Ragupathi. Transmittal Letter Ramanathan Ragupathi Ksay82rra@starbucks.com International Strategy analyst Starbucks Seattle 98101 22 November 2010 Howard Schultz founder‚ chairman‚ president and chief executive officer Starbucks Seattle 98101 Dear Mr. Schultz Enclosed is a copy of the proposed report “Starbucks India”. This report is a summary of expansion of Starbucks outlets in India. The proposal covers the current strategies‚ target market‚ financial planning and a feasibility
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Audit Starbucks Stores R. J. Yung Marketing Management March 13‚ 2006 Executive Summary Since its foundation in 1971‚ Starbucks has been working uncompromisingly to achieve the company objective of becoming the world’s leading coffee brand. Having gone through various stages of growing pain‚ today the Company is operating with over 10‚000 stores in 37 countries. Starbucks’ success was mostly a direct result of its aggressive expansion plan‚ that consequently turned the Starbucks coffee beverages
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Case Study: Starbucks • Analyze Starbuck’s industry environment using Porter’s Five Forces Model. Is it attractive or unattractive overall? Which of the five forces is the most important threat to Starbucks and why? Industry Definition – this is an industry of specialty coffee retailing. Threat of Entry Cost Advantages – Yes (since profit margins can be improved based on the point at which the business defines the transfer of the good to the customer – for e.g. for a retail
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To support the rapid expansion that Starbucks was making in their retail stores‚ they also made operational changes so as to keep the costs down. One of these was to reduce the time taken and to serve each customer and cost of training the baristas by replacing the older espresso machine (Marzocco) with a push-button Verismo models. While earlier‚ using the older model‚ the barista would talk to the customers while preparing the coffee‚ the new model blocked the view and hence removed the theatrical
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Marketing Plan for Starbucks Submitted by: Submitted to: Table of Contents Executive Summary………………………………………………………………….. Situational Analysis………………………………………………………………….. Cooperative Environment……………………………………………………. Competitive Environment……………………………………………………. Economic Environment……………………………………………………….. Social Environment…………………………………………………………… Political Environment/Legal Environment……………………………………. Marketing Planning…………………………………………………………………… Marketing Objectives…………………………………………………………
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Relational Sales - Focusing on Your Customers’ Needs Facilitating the Customer’s Decision to Buy In an increasingly competitive business climate‚ customers are faced with a multitude of alternative products and vendors. A traditional approach based on "closing the sale" may be inefficient and even counter-productive. In today’s markets‚ customers need customized solutions to their needs. Rather than being sold to‚ customers want to buy. In relational sales the emphasis is on building and maintaining
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facilitate business growth. Starbucks Starbucks‚ a key performer in the gourmet coffee sector and also in the specialty Eateries industry is segmented in the service industry. Starbucks was first introduced in Seattle‚ Washington USA in 1985‚ and then worldwide. Starbucks specialises in brewed coffee‚ hot chocolate‚ espresso – based drink‚ teas‚ frappuccinos and fruit smoothies. From 2008 onwards Starbucks owned over 16‚226 stores worldwide‚ along with 11‚434 stores
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the Starbucks Fever Starbucks History Starbucks opened operations in Seattle’s Pike Place Markets in 1971 with the future aim of providing coffee to a number of restaurants and surrounding bars. With the recruitment of Howard Schultz who led the marketing and retail efforts of Starbucks in 1982‚ the company took a change in direction through the views of Schultz‚ who after visiting Italy tried to adapt the same principles in order to a strong bar culture. Schultz then utilized Starbucks ability
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STARBUCKS: AN INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT BRANDING ANALYSIS An internationally recognized brand with over 16‚800 locations worldwide and is valued at $5.23 Billion as of 2005 (source: cafemakers.com/brand_recognition.html) Prepared by Florence L [Fashion Marketing Critic] LOVE COFFEE. Starbucks started its journey back in 1971‚ and has since grown to serve millions of sociable coffee-goers from around the world. With more than 16‚800 locations across the globe as of 2009‚ Starbucks is still the dominant
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Black tea has a deep history‚ even though we have been familiar with it in these days. The history can’t be described just by which the development of tea producing method‚ but also by which has entwined the nations with each cultural‚ political‚ and religious backbone. In history‚ tea culture was developed in China. The ancient Chinese people drank teas as a miraculous medicine to be perpetual youth and longevity. Even after teas had been exported into Europe by the Dutch East India Company since
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