...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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.............................. 10 2.5 Industry‟s Critical Success Factors ................................................................ 10 2.6 Opportunities & Threats................................................................................ 11 3. Internal Analysis .................................................................................................. 11 3.1 Starbucks‟s Strengths & Weaknesses ............................................................ 11 3.2 Evaluation of Starbucks‟ Main Capabilities .................................................. 12 3.3 Value Chain Analysis ................................................................................... 13 3.4 Starbucks‟ Main Internal Capabilities against industry‟s Critical Success Factors ......................................................................................................... 14 4. Starbucks‟ Current „Issue & Challenges‟ Diagnosis .............................................. 14 4.1 Summary of Key Issues ............................................................................................. 14 4.2 Starbucks‟ Current Strategic Challenges ................................................................ 15 5....
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...------------------------------------------------- STARBUCKS MARKETING REPORT OF STARBUCKS Module code: D001 Module tutor: Moitaba Institution: Nottingham Trent International College Group: Group B T number: T0030643 Word count: 1679 words (-10/+10) 1: INTRODUCTION Starbucks Corporation, an American organization established in 1971 in Seattle, WA, is a head roaster, advertiser and retailer espresso (coffee) around world. Starbucks has around 182,000 representatives across over 19,767 organization worked and authorized stores in 62 nations. Their item blend incorporates roasted and carefully assembled high quality/premium valued espressos (coffee), an assortment of new nourishment things and different beverages. They likewise offer a variety of espresso (coffee) and tea items and permit their trademarks through different channels, for example, authorized stores, basic supply and national foodservice accounts. Starbucks additionally showcases its items blend with other brand names within its portfolio of organizations, which incorporate Teavana, Tazo, Seattle's Best Coffee, Starbucks VIA, Starbucks Refreshers, Evolution Fresh, La Boulange and Verismo. Starbucks had all out income of $14.89 billion as of September 29th, 2013.2. (Starbucks annual report, 2013). This report will analyse on this business organisation (Starbucks) stating its PESTELE, SWOT analysis, customer analysis and proving recommendation according to the marketing analysis provided in this report. ...
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...[pic] content The first Starbucks opened in 1971 “Back then, the company was a single store in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market. From just a narrow storefront, Starbucks offered some of the world’s finest fresh-roasted whole bean coffees. The name, inspired by Moby Dick, evoked the romance of the high seas and the seafaring tradition of the early coffee traders. In 1981, Howard Schultz (Starbucks chairman, president and chief executive officer) had first walked into a Starbucks store. From his first cup of Sumatra, Howard was drawn into Starbucks and joined a year later. A year later, in 1983, Howard traveled to Italy and became captivated with Italian coffee bars and the romance of the coffee experience. He had a vision to bring the Italian coffeehouse tradition back to the United States. A place for conversation and a sense of community. A third place between work and home. He left Starbucks for a short period of time to start his own Il Giornale coffeehouses and returned in August 1987 to purchase Starbucks with the help of local investors.” (Starbucks, 2012, para2) |Strength |Weakness | |Starbucks owns the most recognizable brand in the specialty coffee business |Starbucks products are more expensive than others competitor | |Starbucks offered some of the world’s finest fresh-roasted whole...
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...Starbucks Strategy Analysis | Business Strategy | Assignement | 24/05/2010 | | | | “Making your organisation fit for purpose” Starbucks Coffe Company is the world leading brand in roasting and distributing coffee. The company owns now more than 15 000 coffee shops around the globe: it is settled in North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle-East and Asia. The diversity and depth of its offer (from smooth to extra roasted coffee, African, Arabian or Latin, and all the muffins, cookies and sandwiches) allow them to count on an international exposure that has last for many years. Still, their business tends to be flattening. And the number of competitors in their core-business market, even if the competition stays way back them, is growing constantly. Considering these facts, the objective of Starbucks is to strengthen its leadership on the market. We were then approached by Starbucks in this particular goal. In this folder, you will find an entire analysis of the external environment of Starbucks Coffee Company: the macro-environment, the competitors and market and the stakeholders’ expectations will lead to being aware of opportunities and threats. Then, we went on the study of the internal capabilities: the resources and competences, the sustained competitive advantage and the diagnosis of strategic capability that will permit us to define Starbucks’ strengths and weaknesses. [Thus, owing to the results obtained, we endeavour to recommend Starbucks some...
