Starbucks Case Questions 1. What 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? In 1971 Gerald Baldwin‚ Gordon Bowker and Ziev Siegl opened a specialized arabica beans coffee shop in Seattle’s “Pike Place Market”. In 1982 Schulz joined the team and he went to Italy to understand more about coffee shops. Some years later Schulz bought
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Running head: STARBUCKS AS AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 1 An Analysis of Starbucks as a Company and an International Business Lauren Roby A Senior Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation in the Honors Program Liberty University Spring 2011 STARBUCKS AS AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Acceptance of Senior Honors Thesis This Senior Honors Thesis is accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation from the Honors Program of Liberty University
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Starbucks Coffee is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle Washington. It started its business in 1971 in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. They began with selling roaster and retailer of whole bean and ground coffee tea and spices within a single store. Starbucks is named after the first mate in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. The logo is also inspired by the sea – featuring a twin-tailed siren from Greek mythology. Starbucks’ mission is to inspire and nurture the
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Strategic Marketing Starbucks Strategic Marketing Plan for the Starbucks Coffee Company Table of Contents Introduction and background 3 Company mission‚ company objectives 3 Market definition and product or brand background 4 Evaluation of results and conclusion about problem 5 Situational Analysis 5 Internal analysis 5 Customer analysis 7 Industry analysis 8 Competitor analysis 11 Distribution and supplier analysis 11 SWOT analysis – Confrontation Matrix
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strategy they have. Starbucks expanded at every corner‚ being next to each other and in the same neighborhood. Starbucks planned to add more than 2‚000 new stores in 2008‚ but the growth in new stores was slow. Since the recession of economy in 2008‚ they had to close 600 poor performance stores and fired 12‚000 employees. Another huge limit came from McDonald’s threat. In the last few years‚ McDonald had upgraded its coffee called McCafe at cheaper prices less than Starbucks. 6. Would drive-through
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and promoting their brand. In addition to high quality coffee‚ Starbucks focuses on its ’ global and social responsibility in doing right by the people who grow the coffee‚ and protecting the environment through recycling and conservation efforts as well as community outreach. One way Starbucks defines itself is the responsibility they take in attaining the best coffee beans through ethical sourcing of their raw materials. Starbucks works with Conservation International to develop ethical sourcing
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Starbucks Marketing Mix � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �2� Starbucks Marketing Mix Successful organizations understand the importance of a strong marketing strategy to satisfy customers and sustain growth. Making the right decisions depends on several variables. The purpose of this paper is to describe the four elements of marketing mix and share how Starbucks has implemented an effective and powerful marketing strategy to become the world’s largest coffeehouse chain. MARKETING MIX DEFINED A marketing
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Starbucks Coffee Co. | Indian Dilemma | | This paper evaluates the Strategic Audit of Starbucks Co. and its attempt to enter the India coffee market. | | Malinda | 11/15/2012 | | Introduction and Background “In 2006‚ the world’s No. 1 specialty coffee retailer‚ Starbucks Coffee Company‚ had over 11‚000 stores in 36 countries of the world and employed over 10‚000 people. The company had over 7‚000 retail locations in its home country and largest market‚ the United States
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SYNOPSIS Starbucks Corporation‚ originally founded in 1971‚ but purchased by Howard Schultz in 1987‚ is the market leader in selling gourmet coffee (Starbucks‚ 2008). Starbuck’s main objective is to establish itself as the most respected and recognized coffee brand in the world (Fact Sheet‚ 2008). Starbucks has accomplished this objective and experienced much success through their competitive strategy of clustering several stores within the same community and through their distinctive competencies
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1. COMPANY DESCRIPTION Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world. It was founded by three very unusual entrepreneurs‚ an English teacher Jerry Baldwin‚ History teacher Zev Siegel and a Writer Gordon Bawker. They came with this brilliant idea of getting into the coffee business inspired by an entrepreneur who sold high quality coffee beans and equipments‚ named Alfred Peet. The first Starbucks store was opened in Pike Market Place in Seattle on March 30‚ 1971. It is a for profit
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