MKTG410-001 Case Study 2: Starbucks: Forbidden in the Forbidden City Submission Date: 3/2/2015 BB202121‚ CHAU HONG CHON‚ Eric BB201531‚ CHEN CHAOHUA‚ Cherish BB102089‚ LO CHENG MAN‚ Karina 1. Why is China‚ traditionally a non-coffee drinking culture‚ an important market for Starbucks? China contains large number of population. For Beijing’s Forbidden City‚ which is China’s top tourists attraction‚ as a destination of choice for both Chinese and foreign visitors‚ hosts millions of visitors
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The chairman of coffee giant Starbucks has a vision about the future of business – and makes no beans about it. “The rules of engagement have changed‚” says Harold Schultz. “Business has let us down and we are living in very fractured times. We as consumers – as customers‚ but mostly as people – need an emotional connection.” The chief global strategist of Starbucks Coffee Co. spoke to business students and alumni last week at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia.
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Pacific Coffee is the competitors of Starbucks. Pacific Coffee is another rather recognized coffee shop in Hong Kong which established earlier and it already quite well known by Hong Kong people. Pacific Coffee provides a classy and comfortable environment for customers prefers individual and quiet conversational coffee appreciation. On the other hand‚ Starbucks are doing an everyday lifestyle fashion. The "I need a coffee" type would probably prefer Starbucks while the "not in a hurry" type would
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Starbucks’ Strategy and Internal Initiatives to Return to Profitable Growth Starbucks started as a simple retail coffee store at the Pikes Place store‚ where customers went to buy coffee of the best quality in the whole country and also they could find in this stores thing as coffeemakers and other coffee related products. The main idea of this company was set by three coffee lovers that were professors at the university‚ so they thought that would be great to share that love‚ that passion
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remains the core product and focus of Starbucks‚ the introduction of various new products has expanded the Starbucks product portfolio. For example‚ the acquisition of Tazo Tea has allowed Starbucks to provide new offerings such as tea-only stores (Blessing). Also‚ as part of the marketing campaign‚ Starbucks is making a push for its store employees to provide customer with exceptional customer service. For example‚ part of the campaign is highlighting Starbucks willingness to remake a drink for a
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Case 2-1 Starbucks keep it brewing in Asia Discussion Questions: 1- Starbucks is an American company who try to expend its business to other country around the world. However‚ each country owned and has an identity‚ a history‚ and culture. This requires to Starbucks to analyze the current market and adapt his offers according to the needs and mores (usages). There are several barriers facing Starbucks to the “teaching” people to change their consumption habits from tea and instant coffee. First
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Cardinal Principles of lending: A bank is an institution which is primarily seen as a body that accepts monetary deposits from its customers (general public)‚ looks after their money‚ offer them some beneficial services such as cheque books to make payments and lends money to other public (borrowers). Now lending money to someone comes with some inherent risks especially when a bank uses its depositors’ money to lend. To put it simply a bank’s major operation is to borrow money from depositors and
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Treasury Bonds as of December 2001 (RF) 5.08 % Beta (B) 0.94 Market Risk (S & P since 1947) (RM) 8.2% CAPM=Risk Free Rate + B(RM_RF) CAPM for Starbuck’s = .0508 + .94(.082-.0508) CAPM for Starbuck’s = 8.01% Choosing Appropriate Discount Rates The CAPM method in this case gives a more accurate picture of the discount rate that should apply to Starbuck’s. The reason being that the formula for WACC
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shop‚ and dine. The high partner satisfaction leads to customer satisfaction. The partners are trained with hard skills and soft skills to supply with better service and coffee. They have Customer Snapshot to measure service performance. (2). Starbucks value proposition : The coffee itself is high quality. The service is good. The company create an uplifting experience every time you walk through our door. The atmosphere is customers want to stay. (3). High quality coffee. Place to meet and
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BADM 482 – Business Policy and Strategy STARBUCKS Name: Chad Hodges 1. Which one of the 5 generic business strategies best matches Starbuck’s strategy? Why? I believe that of the generic strategies the best match to Starbuck’s strategy is that of the rivalry within the industry. This is the best match because there are a lot of different types of specialty coffee shops out their in the industry so the rivalry amongst all the competitors is very fierce. Of the other coffee shops it
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