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...Table of Contents 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 2.0 SITUATION ANALYSIS 4 2.1 PESTEL ANALYSIS 6 Political 6 Economic……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….6 Technology 7 Environmental/Ecosystem 7 2.2 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 8 High threat of new entrant to the market 9 Medium bargaining power of suppliers 9 Medium -high bargaining power of customers 9 Low threat of substitute products and high level of competition. 9 2.3 SWOT ANALYSIS 10 STRENGTHS 10 WEAKNESS 10 OPPORTUNITIES 10 THREATS 10 2.4 SWOT MATRIX 11 2.5 COMPETITION 12 MARKET LEADERS 12 3.0 KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIED 14 3.1 ASSUMPTIONS 15 4.0 OBJECTIVES TO BE PURSUED 15 4.1 The Keys to Success of the business 15 4.2 Mission Statement 16 4.3 Company Summary 16 4.4 Unique Selling point: 16 5.0 MARKET SEGMENTATION ,TARGETING AND POSITIONING. 17 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this report is to conduct a three years marketing plan for Fortune coffee and cake shop which is a family business. The family is interested in setting up a retail outlet at 200 King Street, Aberdeen because of the closeness to University of Aberdeen, Unite student hostel, Robert Gordon University student hostel and the presence of corporate offices like First Nation bus headquarters, Police Scotland office and others. The major sources of information and data are textbooks, journals, internet and personal interview. The marketing plan is divided into four sections: the situation analysis...
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...summary “Third home”, it is concept created by Starbucks. This unique idea comes up because Starbucks understand consumer needs and wants. Starbucks is one of the most successful coffee shop chains with over 17000 stores in 52 countries. The company also employs 137 000 people, Starbucks is leader of coffee shop industry. Starbucks attracts various generations from teenager to senior citizen. But, their main target is office worker in middle and upper class who want “third home”. Surprisingly, nowadays their main competitor is fast food chain such as Mc Café and Dunkin’ Donuts. One of the strongest strength is cozy ambience of their shop where customer can feel comfortable. However, the reputation of Starbucks’ coffee taste is not so good despite of their success; this is their weakness to improve. Likewise, conducting Macro analysis allows Starbucks to grow more. From the PESTEL analysis, Singapore is ideal country to spread their product. It is because the economy of Singapore is much prospered and grows 4.1% in 2013. Moreover, westernization of Singaporean will enhance value of Starbucks. After analyzing external and internal environment, company need to make marketing strategy to suite their target market. Starbucks clearly segment its clientele on demographic bases. They focus its offer on the age of its customers, often between 25 and 40, but also on income since these are quite high wages. As mentioned, Starbucks targets on upper class and middle class people and...
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...24/05/2010 | | | | “Making your organisation fit for purpose” Starbucks Coffe Company is the world leading brand in roasting and distributing coffee. The company owns now more than 15 000 coffee shops around the globe: it is settled in North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle-East and Asia. The diversity and depth of its offer (from smooth to extra roasted coffee, African, Arabian or Latin, and all the muffins, cookies and sandwiches) allow them to count on an international exposure that has last for many years. Still, their business tends to be flattening. And the number of competitors in their core-business market, even if the competition stays way back them, is growing constantly. Considering these facts, the objective of Starbucks is to strengthen its leadership on the market. We were then approached by Starbucks in this particular goal. In this folder, you will find an entire analysis of the external environment of Starbucks Coffee Company: the macro-environment, the competitors and market and the stakeholders’ expectations will lead to being aware of opportunities and threats. Then, we went on the study of the internal capabilities: the resources and competences, the sustained competitive advantage and the diagnosis of strategic capability that will permit us to define Starbucks’ strengths and weaknesses. [Thus, owing to the results obtained, we endeavour to recommend Starbucks some new and relevant elements for the future strategic direction of the...
