Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The fight for AI talent (WSJ)
• Lidl US expands garden centre concept (Lidl)
• Kroger to close three Ocado fulfillment centres (Grocery Dive)
• Temporary residents jump to 2.7 million as Ottawa tries to curb migration (Globe and Mail)
• From the archives (1992): Priced to go (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Larry Fink's 2024 Annual Chairman's Letter to Shareholders (BlackRock)
• Ontario College of Pharmacists seeks restrictions on exclusive deals with insurers (Globe and Mail)
• Visa and Mastercard agree to cap swipe fees in settlement (NYT)
• Lina Khan: America has a resiliency problem (Foreign Policy)
• With move to limit temporary workers, Ottawa is 'attacking the demand curve now' (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Michael Porter's three great strategy contributions (Medium)
• One CEOs radical fix for corporate troubles: Purge the bosses (WSJ)
• Philip Kotler and Giuseppe Stigliano on redefining retail (McKinsey)
• Dynamic pricing is coming for everything (Vox)
• This startup promised to help fashion go green. Brands didn't want to pay for it (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Weston, McCain met to discuss bread prices, plaintiffs in class action lawsuit allege (Globe and Mail)
• Large grocers took advantage of pandemic supply chain disruptions, F.T.C says (NYT)
• Poland's grocery price war is spurring losses in retailer shares (Bloomberg)
• With TikTok under fire, brands that rely on it worry (NYT)
• Food weaponization makes a deadly comeback (Foreign Affairs)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Discount grocers smell opportunity amid rising prices (Washington Post)
• Amazon's new focus: Fending off rivals Temu and Shein (WSJ)
• Canada's population shock drives most of recent productivity declines (Globe and Mail)
• Unilever approaches private equity for its ice cream business (FT)
• From the archives (2000): Ben & Jerry's to Unilever, with attitude (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Wonder, Mac Lore's food-delivery startup, raises $700 million (WSJ)
• Beauty stores like Sephora draw teens driven by social media (NYT)
• Dynamic pricing is coming for grocery stores (NPR)
• Canada's inflation rate takes a surprising dip to 2.8% (Globe and Mail)
• How AI is transforming the business of advertising (FT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• AI-generated food photos look tastier than the real deal, study finds (National Post)
• FedEx and Amazon discussed partnership as competition for returning packages intensifies (WSJ)
• How dollar stores exacerbated American food deserts - and what it means when they leave them (Salon)
• What must Nelson Peltz do to get some respect (NYT)
• Ben & Jerry's owner loses its taste for ice cream (WSJ)