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Starbucks Under Fire for Cool Runnings
Exposing Business Headlines Everyday! | October 8th 2008 by Robert Barr
It seems as if Starbucks has a bunch of clean freaks running the show. In fact, they are so fanatical that read more
Oklahoma City Thunder
I Want to be a Sports Agent | October 1st 2008 by Darren Heitner
September 3rd was the day that Clay Bennett and many Oklahoma City basketball fans were waiting for. After a Judge trial and much deliberation athletes and fans finally got to find out what the team name will be.  After much deliberation, the fan read more
Seattle deserves a Husky win on Saturday
Assist by The Mitten | September 12th 2008 by Dan Engel
For many Seattle sports fans, it is binge drinking time. Or excessive exercise time. Or whatever it is that gets your mind off a year in sports that has spiraled out of control. And to that end, I say:Seattle deserves a Husky win on Saturday.A Washin read more
Still no lack of drama in Seattle pro basketball saga
Assist by The Mitten | September 2nd 2008 by Dan Engel
It’s been a while since we've checked in on professional basketball in Seattle. So, let’s take a look…Yep, the team is still gone. Don’t have a new one.However, there have been some fun developments lately pertaining to the previously-known S read more
Kaffeegeists — They’re Back!
Nice Work | August 27th 2008 by Kevin Atherton
The demonic oppression of St*rb*cks continues unchecked. Today I was extra careful to make sure the coffee treat I had brought home from the nearby branch of the international coffee seller was free of impish activity. It certainly seemed to be a per read more
Even More Secrets From The Great Communicators
The Accidental Communicator | August 25th 2008
<br>The next time that you are provided with the “opportunity” to deliver a presentation, make sure that you get some advice on how to give read more
Starbucks tiene problemas en digerir su enorme crecimiento.
Investorsconundrum | August 21st 2008 by Marc Garrigasait
Mirad el espectacular crecimiento de la cadena Starbucks. A la izquierda en beneficios y a la derecha en establecimientos.(fuente WSJ) Starbucks es una de las empresas mas admiradas que ha revolucionado el mundo de la restauración. Su modelo de cafe read more
The Battle In Seattle Continues
I Want to be a Sports Agent | August 20th 2008 by Darren Heitner
The Seattle Supersonics are no longer in existence. However, former Sonic owner Howard Schultz is still making a lot of commotion. This past Friday, August 15th, Federal Judge Marsha Pechman set a June 15, 2009 trial date for Schultz’s lawsui read more
THE CONSUMER FREQUENCY
MADISON AVENUE | July 18th 2008 by martin calle
Most marketers are busy crunching numbers today, like they did yesterday, and the day before, and as they will tomorrow. What they are analysing are minute changes in business performance based on standards driving businesses that have not changed in read more
GM's TurnaWhat
MADISON AVENUE | July 16th 2008 by martin calle
Do you remember that old Hot Tuna rock album You Can Tune A Piano But You Can't Tune A Fish (or was that REO Speedwagon)? Any way - Wagoneer GM CEO Rick Wagoner is up to his same old tricks again slashing jobs and cutting costs in a bid to save GM an read more
A Kirsch Upon You
The HumorSmith Chronicle | July 14th 2008 by HumorSmith
Everyone's favorite student scammer is newsworthy again. She entered a guilty plea in Philly today, and when she's sentenced in October,she'll most likely get 6 years. Jocelyn, Jocelyn. There was a possibility of a less severe sentence if she'd behav read more
Morning Notes: NBA steps in a pile of Schultz
Assist by The Mitten | July 10th 2008 by Dan Engel
I think after two years of litigation, every Sonics fan should get an honorary law degree from the University of Washington. Yesterday, the P-I reported the NBA filed a motion seeking intervention in the Howard Schultz lawsuit saying that Mr. Coffeeâ read more
Starbucks to Close 600 Stores in the U.S.
CyJen - Odds and Ends | July 4th 2008 by CyJen
"After an extensive and rigorous review of our U.S. company-operated store portfolio, our executive and field leadership team, which included Operations, Store Development and Finance, has decided to close approximately 600 underperforming compan read more
Seattle Loses Sonics. Ban Starbucks Now.
Erik's Movie Reviews | July 2nd 2008 by Erik
Seattle is not a huge city. It’s no Manhattan or Los Angeles. But it’s not a small city. In fact, it’s the largest city among several states in the Northwest. In other words, it is not a team that should be without a professional ba read more
Seattle Loses Sonics. Ban Starbucks Now.