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...Case Study : Starbucks- Going Global Fast. Question 1 Identify the controllable and uncontrollable elements that Starbucks has encountered in entering global markets. Answer: Starbucks have encountered various controllable elements while going global. Controllable elements in marketing is the 4Ps – Product, Pricing, Promotion and Place. Starbucks have localised product for different regions where Starbucks have expand its business to. Localised product means products are created to suit the taste and culture of a particular country or region. Example in the case study, Starbucks developed espresso and latte which is less sweet than US counterparts to match with Asian taste. Starbucks in Asian region also serves green tea latte to suit Asian habits of drinking tea, especially green tea. The next controllable element Starbucks encountered is the pricing factor. Since Starbucks is going global, Starbucks have to have a good pricing strategy to suit every market. Pricing strategy can be in various forms like bundle pricing or discounts and rebates. Pricing also determine the target customer of the business. Starbucks in this case does not compromise on the price. Starbucks are adopting high end pricing rather than competitive pricing. Starbucks is confident that the coffee they serve will certainly worth the price customers pay for. Therefore Starbucks never lower the price as doing so will reduce its brand value. Instead Starbucks continue with the same price and serve...
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...Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer o Cliff Burrows, President, Americas o John Culver, President, Starbucks Coffee China and Asia Pacific o Jeff Hansberry, President, Starbucks Channel Development and Seattle’s Best Coffee o Arthur Rubinfeld, President, Global Development o Michell Gass, President, Starbucks Europe, Middle East and Africa o Annie Young-Scrivner, Global Chief Marketing officer and President, Tazo o Troy Alstead, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer o Paula Boggs, Executive Vice President, general counsel and secretary o Peter Gibbons, Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain Operations o Stephen Gillett, Chief Information Officer, Executive Vice President, Digital Ventures o Kalen Holmes, Executive Vice President, Human Resources o Vivek Varma, Executive Vice President, Public Affairs o Mary Egan, Senior Vice President, Global Strategy Company Direction The company’s mission is “to inspire and nurture the human spirit, one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time” (Starbucks.com, 2012). In order to stay true to their statement, Starbucks has always pursued the perfect cup of coffee by buying the best beans and roasting them perfectly. Starbucks’ management team has also paid enormous attention to customer satisfaction through employees’ training and involvement in daily operations. Starbucks has values and principles that guide employees so as to accomplish its mission. The most basic principles as stated...
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...MNGT2001 Business Strategy Starbucks Case Analysis Endang Abu Bakar 3171895 Dagamac Janelle Tan 3156283 Nguyen Dinh Duy 3158495 Le Duc Anh 3159239 Sutthisiriwattana Pimchanok 3175067 Ye Xintao 3156684 Tutor: Dr. Ha Huong Tutorial Group: A4 Table of content I. Introduction 1 II. Strategic Analysis 1 A. Macroenvironmental Analysis 1 1. Opportunities 2 2. Threats 2 B. Microenvironmental Analysis 2 C. Strategic Competitive Advantage 3 III. Strategic directions 3 A. Mission and Vision 4 B. Strategic Objectives 4 IV. Business Level Strategy 4 A. Differentiation 5 B. Market Penetration 5 C. Product Development 6 1. Seasonal Products 6 2. New Products 6 D. Other Strategies 7 V. International Strategy 7 VI. Strategic Implementation 7 A. General Perspectives 8 1. Strategy 8 2. System 8 B. Strategic Implementation Issues 8 1. Economic risk 8 2. Environmental risk 9 3. Global risk 9 VII. Strategic Evaluation 9 VIII. Recommendation 9 A. Financial 10 B. Customer 10 C. Internal processes 10 D. Learning and growth 10 VIII. Recommendation 11 IX. Conclusion 11 Reference 12 Appendix 13 I. Introduction Market conditions all over the world have fostered an evolution in modern business practice (Obstfeld...
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...Contents Introduction 3 Background 4 Starbucks in Global 4 Starbucks in Hong Kong 4 PESTEL Analysis 6 Political Factors 6 Economic Factors 6 Socio-cultural Factors 6 Technological Factors 7 Environmetal Factors 7 Legal Factors 7 Competitor Analysis 9 Competitive rivalry in industry 9 Starbucks vs McCafe 9 SWOT ANALYSIS 11 Strengths 11 Weaknesses 11 Opportunities 12 Threats 12 Objectives and Goals 14 Marketing Strategy 15 Market segmentation 15 Positioning 15 Market mix: 7P’s 16 Action Plan 18 Provide training to the staff 18 Increase 10% profit rate 18 Acquisition of outlets and warehouse space 18 Setting up supply channels 18 Recruit employees 18 Creating Brand Awareness through advertising via Social Media and Billboards 18 Create new series of limited edition products 19 Official launch 19 Promoting the Starbucks products to the restaurant, bar and convenient store 19 Customizing Products to cater to local customer tastes 19 Opening 18 branches in overseas 19 Conclusion 20 Appendix A 21 References 21 Introduction In this marketing plan, the background information of Starbucks is reviewed. Standard marketing analysis is applied to analyse the performance and opportunities of Starbucks in Hong Kong. Recommendations are given in the view of increasing the annual revenue by 10%. Background Starbucks in Global Starbucks Corporation, generally known as Starbucks Coffee, is an American global coffee...
