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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 Rise & Fall of Starbucksmore

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New Ads Will Stir Up Coffee Warsmore

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Spilling the Beans About Starbucks' Union-Busting Tacticsmore

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Starbucks facing third anti-union case in Michigan Starbucks is to begin proceedings Wednesday in a third case in which...

Engineering the Starbucks Experiencemore

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

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Weather, Demand and Credit Crunch May Raise Coffee Pricesmore

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