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Starbucks and America's First Taste of the Greater Depression

Max Keiser | Posted 07.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Starbucks, Greater Depression, Great Depression, Forex, Starbucks Closing, Dollar Value, Starbucks Coffee, Weak Dollar, Starbucks Closures, Business News

Starbucks is the first, but not the last example of how a falling dollar will make most items that Americans over consume too expensive for Americans to buy with their crumbling currency.

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Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: John Mellencamp, Sergio Mendes, Carole King, Paul McCartney, Starbucks Coffee, Cocnord Records, Coca Cola, Music News, Miles Davis, Gwen Stefani, Charlie Brown, The Beatles, Vince Guraldi, Starbucks Closing, John Coltrane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Carly Simon, Banana Republic, Coldplay, Business News, Capitol Records, Joni Mitchell, Toby Keith, Zero Mostel, Hear Music, Starbucks, Sheila Weller, James Taylor, Entertainment News

When it was announced that 600 Starbucks outlets were closing, the music business shared the hit: less stores, less counter and display space, less product, less revenue.

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Starbucks' 600 Mistakes?

James Randel | Posted 07.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Landlords, Real Estate, Economy, Investment, Lenders, Starbucks Closing, Starbucks Coffee, Starbucks, Business News

Starbucks will survive of course and probably prosper after closing 600 locations, but its reputation as a primo-tenant and a trend-setting real estate visionary has been tarnished.

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When Caffeine Isn't Enough: Starbucks Launches New Energy Drinks

Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Andrea James | Posted 05.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Energy Drinks, Starbucks Coffee, Starbucks Energy Drinks, Starbucks, Starbucks +Energy, Business News

If a caffeine jolt isn't enough, Starbucks customers will have another option starting Tuesday, when the Seattle coffee chain unveils its "+Energy" pr...

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Vintage Brown Starbucks Cups, I Wish I Could Quit You

Andrew J. Nusca | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Branding, Starbucks, Starbucks Coffee, New Starbucks Cups, Coffee, Retro, Business News

Starbucks has created a new brand. In the minds of consumers, vintage brown is (hopefully) bonded to service, and bright green is attached to convenience.

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Starbucks Debuts "Splash Sticks"

USA Today | Laura Petrecca, Theresa Howard, Bruce Horovitz | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business

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Starbucks has had enough complaints about coffee spurting from the sip holes in its lids to do something about it. Last week, it began quietly rollin...

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Starbucks Offers Free Samples Of New Coffee

CNN/Money | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business

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Starbucks is conducting a national taste test Tuesday for its new Pike Place Roast, a fresh-brewed coffee the company is hoping will boost sales. Pik...

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Trading Down to McDonald's? McNot!

Wayne E. Pollard | Posted 03.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Mcdonalds, Starbucks Coffee, Starbucks, Business News

Based on the coffee and the pricing, you might believe McDonald's could take away Starbucks' core customers. You could say that -- but of course you'd be wrong.

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Starbucks Promises Customers Perfection

AP | ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE | Posted 02.27.2008 | Business

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SEATTLE — A day after shutting down most of its U.S. shops for three hours to retrain baristas on espresso basics, Starbucks is welcoming custom...

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Stop The Coffee Insanity

Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent | Posted 02.16.2008 | Life

Read More: Starbucks, Coffee Drinks, Coffee and Obesity, The Balanced Life, Starbucks Coffee, Aspartame, Coffee Sweeteners, Coffee, Splenda, Life News

You have already heard a bit from us about whether or not Starbucks is our friend, but during these winter months when so many of us drink hot liquid ...

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Starbucks Scales Back, Ditches Breakfast Sandwiches

AP | ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE | Posted 01.30.2008 | Business

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SEATTLE — The scent of ham, eggs, cheese and bacon will soon stop competing with the aroma of coffee in Starbucks stores as hot breakfast sandwi...

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Starbucks Tests $1 Cup Of Coffee, Free Refills

Wall Street Journal | Janet Adamy | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business

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Starbucks Corp., the company that popularized the $4 cup of coffee, is testing a $1 cup and free refills of some of its offerings. The Seattle coffee...

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Does it Matter if Starbucks Sucks? (Yes. A lot. And More Every Day)

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 01.17.2008 | Life

Read More: Fair Trade, Nina Planck, Michael Pollan, Organic Food, McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts, Coffee, Starbucks, Howard Schultz, Starbucks Organic, Starbucks Coffee, Life News

Starbucks is not just another company that mainlined growth, saturated the market and lost its way. It's the one public space in America that's the natural heir to the venerable Kaffeehäusen of Vienna and cafés of Paris.

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Starbucks And McDonald's Coffee Showdown

Newsweek | Jennifer Ordoñez | Posted 01.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Starbucks Coffee, McDonald's, Coffee, McDonald's Coffee, McDonald's Coffee Drinks, Starbucks, Business News

Obama and Clinton. McCain and Romney. Call them the great contests of the week, if you must. But pound for (finely ground) pound, a more heated battle...

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