...History of Starbucks In 1971, Starbucks was created from three friends, an english and history teacher as well as a writer. The names of the three individuals are Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordown Bowker. The fist store of Starbucks was opened in Seattle, Washington, with the store selling only one thing, fresh roasted coffee beans. The partnership and creation of Starbucks began when the trio frequented as well as work for a store named, Peet’s Coffee, located in Berkley, California. The owner of Peet’s Coffee, Alfred Peet, was dubbed the “grandfather” of the specialty coffee industry. Alfred Peet, shared his style of roasting beans to the trio and from then, is where the idea of Starbucks originated from. By the early 80’s, a man by the name of Howard Shultz, a drip coffee maker salesman, came on board as the Director of Marketing for the Starbuck organization. In Seattle, he had advised the members of Starbucks to sell coffee and espresso drinks because of his experience traveling in Milan. Through Shultz experience, he observed that the cafe businesses in Italy were served as a meeting place and became a central part of the societal fabric. He sought to bring this experience back home and develop it with the Starbucks brand. But Schultz was rejected and it is then he decided to open his own coffee chain called. ll Giornale. ll Giornale became a big success and eventually acquired the Starbucks chain and their roasting techniques for $3.8 million, in 1987. In the 1990's...
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...The history of Starbucks starts back in 1971 when the first store opened in Seattle, Washington. Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker got the idea from Alfred Peet (of Peet's Coffee fame). The store initially sold just coffee beans and coffee making equipment rather than the drinks they have become so famous. After about 10 years, Howard Schultz was hired as Director of Retail Operations and came to the conclusion that they should be selling drinks rather than just beans and machines. He couldn't convince the owners, so he went his own way to start the Il Giornale chain of coffee bars in 1986. The next year, Baldwin and the others sold Starbucks to Schultz who then renamed his Il Giornale locations to Starbucks and quickly started to expand. After conquering Seattle, the chain spreads across the United States and then internationally. The first location outside of North America was in Tokyo and they still have a sizable presence in Japan today. Over the course of its life, Starbucks has bought or acquired companies especially those specializing in coffee businesses. In the 1990s, Starbucks was offering stock options to employees and went public. Today, Starbucks has expanded to more than 17,000 stores in 55 countries around the world. Their biggest presence is still in the United States, with 11,000 locations. You can find a Starbucks in such diverse nations as Chile, Romania, Bahrain and Bulgaria. The most recent expansion was to Budapest in June of 2010. ...
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...Summary Starbucks is undoubtedly one of the most – if not the single most – successful coffee chains of the last few decades. This assessment seeks to explore the Starbucks brandscape through an external analysis of the economic, competitive, social, demographic and legal and regulatory factors of the coffee market. Application of the Marketing Mix, a detailed consumer analysis, as well as an examination of future implications for the brand will also be addressed. In a market of 1.5 billion, the Canadian coffee and tea industry accounts for nearly 1.1% of the total value of food and beverage sales of goods manufactured in the sector. A growing target market for this industry includes university and post-graduate students ages 18-29 living in urban areas. These two segments “account for the largest portion of gourmet coffee drinkers” Starbucks has capitalized on this target market and has become one of the most dominant forces in the coffee and tea industry. Besides their commitment to selling quality products, Starbucks is one of the most socially engaged companies in North America. From ethical outsourcing, promoting diversity within the company, community involvement and youth leadership, as well as being environmentally conscious, Starbucks has created a brand that has proven to be extremely marketable and profitable in the ever-growing socially conscious society. The future of Starbucks is promising. However, in order to continue being market leaders Starbucks needs to...
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...Starbucks - Segmentation and Target Market Paper MKT 571 March 11, 2014 Starbucks - Segmentation and Target Market Paper Company History Starbucks Corporation is the largest coffeehouse company in the world. Offering the world’s finest fresh-roasted whole bean coffees, this global American company’s history began with the opening of a single store in Seattle Washington’s Historic Pike Place Market in 1971 (Starbucks Corporation, 2014). Inspired by a roasting entrepreneur Alfred Peet, the founders, English teacher Jerry Baldwin, history teacher Zev Siegl, and writer Gordon Bowker created the current Starbucks name and green and white Siern Greek Mythology logo (Madison, 2011). Inspired from early traditions in coffee trade and the first mate from the novel Moby Dick, the unusual company and logo emerged. In 1981, Howard Schultz (Starbucks chairman, president and chief executive officer) first experienced coffee and was drawn to join Starbucks a year later. In 1983, after travels to Italy and becoming captivated by Italian coffee bars, Schultz brought back the Italian coffeehouse traditions to the United States (U.S.) (Starbucks Corporation, 2014). Schultz’s romance with the coffee experience had begun and within a few years he sought local investors and purchased Starbucks. Since Schultz’s purchase, Starbucks has partnered and dissolved its partnership with Kraft, added free Wi-Fi to their stores, placed product on supermarket shelves, partnered with Apple for an iTunes...
