Teens get 12 1/2 to 25 years in Starbucks manager’s slaying
Philadelphia Daily News
The three North Philadelphia teenagers convicted of causing the death of a Starbucks manager on a subway platform last year were each sentenced today to 12 and a half to 25 years in state prison. Following an emotionally wrenching hearing i...
Starbucks on the comeback trail with Clover
BusinessWeek
“Wow,” I said. “Yeah, wow,” said the guy behind the counter. “That is so cool. Can I take a picture?” “Well, it’s not allowed but go ahead – quick.” And so I surreptitiously snapped the pic you see above. Looks like a weird, black ...
Starbucks 101: What is Shared Planet?
Examiner
If you have been to a Starbucks lately, you may have noticed posters and Starbucks cups displaying a different message...a message about responsible business pratices. It's called Starbucks Shared Planet . Shared Planet began popping up in ...
Seattle loses ground as top site for real-estate investors
Seattle Times
Corporate heavyweights — Microsoft, Boeing, Costco, Starbucks and Amazon — should stabilize next year, the forecast adds, but are unlikely to expand. Seattle's industrial-property vacancy rate is likely to increase as international trade sl...
Dunkin’ official settles with Starbucks
Boston Globe
SEATTLE - Competition between Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts has gone beyond mochas and lattes to high-level executives. Paul Twohig of Hilton Head, S.C., a former Starbucks Coffee US senior vice president hired by Dunkin’ Donuts, has agreed ...
Starbucks merging reward plans, adding free drinks
Reuters
LOS ANGELES, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp ( SBUX.O ) is merging its rewards cards into one free program, as the coffee chain aims to tap a rush of post-holiday traffic for steady patronage. Starbucks tends to see millions of gift card ...
Starbucks Wi-Fi Access Changing After Christmas?
Salon
Starbucks is changing its card programs next month, which has an impact on accessing Wi-Fi in its locations. It’s all actually confusing in terms of the Wi-Fi, but Glenn Fleishman at WiFiNetNews takes a crack at decoding the new deal. Essen...
Starbucks' Schultz needs to get on the ball
BusinessWeek
It was a fascinating day for coffee yesterday after the market closed — not so much for drinkers as for investors. Big Kahuna Stabucks (Symbol:SBUX) reported first quarter results that, on first blush, looked robust with profit up 18%. But ...
Corps lowers Green River flooding odds to 1-in-25
Seattle Times
Managers of a nearby Starbucks roasting plant are in constant communication with federal disaster officials. Other efforts have ranged from homeowners installing one-way valves to prevent toilets backing up, to Boeing erecting the sandbag w...
Correction: Starbucks earnings preview
San Francisco Examiner
CHICAGO — In a Nov. 3 story about Starbucks Corp.'s quarterly earnings, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the coffee chain would report third-quarter results. Starbucks was reporting fourth-quarter results. To view this site, y...
Marketers such as Starbucks discover that simple sells
USA Today
Simple is better. This could be 2010's most powerful marketing mantra. If 2009's hottest sales pitch was all about buying stuff on the cheap, 2010 marketing will increasingly stress less as more, as in fewer parts, additives or ingredients....
Costa coffee chain may count cost of advertising claim
Times Online
The complaint to the ASA, which was made by Starbucks, centres on the claims made by Costa in the ad campaign, launched in March, based on a survey of 334 coffee shop users. In one version, used on posters, national newspapers and online, i...
Starbucks Appoints Head of Global Human Resources
MSN Money
Starbucks Coffee Company SBUX today announced the appointment of Kalen Holmes as executive vice president, Partner Resources (Human Resources), reporting to Chairman, President and CEO Howard Schultz. “We are excited to have Kalen join the ...