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...STARBUCKS STARBUCKS, One of the most well known and leading coffee supplier around the world. Starbucks began its business in 1971. Before that they are a roaster and retail seller of whole bean and ground coffee, tea. They have only one store at that moment which is located in Seattle's pike place market. At present starbucks serves millions of customers walking into their stores every day. The stores are presently in 17,000 locations in 50 countries (STARBUCKS 2013). Starbucks has revolutionised after HOWARD SCHULTZ became the director of retail operations. (Strategic development of starbucks) MISSION STATEMENT: "TO INSPIRE AND NURTURE THE HUMAN SPIRIT- ONE PERSON, ONE CUP AND ONE NEIGHBOUR AT A TIME". (Our starbucks mission statement 2013) STARBUCKS mission statement clearly depicts that they are not only giving importance of coffee, also to bestow the customer with rich experience. To enact these principles, Starbucks does everything in order to accomplish their aims and objectives. Starbucks treats their employees in prominent manner and respects them in each and every aspect. Starbucks always believes that they serve the customer with the best coffee possible. Starbucks does everything in a perfect and particular genre like buying coffee beans. They buy coffee beans by travelling personally to coffee farms in Latin America, Africa and Asia. After careful consideration and selecting the beans, the beans are then transported...
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...Starbucks Case Analysis | June 30 2013 | Crafting &Executing Strategy | | Class: Advanced Finance 53A Instructor: Dr. Deane Pham, MBA, Ph.D. Group 3: 1. Le Van Manh 2. Le Bao Long 3. Tran Thi Minh Phuc 4. Pham Thi Phuong Thao 5. Nguyen Minh Thu 6. Pham Ngoc Mai 7. Le Pham Nhat Linh 8. Le The Vinh Content | | Executive Analysis……………………………………………………………………………. | 2 | Case Analysis………………………………………………………………………………….. | 3 | Vision……………………………………………………………………………………… | 3 | Changing Strategy ………………………………………………………………………… | 4 | Generic competitive strategies……………………………………………………………. | 5 | Key policies, practices, business principles………………………………………………. | 6 | Core values……………………………………………………………………………….. | 7 | Michael Porter’s five forces analysis……………………………………………………… | 9 | PESTEL analysis………………………………………………………………………….. | 10 | SWOT analysis……………………………………………………………………………. | 11 | Social responsibility strategy (CSR)…………………………………………..................... | 12 | Financial performance …………………………………………………………………… | 13 | Top management issue……………………………………………………………………. | 14 | Ongoing issues………………………………………………………… …………………. | 15 | Recommendation …………………………………………………………………….. | 16 | I/ Executive Summary With more than 18,000 stores in 62 countries around the world, Starbucks is currently one of the biggest companies in the food and beverage industry, with total revenue of 11.7 billion dollars in 2011. Under the current leadership of Mr. Howard Schultz...
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...report presents a case study of Starbucks, the world-leading coffee chain. The information presented indicates how Starbucks performances while they were lunching the new product Via for entering the instant coffee. Also, the report shows how the Starbucks’s CEO, Mr. Schultz, made decisions to help Starbucks reverse the decline. At last, the report showed how the new product Via help Starbucks gain a competitive advantage in the instant coffee market and recover from their economy recession. Introduction The story of Starbucks coffee company began in 1971 when the first Starbucks store opened at Pike Place Market, which is Seattle's oldest farmer's market. Today, Starbucks coffee company is the world-leading coffee bean retailer and roaster. (www.starbucks.com). This report will consider the problems and issues which have occurred during the commercial expansion of Starbucks. Findings Visit the Starbucks website and comment on the company's performance in the most recent period compared to an earlier one. A piece of Starbucks news named "Starbucks drops its name and the word coffee from logo” was updated on BBC on 6th January 2011(www.bbc.co.uk), shows that Starbucks, in promulgating a new logo, is still intends to move beyond its core product. The new logo is still the firm's white on green image of a twin-tailed siren, however the words "Starbucks" and "coffee" have removed. Additionally...
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