Identifying New and Untapped Markets 21 1.0 Executive Summary Starbucks Coffee Company was founded in 1971‚ when it opened its first location in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Starbucks was named after the first mate in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick and is the world’s leading retailer‚ roaster and brand of specialty coffee with coffeehouses in North America‚ Europe‚ Middle East‚ Latin America and the Pacific Rim. In Canada‚ Starbucks is a major player within the specialty coffee market. The top speciality
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Starbucks Analysis Driving forces: External: a) Different consumer tastes and preferences b) An already established coffee culture in Europe c) Local competitions d) Price sensitivity of the consumers e) Social concerns regarding caffeine‚ and it addictive properties also need to be considered. Internal (from the organizations’ perspective): a) To reach larger economies of scale by selling to more customers in other countries. b) To reduce the risk of over dependence
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It’s not just a gesture–it’s smart business. But embracing diversity means more than meeting a quota or hanging a plaque promoting diversity values in the halls of corporate headquarters. Diversity must be integrated throughout the organization from the ground up– starting with the hiring process and employee orientation to employee retention and customer and vendor relations. We now think of diversity as stretching beyond the traditional notions of gender‚ age‚ nationality‚ and race to include
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Cand.Merc.International Marketing and Management Centre for Business History Master Thesis The Story of Starbucks Ea Elisabeth Finn Nielsen 201180 2470 Tina Holm Mortensen 291282 1644 Date of Hand-in: 28.11.2008 Name of Supervisor: Per H. Hansen Copenhagen Business School 2008 Ea Elisabeth Finn Nielsen & Tina Holm Mortensen | The Story of Starbucks Table of Contents Part I 1. Preface 2. Problem Area 2.1 Branding as the Root Cause 3. Literature
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Starbucks Case Study 1. Starbucks serves what many would consider a basic commodity-- coffee. As a commodity‚ traditional management wisdom would dictate that vendor selection would be based upon price; the vendor with the lowest price typically earns the business. How did Howard Schwartz transform Starbucks from a shop that "specialized in selling whole arabica beans to a niche market of coffee purists" into an "upscale cultural phenomenon" (p. 2)? Be certain to identify Starbucks ’ ’service
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well as external‚ customers. Moreover‚ Starbucks uses the bean stock to improve their operations through many decades. In the year 1991‚ Starbucks was the first U.S. privately owned coffee company in the history to offer stock options called “bean stock”. The current CEO of Starbucks is Howard Schultz‚ he replaced Jim Donald to turn Starbucks around from struggling in the coffee world and he is now currently focusing on the Internet projects for the company‚ also managing Starbucks with the stock-option
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Human Resource Management & Marketing Techniques in Strategic Planning How to maintain Starbucks Coffee Company as the coffee expert in Hong Kong? Prepared by: (Name) (Course) (Teacher) (Date of Submission) Table of Contents Page Title Page
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Public image: for a person The role of Marketing: It is to encourage someone to buy something. What is marketing communication? Marketing communication can be defined as all marketing strategies/activities that may influence the customers purchasing decisions. These activities include both advertising and merchandising (is the way the product are displayed in a store‚ to attract & encourage sell & sometimes impulse buying) On eye level: à hauteur des yeux On eye level shelves:
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Social Responsibility & Starbucks BAMMC – BA Thesis May‚ 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility – A case study of Starbucks’ CSR communication through its corporate website Bachelor Thesis in Marketing and Management Communication Sanne Sanne Bruhn-Hansen CPR: XXXXXX-XXXX Supervisor: Tomasz A. Fediuk No. of characters: Thesis: 54‚329 Abstract: 3‚492 Page 1 of 42 Sanne Bruhn-Hansen Supervisor: Tomasz A. Fediuk Corporate Social Responsibility & Starbucks BAMMC – BA Thesis
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Liberty: http://www.econlib.org/index.htmlSources for CA Proposition 30 article California Proposition 30‚ Sales and Income Tax Increase (2012)http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_30‚_Sales_and_Income_Tax_Increase_(2012)California Proposition 38‚ State Income Tax Increase to Support Education (2012)http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_38‚_State_Income_Tax_Increase_to_Support_Education_(2012)Proposition 37‚ California State Lottery Act (1984)http://www.ballotpedia
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