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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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Localization is key to getting a foreign market to embrace your product, but it's still occasionally jarring to see...

McDonald's owners eye Starbucks with McCafe drinksmore

of them, in what will be the newest front in a growing battle between the hamburger chain and Starbucks Corp (SBUX.

A Marketing Spill on Starbucks' Handsmore

Management writer Thomas Stewart once remarked that Peter Drucker's prose tends to be so pithy, "managers can sip...

The evolution of pubs: Two pints of lager and a decaf lattemore

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Starbucks: How Growth Destroyed Brand Valuemore

Starbucks announcement that it will close 600 stores in the U.S. is a long-overdue admission that there are limits to...

Ice-Breaker at Starbucks: The Good Sheet more

Order up a double macchiato with a side of debate. On Thursday, Starbucks will begin offering a free paper from the...

Advent Calendar - Goodies: Starbucks “Knit” Mugmore

...up some nice coffee special tea. Getting your morning Starbucks fix?

McDonald's Keeps Gainingmore

It's not a big surprise that McDonald's (MCD) first-quarter earnings beat Street estimates on Apr. 22.

Buy the Coffee, Get the Internet at Starbucksmore

Today, Starbucks announced via tweet that starting July 1st, internet access will be available via Wifi for free at all...

Is a Turnaround Brewing for Starbucks?more

Starbucks founder Howard Schultz returned to the job of chief executive at the beginning of 2008, just a month after...

Starbucks' Surprise Success: Oatmealmore

CHICAGO (AdAge.com) -- Starbucks seems to have a slam-dunk new product: oatmeal. Yes, that mush your grandma pushed on...

Rhino Service Bus: The Starbucks examplemore

Yesterday I finally completed the Starbucks sample for Rhino Service Bus. It is surprising to see how many aspects that...

There is No Shortage of Wicked Problemsmore

Sustainability and in particularly recycling is a very tricky topic. Just use coffee cup as an example, Today there are...

Restaurant calorie counts: First glance more

I ate dinner at the Panera at Northgate Mall the other night, the first time I've been to a chain restaurant since the...

Starbucks Poised to Launch 'Soluble' Coffee - Advertising Agemore

CHICAGO (AdAge.com) -- Premium java giant Starbucks is venturing into what some would consider lowbrow territory with a...

Starbucks coffee is too expensive, new survey saysmore

Starbucks coffee shops seem to be on nearly corner in major U.S. cities, but surprisingly 76 percent of American adults...

Starbucks: Time to Get Real, For Realmore

Starbucks has a brand problem. Everyone knows it. Their founder knows it. And, to Starbucks' credit, the company is...

Starbucks alum expands new coffee chainmore

expansions in Manhattan; Roasting Plant will open 15 stores in next three years. Those New Yorkers who lamented...

Behind Starbucks' Instant-Coffee Rolloutmore

Howard Schultz contemplated introducing a Starbucks instant coffee last year, he knew he would face all sorts of...

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Panera Bread's Apple Strategy Posted by: Michael Arndt on March 19 Panera Bread is the Apple of fast food.

British Rebound Gave Starbucks a Liftmore

Two years ago Starbucks (SBUX) had lost its way, but after the return of the group's founder, Howard Schultz, to the...

Is Starbucks turning into McDonald’s or McDonald’s into Starbucks?more

I’m not sure what the baristas were complaining about. Starbucks has been in the fast food business for a long time.

Starbucks under fire for wasting water with always-running tapsmore

The water that Starbucks wastes with its a policy of keeping a tap running non-stop could fill an Olympic pool every 83...

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