
• Retailers look to open more stores in 2022 after purging weak stores during the pandemic (CNBC)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Kellogg workers ratify a revised contract after being on strike since October (NYT)
• The pet food shortage is real, and owners are scrambling (WSJ)
• Return-to-office chaos is the best thing to happen to consultants since Y2K (Bloomberg)
• Self storage is the pandemic's hot property (WSJ)
• Canadian retailers have 'turned over every stone' for talent to cope with seasonal rush amid labour shortage (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• When bigger isn't always better (McKinsey)
• 27 courses, very little edible: Review of Michelin-starred restaurant goes viral (Today)
• Think Santa is busy? Ham sniffers are pushing their noses to the limit (WSJ)
• How recycling food could help save the planet (Maclean's)
• From the archives (2008): Can you say what your strategy is (HBR)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Open-air shopping centers are leading retail's recovery (WSJ)
• Retail's battle with Covid actually saved its stores (Bloomberg)
• Rite Aid to close at least 63 stores in coming months (CNBC)
• That fun TikTok video? It's actually an ad (NYT)
• Going out to eat in the age of the shrinking menu (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Is strategy a zero-sum game (Medium)
• Former McDonald's CEO repays company $105 million (NYT)
• Can indoor farms reach skyscraper height (Bloomberg)
• Pantone's 2022 colour of the year has a lot of competition (WSJ)
  
• What Google's top-trending food searches signal for the food industry (The Food Institute)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Why managers fear a remote-work future (The Atlantic)
• Do you know where your sweater came from (NYT)
• More people quit to take a new job from an old boss (WSJ)
• How Shein beat Amazon at its own game (Rest of World)
• Shoppers' online choices transform retail (C.D. Howe Institute)