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Time for a thrifty Frappuccino?
Posted in Marketing, Latest reporters' blogs, Russell Parsons November 11th, 2008 by Russell Parsons
Is the Starbucks phenomenon on the wane? Judging by the 97 per cent slump in Q4 profits, it is a question worth pondering.
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(0)Will Starbucks survive UK competition?
Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs January 9th, 2008 by Melinda Varley
This week take-away coffee king Starbucks asked its CEO Jim Donald to leave the company after he failed to increase coffee sales in the face of some stiff competition in the US. However, the chain couldn’t be doing better in the UK.
Tags Starbucks, Coffee, Marketing, Globalisation
Does HMV face insurmountable hurdles?
Posted in General, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs July 20th, 2007 by Branwell Johnson
Who would be a packaged entertainment retail chain in this climate? As there are only really two national specialists now - HMV and Virgin Retail - the question is really posed to them.
Tags HMV, Virgin, Music, Promotions, Mail on Sunday, Starbucks
Now being served at Starbucks: McCartney and Coffee
Posted in Advertising, Marketing June 6th, 2007 by gabay
Over the last forty years the legendary ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ album has earned its ranking as the sixth biggest selling album of all time - with an incredible 27 weeks at No.1 in the charts. This week, in one day alone, an estimated 6 million people at more than 10,000 Starbucks in 29 countries listened to a continuous loop of Sir Paul McCartney’s 21st solo album, ‘Memory Almost Full’.
Tags Paul McCartney, Starbucks, Music, Charts, Marketing
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