NEW YORK (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is boosting its European presence with plans to license 150 new locations in Britain, France and Germany over the next three years in a deal with UK group SSP, Starbucks said on Thursday. The coffee shops are to be opened at airports and railway stations […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Founder and CEO Howard Schultz had a great concept, and it worked for a while. But too many new stores and diverse products changed the experience Starbucks announcement that it will close 600 stores in the U.S. is a long-overdue admission that there are limits to growth. In February 2007, a leaked internal memo written […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NEW YORK (CNN) — McDonald’s new ad campaign is taking a non-too-subtle jab at Starbucks. Residents in Seattle, Washington, the birthplace of Starbucks, can now see approximately 140 McDonald’s billboards emblazoned with “large is the new grande” or “four bucks is dumb.” In a statement released Thursday, McDonald’s called it “a light-hearted, fun approach to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
RTTNews - Following the expansion of their relationship in Europe and the launch of packaged Starbucks coffee in Switzerland in September 2008, Starbucks Corp. and Kraft Foods announced on Thursday that the companies will launch packaged Starbucks coffee in select supermarkets in France and Germany. Beginning March 2009, French consumers will be able to purchase […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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