Starbucks Case Facts: * Founded in 1987 in Seattle‚ Wash by Howard Shultz * World premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffees * As of April 2010: 8‚812 company owned stores‚ and 7‚852 licensed stores in more than 50 countries and annual sales of about $10 bil Company Background * Start in 1971‚ 3 academics: Jerry Baldwin‚ Zev Siegal‚ and Gordon Bowker opened Starbucks in the touristy Pikes Place Market in Seattle each invested $1‚350 and borrowed $5K from the bank
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Copyright © 2003 Thunderbird‚ The American Graduate School of International Management. All rights reserved. This case was prepared by Professors Michael Moffett and Kannan Ramaswamy for the purpose of classroom discussion only‚ and not to indicate either effective or ineffective management. This case draws upon information presented in “Planet Starbucks (A)” by the same authors. Planet Starbucks (B): Caffeinating the World Ten years ago‚ we had 125 stores and 2000 employees. [Today‚] we have 60‚000
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Starbucks 1) Based on the case information and your personal experiences‚ list at least five things you know about Starbucks. This list offers you some idea about your cognitions concerning the coffee shop chain. The five key things that I know about Starbucks are the amount stores that opened rapidly. It grew from 6‚000 stores in 2003‚ to 16‚000 stores in 2008. I believe this was too extreme because they could miss out on some important marketing strategies such as the three elements; consumer
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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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Starbucks case 1) - Cultural distance: During the expansion abroad Starbucks had to deal with several cultural differences. For example‚ Japanese and Chinese consumers used to drink tea and did not have a coffee drinking culture. Furthermore‚ Starbucks had to deal with the association with the expansion of the American culture. - Administrative (or institutional ) distance: Starbucks had to deal with‚ for example; the differences in law and were therefore involved in different law-suits. -Geographic
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Jens Philip Therp Retail Marketing November 28th‚ 2012 Starbucks has been the leading retailer of specialty coffee since they opened up their first store in Seattle in 1971. Today Starbucks have over 17000 stores in more than 50 countries‚ all of them with a commitment to providing the highest quality coffee in the world. In the fiscal year 2011‚ Starbucks reported all time record net revenue of $11.7 billion. Starbucks is one of the strongest retail brands in the world‚ which makes them a
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| Mr. Mahbub Hossain Course Instructor Brand and Product Management‚ sec-A Subject: STARBUCKS CORPORATION: Managing high growth brand. Dear Sir‚ We are grateful to you for giving us the chance to work on this case study. We would also like to express gratitude to you for your gracious cooperation and valuable guidance for preparing the report. Sincerely‚ Khan Samara Salsabeel
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International Business Maria Rodriguez Starbucks Case April 20th 2011 Dr. Ali A. Initially Starbucks expanded internationally by licensing its format to foreign operators. It soon became disenchanted with this strategy. Why? It did expand internationally by licensing format to foreign operators because this strategy did not give Starbucks the control needed to ensure that the licensees closely followed Starbucks’ successful formula. This lead starbucks to believe that a clear agreement would
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Starbuck Case Principles of Marketing T/TH April 13‚ 2013 Starbucks’ product is no longer just plain coffee. They have branched out to offer a large variety of drinks‚ from espressos to lattes. They all also now offer food to go with their drinks‚ such as muffins and cookies. They offer a product that people feel they need everyday‚ and serve it in a relaxing environment. They have chairs and sofas in the coffee shops so that customers have the option to stay and enjoy their beverage. Some
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1. Analyze entry strategies adopted by Starbucks. Starbucks adopted three different entry strategies: licencing‚ joint ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries. Looking at the list of the countries in which the company is present and modes of entry to each of them‚ we can notice that a company hardly ever decides to open their own subsidiary. It is understandable‚ as this mode of entry is connected with highest risk and costs. Starbucks was able to use this strategy in Canada because of some similarities
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