Stephan's Friday Picks

• Is Quince a good clothing brand (The Cut)
• What do U.S. companies want from e-commerce deliveries (McKinsey)
• Ben & Jerry's founders discuss buying back ice cream brand (Bloomberg)
• The most important person (in Japanese food) you've never heard of (NYT)
• From the archives (2007): Can Galen Weston Jr. save Loblaws (Toronto Life)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Instacart falls on disappointing sales, earnings outlook (Bloomberg)
• TJX expects more growth this year (WSJ)
• Itochu withdraws from Seven & i buyout planned by retailer's founding family (Globe and Mail)
• Is bird flu the only reason egg prices are soaring (NYT)
• Would you pay $34 for shrimp cocktail (NYT)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Unilever ousts chief, elevates CFO in push for faster growth (Bloomberg)
• Mark Carney says he would put a temporary cap on immigration (Globe and Mail)
• I tried to buy Canadian with my grocery list. Here's what it cost me (Globe and Mail)
• Just Eat shares soar 54% after Prosus offers to buy food delivery company for $4.3 billion (CNBC)
• How the internet made in-store shopping miserable (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Substitutes & strategy (Medium)
• How AI is transforming strategy development (McKinsey)
• Coffee prices are at 50-year highs. Producers aren't celebrating (NYT)
• Celsius to buy rival drink maker Alani Nu for $1.8 billion (WSJ)
• Texas's barbecue schism (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• 2024 Letter to Shareholders (Berkshire Hathaway)
• Loblaw expects U.S. tariff threat to boost sales for in-house brands as fourth quarter sales dips, CEO says (Globe and Mail)
• Walmart warns of slower sales gains after a bumper year (WSJ)
• Loblaw to open 80 stores in 2025 as part of $10 billion investment over five years (Globe and Mail)
• Canadian Tire selling Helly Hansen activewear brand for nearly $1.3 billion (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• AI, demographics, and the U.S. economy (Vanguard)
• The $3 billion house that orange chicken bought (NYT)
• A primer on trade and inequality (HKS)
• Michael Mauboussin: (Probabilities and payoffs (Morgan Stanley)
• From the archives (2007): The untold Tim Hortons story (Toronto Life)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Heineken CEO aims to tap into thirst for zero-alcohol beer (WSJ)
• How a resurgent Walmart saw off the Amazon threat (FT)
• China's love affair with luxury has cooled (WSJ)
• Walgreens gains after CNBC says Sycamore takeout is 'alive' (Bloomberg)
• 'Gut pop' is injecting new fizz into the beverage aisle (WSJ)