Erik's Movie Blog | July 2nd 2008 by Erik
Seattle is not a huge city. It’s no Manhattan or Los Angeles. But it’s not a small city. In fact, it’s the largest city among several states in the Northwest. In other words, it is not a team that should be without a professional ba read more
Starbucks Shuttering 600 Stores, Cutting 12,000 Jobs
Managers Realm | July 1st 2008
Analysts and investors liked what they saw, as Starbucks (Nasdaq:SBUX) announced it was closing 600 poorly performing stores today, and get rid of up to 12,000 full- and part-time workers. The stock surged by 6 percent in response to the news.A numbe read more
Howard Schultz Is Brewing Something New
mycelebritytwin | June 3rd 2008 by Anna Young
Howard Schultz (The Influencing Personality Style) Howard is trying to re-energize Starbucks Corp., a company that has lost its edge. Howard is 54 years of age and a renowned micro-manager. He chooses the color of packaging and/or the tone of sales p read more
The Price of Free At Starbucks
Mr. Besilly - One Man's Highway | May 26th 2008 by Mr. Besilly
Starbucks gave me a free grande latte today for the right reason. It was free but it still cost me. Since Howard Schultz has recaptured the helm at Starbucks a lot of sweeping changes have been put into effect. Here's the deal. If you use a registere read more
Board-Room Ties Could Have Helped Create AT&T and Starbucks Wi-Fi…
NewsVisual | April 25th 2008 by NewsVisual
(NewsVisual, powered by IntellectSpace) -- In a strategic partnership deal that could have been propelled forwarded by personal connections among the two companies’ board members, AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) and Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX) announced on Frid read more
Schultz Struggles to Reinvent Starbucks Corp by Jettisoning Faile…
NewsVisual | April 25th 2008 by NewsVisual
(NewsVisual, powered by IntellectSpace) -- Ever since its CEO/President/Chairman Howard Schultz returned to the helm, the Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ:SBUX) has been subjecting itself to a period of relentless self-assessment, with one-time pet p read more
Top Brands Illustrate Marketing Power
Branding Strategy Insider | April 23rd 2008 by Derrick Daye
It is time to stop speculating about brand equity and turn, instead, to the ice-cold empiricism of financial brand values. Monday saw the annual publication of the BrandZ Top 100 brands from Millward Brown Optimor and, as usual, there were... read more
What the CEO envisions… vs. the reality of what may actually be…
Aridni | April 19th 2008 by Aridni
Back in December when I reviewed  Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time, I did not live in a community dotted with a Starbucks at every block, so I have never been to a Starbucks.  I was able to read the book and read more
I HEART HOWARD SCHULTZ
Relax and Take Notes | April 15th 2008 by LeonSmith
This post was originally titled "DAVID STERN CAN SUCK MY BALLS", but what a difference a few hours can make. First of all, it was revealed yesterday that Sonics owner Clay Bennett left an email paper trail of conversations with the team's co-owners w read more
Prada and Starbucks: the non-place of retail.
DIFFUSIONblog | April 12th 2008
In his eponymous essay and book Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity (1995) French anthropologist Marc Auge coined the phrase "non-place" to refer to places of transience that do not hold enough significance to be regarded as read more
Really Howard? Treehuggers already hate on Starbucks as it is...
Green in the Face | April 8th 2008 by greenintheface
I was browsing through Baristanet again today. One of today's posts linked to a CBS news article about a visit by Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, to The Early Show this morning. I'm not going to get into Starbucks and big corporations and why they read more
Starbucks is Stupid - Part Two
Ministry Marketing, Ministry Media, Ministry Strategy and Mi… | March 27th 2008 by Lucky Rock Consultants
Seth Godin, a marketing guru with an actual working brain, recently shared a funny story about a hobby shop near his home. It could've been the coolest little model train retailer in the land. But the owners are quickly settling into general store m read more
Starbucks Acquires Clover Manufacturer, Should Have Seen It Comin…
Gourmet Coffee Zone - Daily Blog | March 27th 2008 by Mark Harris
Starbucks announced last week they are acquiring ‘The Coffee Equipment Co’, manufacturer of the Clover brewing machine. See Seattle PI article “Starbucks deal ‘dream come true’ for manufacture of coffee maker“. We read more
Starbucks is Stupid...Dunkins Donuts is Ingenious
Ministry Marketing, Ministry Media, Ministry Strategy and Mi… | March 26th 2008 by Lucky Rock Consultants
Yesterday my beautiful hunk of Detroit steel needed new tires and an alignment fix, thus I was forced to hole up in Dunkin Donuts for a couple of hours. As I sipped my blueberry coffee (yes, I pollute my coffee on occasion) and gazed upon the bright read more
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