Financial Analysis - Starbucks Corporation Travis Demmons Dr. Said FIN 534 – Financial Management March 16‚ 2013 In this assignment‚ a savvy financial analyst researching companies in which to invest a U.S. publically-traded company that would be a good investment was chosen. After a lengthy search‚ a company that my family is unduly familiar with‚ Starbucks‚ was chosen and in the following pages a financial analysis will be described. The world renowned Starbucks
Premium Starbucks Coffee
Starbucks Financial Analysis Financial Analysis of the Starbucks Corporation 2401 Utah Avenue South Seattle‚ Washington 98134 (800) 235-2883 Financial Analysis of the Starbucks Corporation Company Overview Starbucks is the world’s largest specialty coffee retailer‚ Starbucks has more than 16‚000 retail outlets in more than 35 countries. Starbucks owns more than 8‚500 of its outlets‚ while licensees and franchisees operate more than 6‚500 units worldwide‚ primarily
Premium Coffee Starbucks Coffeehouse
Starbucks Macro-Environmental Analysis Starbucks is very well positioned to take advantage of sustained income due to a variety of strategic macro-environmental variables affecting its performance. Starbucks stage is the entire world‚ therefore must take into consideration the local countries current technological‚ economic‚ cultural‚ and political/legal environment‚ but also the interplay between countries as well. Starbucks cannot simply adapt completely policies and marketing
Premium North America Coffee Wi-Fi
SWOT Analysis: Starbucks External Environment: Opportunities: Company adopted many new initiatives throughout the years. Some of those include the replacement of the automatic espresso machines by a new machine called Mastrena. Mastrena is smaller than the current equipment and thus allows more efficiency; it also allows the barista to make direct eye contact with the customer. The company also acquired the Coffee Equipment Company‚ maker of Clover (brews coffee by the cup)
Premium Coffee Starbucks Espresso
1.Analyze Starbucks as a company and identify their competitive advantage Starbucks is a company that produces and serves high quality coffee beans as well as produces and sells high quality coffee bean products and fresh pastries within each Starbucks location. The main competitive advantage that Starbucks maintains is an upper scale classy coffee bar providing a warmth with European design and furnishings. Also Starbucks sustains a competitive advantage because the company continuously looks
Premium Coffee
Customer Analysis T&J’s Boutique will be located in Olathe and Overland Park Kansas. We currently have two locations‚ both outside of the mall. We are striving for a space inside of the mall because it would be easy access for the costumers. These places are central to the baby community. We feel its essential to locate ourselves in the heartbeats of the youthful community. We also aim to create an atmosphere of friendliness and acceptance‚ as well as a retail environment where people can have picking
Free Shopping mall Retailing Ralph Lauren
factors accounted for the extraordinary success of Starbucks in the early 1990s? What was so compelling about the Starbucks value proposition? What brand image did Starbucks develop during this period? Describe the original target market. The factors that contributed to Starbucks` success were their experiential branding strategy‚ their reach‚ product variety‚ customer service and quality. The compelling factor of the value proposition was that Starbucks was tightly integrated. It met the needs of
Premium Brand Brand management Customer service
REDLANDS MARKETING MANAGEMENT BUAD 680 INDIVIDUAL: CASE SUMMARY 14 OCTOBER 2006 STARBUCKS CORPORATION ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF MARKETING STEPHEN ANSUINI Introduction Headquartered in Seattle Washington‚ Starbucks Corporation is a premium coffee retailer offering a wide selection of hot and cold beverages‚ pastries and light deli fare‚ coffee accessories and equipment. Starbucks opened its first location in 1971 at Seattle’s Pike Place Market and within 20 years held its
Premium Psychology Management Family
Situation Starbucks began as a single coffee house located in Pike Place Market in 1971. In 1987‚ its current chairman‚ president‚ and CEO‚ Howard Schultz‚ purchased the company with the help of some investors‚ and the Starbucks that virtually everyone knows today was born (“Our heritage”‚ 2013). Now in over 62 countries worldwide‚ it is probably the most successful coffee shop in the world. Being so successful‚ this was a difficult case to analyze. The one issue I could think of was that Starbucks is
Premium Starbucks Coffee Espresso
Sound financial records. Starbucks profitability has been rising for the past few years and is now 14%. The company also outmatches its nearest competitors with 24.54% return on investment and 29.16% return on equity. No. 1 brand in coffeehouse segment‚ valued at $4 billion. Starbucks has a strong brand reputation associated with quality coffee and excellent customer service. Its brand is the most valuable brand in coffeehouse segment and is valued at $4 billion. “Starbucks experience”. One of the
Premium Coffee Starbucks Coffeehouse