Stephan's Friday Picks

• The internet almost killed Barnes & Noble, then saved it (Bloomberg)
• 3 reasons to love fresh food (NYT)
• One of the U.S's largest cable providers is buying up Canada's greenhouses (Globe and Mail)
• UPS stock sinks on plans to slash business with Amazon (WSJ)
• From the archives (2017): Online retail, disrupting retail, and drivers' lives (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Starbucks reports weak earnings as it tries to woo back customers (NYT)
• The buy, wear, return days for shoppers could be over now that retailers and tech are catching on (Globe and Mail)
• Seeking new foods, scientists look to bacteria, algae, and more (Undark)
• Why some Heinz ketchup bottles still say 'Product of USA' (CBC)
• CVS knows you hate those locked cabinets (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• World's biggest pork producer Smithfield raises $522 million in IPO (Bloomberg)
• Metro reports higher first-quarter profit, boosts dividend after 'transition' year (Globe and Mail)
• Asheville's big attraction, its food scene, tries to hit reset (NYT)
• CVS wants to help you spend less time in CVS (WSJ)
• Metro CEO says weak loonie is putting pressure on food costs (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Four years of Playing to Win (Medium)
• America's $3 billion habit: Meat sticks (WSJ)
• America's fight with unions heads to its grocery stores (NYT)
• Retail consolidation stifles innovation in food production, report says (Globe and Mail)
• In Quebec, an Amazon union push gets snuffed out (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Food prices are rising again (WSJ)
• Canadian retailers are facing a $9.1 billion problem (Globe and Mail)
• CBC News finds more underweighted meat as demand grows for big grocers to be held accountable (CBC)
• Starbucks new CEO has already been awarded $96 million (WSJ)
• P&G stopped hiking prices and sales still grew last quarter (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Four keys to winning in Europe's consumer goods market (McKinsey)
• Is the LCBO the largest alcohol purchaser of the world (Globe and Mail)
• Some Walmart managers get a raise, lifting their max pay above $600,000 (WSJ)
• Sainsbury's to cut more than 3,000 jobs (WSJ)
• From the archives (2002): Is Wal-Mart too powerful (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The DEI retreat has some notable holdouts (NYT)
• Amazon to close all seven of its Quebec warehouses, to lay off 1,700 permanent staff (Globe and Mail)
• Want an authentic travel experience. Try McDonald's (NYT)
• How should Canadian consumers prepare for a trade war (Globe and Mail)
• Michael Froman on the business implications of geopolitics (McKinsey)