Stephan's Monday Picks

• Losses mount for startups racing to deliver groceries fast and cheap (WSJ)
• Lowe's will open Petco shops inside some stores as it looks beyond appliances and paint (CNBC)
• Restaurants to customers: Don't call us, we won't call you (NYT)
• Amazon's banned China sellers turn to Walmart marketplace (Bloomberg)
• How to thrive in the global wellness marketplace (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Burnt out Amazon employees are embracing the Great Resignation (Bloomberg)
• The rise of commerce media (McKinsey)
• Carrefour at crossroads in battle to win back French shoppers (FT)
• How the air fryer crisped its way into America's heart (NYT)
• From the archives (2012): J.C. Penney to revise pricing methods and limit promotions (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Canadians flocking to food rescue apps to reduce grocery bills and waste (Globe and Mail)
• How to prepare for a sustainable future along the value chain (McKinsey)
• From Target to Supreme, branding's latest obsession is collaboration (Bloomberg)
• Sporting goods 2022: The new normal is here (McKinsey)
• Gorillas set to acquire French rapid delivery startup Frichti (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

Inflation hits three-decade high (Globe and Mail)

The powerful role financial incentives can play in transformations (McKinsey)

Kohl's receives $9 billion offer backed by activist investors (NYT)

Unilever simplifies organization (Unilever)

Surging food prices turn more shoppers into bargain hunters (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Strategy for startups (Medium)
• Activist hedge fund Trian builds stake in Unilever (FT)
• Tech start-ups reach a new peak of froth (NYT)
• How a small town learned to stop worrying and love Amazon (WSJ)
• How Big Beef is fueling the Amazon's destruction (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• America's next great restaurants are in the suburbs. But can they thrive (NYT)
• Gas station and convenience store owner Parkland Corp. buys M&M Food Market (Globe and Mail)
• The rise of eB2B in fragmented retail (McKinsey)
• Amazon is opening a physical clothing store (CNBC)
• Why are groceries low on everything again (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The (other) French chef (Hazlitt)
• Meet the proud shoppers of Aldi's 'aisle of shame' (Gastro Obscura)
• Ex-supermarket boss Lord Sainsbury dies at 94 (BBC)
• How the refrigerator became an agent of climate change catastrophe (The New Yorker)
• From the archives (2010): Battle for consumer heats up (Globe and Mail)