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...STARBUCKS COFFEE HISTORY Starbucks’s history began in 1971 by three teachers who opened a small cafe called Starbucks Coffee, tea and spice in Seattle, USA. They were assertive about their good coffee and exotic teas. They were selling coffee beans and quality teas for people to prepare at their homes. In the early 1981 they hired Howard Schultz who changed the destiny of Starbucks Coffee as director of retail and marketing. Actually Schultz had an experience with the delicious taste of Starbucks Coffee as a customer and thought. When he became a part of company he was thinking there was something magical about Starbucks like passion he had never felt in business before. Schultz offered company to expand their product range and increase the number of stores. Logos and shops were readjusted. In 1990, starbucks made decisions to create headquarters and to centralize the decision making, thus they could easily stimulated the generation of new ideas. They informed their employee and kept responsible them from strategies in daily contact with each other. Individual Creativity is very important in building an innovation. People from different diciplines working effectively together helps them to solve many problems. In 1996, Starbucks was owning 1015 stores all around the world. The next step was to strengthen the brand. They should change the brands image that it was not only product and service also an unique experience on coffee drinking. They had partnership with United...
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...1.0 INTRODUCTION Name : Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) Headquarters : Seattle, Washington, U.S. Employees : 176,000 in 2008 Revenue for 2008 : US$10.383 billion CEO : Howard Schultz (Founder of Starbucks coffeehouse) Starbucks Corporation is an international coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington, United States. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 16,120 stores in 49 countries, including around 11,000 in the United States, followed by nearly 1,000 in Canada and more than 800 in Japan. Starbucks sells drip brewed coffee, espresso-based hot drinks, other hot and cold drinks, snacks, and items such as mugs and coffee beans. Through the Starbucks Entertainment division and Hear Music brand, the company also markets books, music, and film. Many of the company's products are seasonal or specific to the locality of the store. Starbucks-brand ice cream and coffee are also offered at grocery stores. Starbucks’ Italian style coffee, espresso beverages, teas, pastries and confections had made Starbucks one of the greatest retailing stories of recent history and world’s biggest specialty coffee chain. In 2003, Starbucks made the fortune 500. 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY 1.1.1 Era before Howard Schultz In 1971, three academics, English Teacher Jerry Baldwin, History Teacher Zel Siegel and writer Gordon Bowker opened Starbucks Coffee, Tea and Spice in Touristy Pikes Place Market in Seattle. The three were...
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...Starbucks Student Name Course Instructor Date Starbucks The Starbucks Corporation has enjoyed phenomenal growth since its early days in 1971 as a quaint coffee shop in Seattle, Washington. The rise of Starbucks can be directly attributed to the following factors; the emphasis placed on product quality, high employee standards, and creating the perfect cup of coffee (Coffee.org, 2013, pg.1). Starbucks has a reputation of caring about the community, environment, and people. “We aim to foster a better future for farmers and a more stable climate for the planet. Doing this helps create a long-term supply of the high-quality beans we’ve been carefully blending, roasting and packing fresh for more than forty years.” (Starbucks, 2013, pg.1). The company has a loyal customer base willing to pay premium prices for Starbucks products. Starbucks has strategically located its stores in the community, which is a competitive advantage. Starbucks is ahead of most competitors when it comes to financial strength and profitability. One of the strongest advantages of Starbucks they have years of experience delivering quality blended, premium coffee to its customers that are met with a warm atmosphere, which results in incomparable customer service. Starbucks products may be more expensive than those offered by the competition, however, their customer service, different brands of coffee and community connections offset. The customers of Starbucks have shared the experience as a community...
