Stephan's Thursday Picks

• London's Oxford Street battles new retail scourge: Candy stores (WSJ)
• Online ratings are broken (The Atlantic)
• How continuous learning keeps leaders relevant in the age of AI (MIT Sloan)
• Governments have put $1 billion toward making better meat alternatives. A lot more is needed (Vox)
• Metro and Unifor reach tentative deal with grocery workers' union after monthlong strike (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• America is draining its groundwater like there's no tomorrow (NYT)
• Southern Ontario's greenhouse operators warn lack of infrastructure is slowing down growth in booming sector (Globe and Mail)
• At the top, it's all about teamwork (Bain)
• Chinese robot waiters fuel Korean anxiety over labour shortages (FT)
• Best Buy sales drop on falling demand for electronics, appliances (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Performance measurement transparency (Medium)
• Climate change is coming for your olive oil (Fast Company)
• Heating waters force change in industries that rely on the ocean (WSJ)
• Supermarkets are being asked to cut plastic waste. What would that look like (CBC)
• Consumers are spending like it's 2019 (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Eater. Resy. Blackbird? (Grub Street)
• Instacart IPO filing arrives with red flags (Bloomberg)
• Kleenex pulling out of Canadian market (CBC)
• The company that created a return-to-office plan that employees actually like (WSJ)
• A centuries-old bean is making a comeback in the form of vegan ice cream (CBC)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Walmart, Diesel, and Hugo Boss face federal probe for alleged sale of items made with forced labour (Globe and Mail)
• Subway sandwich chain agrees to sale to Roark Capital (WSJ)
• Shein strikes deal with fast fashion retailer Forever 21 that will expand reach of both brands (CNBC)
• Bud Light continues marketing blitz with 'relatable' NFL push (WSJ)
• From the archives (1934): Report of the Royal Commission of Price Spreads (Canada)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How stores sucked the fun out of going shopping (Vox)
• Hudson's Bay ramps up rewards program with app and personalized offers (Financial Post)
• A bright spot in commercial real estate: retail shops (WSJ)
• No longer niche: Climate-conscious purchasing in Canada (BCG)
• Dick's Sporting Goods, Macy's, flash warning signs on U.S. consumer spending (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Kraft Heinz sees a $25 billion opportunity - in schools (WSJ)
• The price of sauce (The Atlantic)
• How Kroger became the biggest sushi seller in America (WSJ)
• Olive oil prices soar as climate change-related catastrophes shrink Mediterranean harvest (Globe and Mail)
• Subway Sandwich chain nears sale (WSJ)