Tag: Starbucks

July 21, 2023

Saturdays in July and August, most Walmart stores across the nation are providing sensory-friendly hours between 8 and 10 a.m. Some areas have already started implementing this “quiet” time, but in locations where school starts after Labor Day, July 22 […]

March 18, 2022

If Starbucks makes good on its most recent environmentally-minded endeavor, by 2025 you may not see nearly as many of the chain’s paper cups in the hands of coffee drinkers. Michael Kobori, chief sustainability officer at Starbucks, called eliminating the […]

March 3, 2022

Target has big plans for 2022, with the retailer announcing plans to invest up to $5 billion this year to open new stores, enhance its digital, fulfillment and supply chain capabilities, and expand its shop-in-shop concept with Ulta Beauty. The […]

November 4, 2021

The general assumption is that the economy’s three-pronged challenge — supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and inflation — will wind up hurting smaller retailers and vendors significantly more than larger ones. Smaller businesses often can be nimbler than their larger […]

December 15, 2020

Starbucks plans to open a whopping 22,000 locations to bring its massive store count to 55,000 by 2030. At its bi-annual Investor Day, Rosalind Brewer, COO and group president-Americas, projected Starbucks’ U.S. base would expand by “nearly 800 gross stores […]

September 2, 2020

Retailers have at least three paths to join in on the upcoming elections: giving their employees time off to vote, encouraging customers to go to the polls and selling election merchandise. More than 700 companies, including Walmart, Macy’s, Starbucks and […]

July 17, 2020

Over the last few days, numerous retail companies have made it mandatory for their shoppers to wear masks. Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Starbucks and countless others have all made some declaration in one way, shape, or form. Political leanings aside, […]

July 9, 2020

Coffee behemoth Starbucks said Thursday that it will require customers to wear masks inside their stores beginning next week, becoming the latest retailer to require the face coverings that have become a political hot button as the coronavirus pandemic rages […]

June 30, 2020

Facebook has seen a slew of new retailers including Adidas, Puma, HP, Ford and Best buy pull their advertising as pressure mounts on the social media company to take action. The #StopHateForProfit campaign is continuing to gather pace as more […]

March 30, 2020

Free coffee, donuts and shoes are among the items retailers and brands are bestowing on health professionals for the risks they’re taking combatting the coronavirus pandemic. Among the freebies available for healthcare workers and first responders: Starbucks is giving a […]

March 10, 2020

An Uber driver. A Starbucks barista. A Walmart store employee. Retailers, fast-food chains and customer service-related companies face a new challenge as the coronavirus outbreak spreads in the U.S.: Some of their workers are getting sick. Walmart became one of […]

November 13, 2019

Starbucks has unveiled its latest Reserve Roastery store in Chicago, which opens its doors to the public on Friday. Located on North Michigan Avenue and Erie Street on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, the opening of Chicago Reserve Roastery marks Starbucks sixth […]

October 25, 2019

U.S. consumers have been slow to adopt contactless mobile payments compared with other regions, such as urban areas of China, but eMarketer’s research suggests that growth is picking up as more stores add the technology to their POS systems. Unlike […]

August 7, 2017

For over two decades I was a road warrior — a sales rep living out of my car with an innate skill of finding the cheapest places to refuel and grab food on the go. And, like any successful warrior, […]

May 16, 2017

Starbucks’ mobile application has vulnerabilities that make user accounts susceptible to hacking, Fortune magazine reported. Customers who use the same username and password on multiple sites make themselves vulnerable to hackers who gather that information from other compromised websites. After […]

May 10, 2017

Starbucks recently tested QR codes supported by 1App on posters in four San Francisco locations to drive trial of its app with promising results, the technology company’s CEO Raheel Hasan told Mobile Marketer. Approximately 11,000 customers sampled the app during […]

April 28, 2017

Starbucks Corp. met profit expectations for its second quarter even as its sales disappointed. The retailer’s net earnings increased 13.5%, to $652.8 million, or 45 cents a share, in line with expectations. Revenue totaled $5.28 billion, less than expected. Same-store […]

April 3, 2017

Starbucks employees are being encouraged to test out a mobile-only payments store at the coffee company’s headquarters in Seattle. According to Reuters, the trial store will be used to ease bottlenecks during peak periods. The Starbuck’s headquarters serves over 5,000 […]

January 31, 2017

Starbucks is further evolving its digital customer experience. Staring Monday, Jan. 30, Starbucks is launching a beta test for a voice messaging service that enables guests to place and pre-pay for their food and beverage orders “on command” via the […]

November 4, 2016

Call it the pumpkin spice bump: Starbucks’ third quarter sales came up short of expectations, but its fourth quarter financial results capped fiscal 2016 off on a high note, posting revenue that managed to grow 16% over sales recorded during […]