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...SWOT Analysis: Starbucks Coffee Company Ravineel Chand MGT 450: Strategic Planning for Organizations (BII1607A) Professor John Bruning February 27th, 2016 Introduction SWOT Analysis is a useful technique utilized by organizations to understand the strength and weaknesses of the organization. Furthermore, it is also utilized to understand the opportunities which may be open to the organization and the potential threats that it may face. “Once a company has a firm understanding of where it stands financially, the next part of the internal assessment is conducting a SWOT analysis, which stands for a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.” (Abraham. S.C, 2012) Using a SWOT analysis allows organizations to carefully pinpoint where they stand against competition, where their weaknesses and strengths lie, and how to gain more opportunities within their respective markets. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a SWOT analysis of the Starbucks (SBUX) corporation This paper will also describe the history of the organization, its products and major competitors. History Starbucks Corporation, founded in 1971, is a retailer of specialty coffee. Starbucks retails a variety of drip brewed coffee, espresso-based hot drinks, other hot and cold beverages, complementary food items, coffee-related accessories and equipment, teas, ice cream, and items such as mugs, coffee beans, and music and other non-food products through retail stores in approximately 39 countries...
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...How does the design of Starbucks compare to other Coffee Shops in order to appeal to customers? Abstract: In order to overcome my curiosity of investigating the ways of which Starbucks Coffee Shop differs itself uniquely from other coffee shops, I will investigate the difference between the three Starbucks Coffee Shops of Sha Tin New Town Plaza, Hong Kong. Not only will I analyze the different design factors of Starbucks, but I will also be comparing them against the competitors within the perimeters of Sha Tin, Hong Kong. I will conduct an interview with a Coffee Shop entrepreneur; give out questionnaires to random customers of the three different Starbucks Coffee Shops of Sha Tin New Town Plaza, as well as observing the surroundings with my personal judgment. Furthermore, I am going to research the background and history of the Starbucks Coffee Shop design. Starbucks Coffee Shop originates from Seattle, and the after employing several designers, Schultz finally come across Wright Massey who quoted 'they didn't want any two stores to look alike'1. I conclude from my research, that Starbucks is unique from other Coffee shops in terms of its store designs, as well as its products. Aside from this, each of their stores are similar since their designs are of a template, but there are no two stores that are identical. From my observations, I round that the three Starbucks stores of Sha Tin New Town Plaza have their own styles. 1 ‗STARBUCKED A Double Tall Tale...
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...Klein Kelly Dunbar Senior Project 19 March 2013 Starbucks Starbucks could be called one of the largest success stories in American history. The company started from humble beginnings and worked its way to the top. Starting from a small building in Pike Place market in Seattle Washington, there are now more than 20,000 locations worldwide. The company’s mission and goals have allowed it to succeed in a fast pace world, and Starbuck’s loyal customers have stuck by their favorite brand through it all. The Starbucks experience is unique from all others. The history and progress of the company have contributed to the Starbucks lifestyle we all know today. In 1971 Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel, and Jordan Bowker pulled together $8,000 to open up the first Starbucks. Alfred Peet, their supplier of premium coffee beans and equipment helped inspire their venture (gourmet-coffee-zone 1). In 1982, Baldwin insisted on bringing Howard Shultz into the company as leader of the marketing department. After a trip to Italy, Shultz felt very inspired by the fashionable coffee houses and café culture he saw. Baldwin was not originally sold by the idea. He didn’t want selling coffee by the cup to distract from his whole coffee bean sales, but he let Howard test it out in a corner of one of the stores. Eventually Howard Shultz left Starbucks to start his own business. Selling his coffee by the cup was a big success. In 1987 he purchased Starbucks for 3.7 million dollars (gourmet-coffee-zone 1). Although...
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...1. Introduction Starbucks distinguishes itself by focusing on creating and sustaining its own ‘coffee culture’. It has long been known as a ‘third place’ other than home and workplace. It serves not only quality coffee products but distinctive customer experience. With considerable research on the strategic positioning of Starbucks, this paper will introduce the history and the present of Starbucks as well as its corporate achievements before analyzing its brand value and strategic positioning, with focus on its competition and marketing strategies. Subsequently, the influences of external factors on Starbucks will be examined through PEST analysis and Porter's Five Forces Model analysis. Next parts will be concerned with the question of how Starbucks boost the value of its strategic position. Finally, the paper will be reviewed and the comments on the sustainability of Starbucks’ strategic positioning provided. （不需要改） 2. Basic facts regarding Starbucks 2.1 Developmental History In 1971, a business called Starbucks that sold coffee and other spices was set up by several people whose names have long been basically forgotten. Howard Schultz, the most important figure in Starbucks’ history, became part of Starbucks in 1982. In a business trip to Italy, he was inspired by some famous Italian coffee brands to the idea that the lucrative coffeehouses could cultivate a sense of emotional and cultural attachment among customers. In 1986, he managed to raise sufficient venture capital...
