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STARBUCKS

Founded in 1971 in Seattle's Pike Place Market, Starbucks is the world's largest purveyor of premium coffee. Starbucks is named for the first mate in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. The original name of the company was Starbucks Coffee, Tea and Spices. Its mission: "To establish Starbucks as the premier purveyor of the finest coffee in the world while maintaining our uncompromising principles as we grow." In fiscal 2007, revenues were $9.4 billion with operating income of $1.1 billion.

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The State of Starbucksmore

Most years, Howard Schultz, chairman and CEO of Starbucks, uses the annual shareholders meeting to introduce a major...

Starbucks brews up instant coffee linemore

NEW YORK - Starbucks Corp. spent years persuading consumers to spend more on its espresso-based drinks.

5 things you didn't know: Starbucksmore

Here are five things you didn't know about Starbucks They are largely responsible for turning a diner’s 50-cent cup of...

Starbucks To Present Recession Strategymore

A broad series of changes at Starbucks Corp., from instant coffee to new menu boards that leave off drink prices, show...

More layoffs expected at Starbucksmore

Seattle brokerage firm tells clients that as many as 1,000 employees not working in the cafes may be laid off.

McDonald's McCafe beats Starbucks in taste test | Drink/Beveragemore

When McDonald's spokeswoman Danya Proud said McCafe coffees consistently won over customers, my fellow co-workers and I...

Starbucks new ice cream line debuts in Februarymore

Starbucks will start nationwide distribution of its new ice cream line in February, which concludes its transition to a...

No Stopping McDonald'smore

As has long been the case, McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) seems shockingly impervious to the rough economic climate at hand.

Restaurants Take Trip to Storemore

Restaurant chains are reaching out to consumers in an unexpected place: supermarket aisles. As the economy has soured,...

7-Eleven, McDonald's, Starbucks warm up to iced coffeemore

By Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY Joe on the rocks — aka iced coffee — may be the summer of 2009's hottest beverage.

Coffee wars at full boilmore

If ever there was a better indicator of the raging war for your coffee dollar, it's this week's rollout of big-time ad...

Spilling the Beans About Starbucks' Union-Busting Tacticsmore

The National Labor Relations Board has repeatedly found Starbucks guilty of illegally terminating, harassing,...

Coffee City | McDonald's outspends Starbucks 4:1 on new ad campaignmore

One newspaper ad in Starbucks' first big branding campaign, which launched this week. It's not that Starbucks is tiny.

Who Served Up the Better Coffee Media Strategy in 2008?more

that 60% of Americans have scaled back from premium coffees in the past six months, with the mighty Starbucks...

Starbucks is beginning to feel McDonald’s wrathmore

The growing popularity of McDonald’s foray into coffee culture, McCafe, is thought to be responsible for the fall of...

Starbucks Pushing Landlords for 25% Cut in Cafe Rents (Update1)more

May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Starbucks Corp., the world’s largest coffee-shop operator, is pushing some U.S. landlords for as...

Starbucks to Launch Ad Campaign Touting Value more

Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Howard Schultz on Tuesday said the coffee giant is ready to fight back against rivals'...

New Ads Will Stir Up Coffee Warsmore

The coffee war between Starbucks Corp. and McDonald's Corp. is coming to a boil this week, as the two chains launch...

Coffee Wars Continuemore

You are going to have to be a hermit this week in order to miss the large scale marketing campaigns by Starbucks and...

Starbucks to debut instant coffeemore

Starbucks Corp. will unveil an instant coffee as part of its attempt to turn around sluggish sales. The company has...

Starbucks' Howard Shultz and Grant Cardonemore

I met with Howard Shultz, founder and CEO of Starbucks, last week. I flew to Orlando from Los Angeles where Mr.

As stores close, Starbucks buys a jetmore

Starbucks bought a $45 million corporate jet last month at about the same time it told employees that it is...

Engineering the Starbucks Experiencemore

In 2002 Starbuck's shared its guiding principles for brand building. Five years later do they still ring true?

New Starbucks Ads Seek to Recruit Online Fans more

In a new ad campaign, Starbucks wants to tell its message to a new generation of coffee drinkers and then recruit them...

Starbucks' Path to Longevitymore

A cup of coffee is a cup of coffee, or isn't it? On Tuesday Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX) announced a new product to...

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  • Boston Globe
  • Advertising Age
  • BusinessWeek
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  • thebigmoney.com
  • Seattle Post Intelligencer
  • fool.com
  • Chicago Tribune

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