Starbucks: Lost in lattes

Starbucks: Lost in lattes
Tags: Coffee / Specialty Beverages, Operations Management
March 5, 2007

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other companies worry about the cost of raw materials or economic downturns or interest rates or foreign competition or changes in technology, said Seattle Post columnist Bill Virgin. Starbucks, however, has a more esoteric concern worrying its corporate mind: Ennui.

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