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...CONTENTS 1.0 Methodology Section 1 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Company History and Background 2.2 Mission and Principle 3.0 Stakeholder Analysis 3.1 Ethical theory Section 2 4.0 Dilemmas 4.1 Starbucks Cup Recycling 4.2 Starbucks Coffee Bean 4.3 The Dorosin Issue 4.4 Breastfeeding in Starbucks 4.5 Financial Loss 4.6 Starbucks Water Waste Section 3 5.0 Best practice 5.1 Official Website / information 5.2 Stakeholders 5.3 Environment 5.4 CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility Section 4 6.0 Recommendations 1.0 Methodology In this report will show that the ethical issues facing by Starbucks and the solution which can help Starbucks overcome the issues of Starbucks facing. Except researched the official website of Starbucks, but also viewing external agencies and individuals, journals and text books. Based on these sources, so author will be able provide an overview with objectivity of Starbucks organization. Besides, author appoints a stakeholder analysis, appropriate theory for state the better ways for Starbucks organization. In the beginning, it will show the company history, background and principles of the Starbucks organization. Based on these information can be enhance reader more understanding the Starbucks organization and find out what has been done or done in future and why Starbucks make these decisions. 2.0 Introduction Business Ethics can be define as the examination of the variety of problems that can arise from the business...
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...Case Study of Starbucks in China 姓 名 （中文） 李佩琪 （拼音） LiPeiQi 学 号 20100301336 所在学院 国际商务英语学院 年级专业 国际商务管理 指导教师 侯香勤 职称 讲师 完成时间 2014 年 2 月 28 日 A Research on the Marketing Strategies of Coffee Chain Business --- A Case Study of Starbucks in China Li Peiqi School of English for International Business Abstract In this article, the writer summarizes the marketing strategies of Starbucks by applying the basic theories of marketing, the SWOT analysis method with the theory support from a lot of reading and information searching. This article argues that the factors which distinguish Starbucks from its competitors in the market positioning are: the pursuit of coffee quality, the well-trained staff, the enthusiasm for making the world better, the attention to it pays to the community and the environment, innovation and the one and only “Starbucks Experience”. Starbucks puts coffee business in primary place, its core competiveness is its culture and values. Since the company locates the business in inspiring human’s spiritual beauty, it is necessary for their marketing means to come from the mental and psychological level. One innovative side of this article is that in addition to using the most basic marketing theory to the analysis of Starbucks' marketing strategy, the writer analyzes the success factors of Starbucks’ marketing from...
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...Abstract Starbucks is one of the world’s most powerful and recognizable brands. Since its creation in 1987, Starbucks has managed to revolutionize the coffeehouse industry by marketing expensive, high quality coffee. However, while the company faced significant growth in the early 2000s, Starbucks has recently started experiencing difficulties, as some of its stores face saturation both in the domestic and in the international market. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the reasons that have led to these problems; to identify the key factors that distinguish the company as an international giant, as well as to explore different options that could be undertaken in order for the company to further establish its position as a leader in the coffee industry. Introduction Starbucks is a Seattle based company that has grown to an international leader, operating in over 50 countries with 17,651 stores worldwide (Starbucks, 2012). Starbucks has been able to gain such a large share of the market by catering specifically to a well-defined target audience and by offering unique experience. The history of Starbucks and its expansion is a model for other businesses to look up to. From only one store more than 30 years ago in Seattle to its still growing empire today with thousands of outlets in the United States and in foreign countries, the Starbucks Coffee Company is without a doubt a well-known success story all over the...
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...INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Sofia PESTEL ANALYSIS FOR STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY Coursework in Business Environment Statement of originality We, the undersigned, declare that this coursework is our own original work. Student registration No: 101033 Signature: …………. 101047 Signature: …………. Program: Business Administration, Level 1 Lecturer: Prof. M. Malinowska The subject that we are going to focus on in the course work is a PESTEL Analysis on Starbucks Coffee Company. This analysis is aimed to familiarize the readers with the six types of factors that influence the activity of such a large and prosperous company as Starbucks. As we all know every business has its ups and downs but by taking into consideration what the influences are, better service and production could be achieved. The emphasis of this project is to discuss the major characteristics of a whole business and providing information about the way it functions. We will also talk about the reflection of Starbucks on the society all over the world. POLITICAL FACTORS Starbucks was established in Seattle, Washington, USA on March, 30, 1971. This is the largest coffeehouse in the world. Since the opening of the first Starbucks store, 30 years ago it becomes more and more popular. Till today Starbucks Co. owns 17,009 stores in 55 countries, which makes it one of the most popular places for a coffee drink. The following...
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