The Sucess of Starbucks

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Starbucks is a coffee company and coffeehouse chain. It was founded in 1971, starting off with a single store located in Seattle, Washington. From its humble beginnings it has gone on to become the world’s largest coffee retailer, with a presence in 64 countries and
23, 187 stores worldwide and revenues of $3.9 billion in 2014 Q2 and $4.2 billion in 2014 Q1 and $14.89 billion in 2013.

Although mainly known for its coffee, Starbucks also sells tea and chocolate based beverages as well as pastries, sandwiches, ice cream and even yogurt. It has also launched the Evolution
Fresh juice brand and started selling alcohol in select stores. In addition, Starbucks has also introduced Verismo, a line of coffee makers.
Starbucks pricing strategy is based on a multitude of factors. It is influenced majorly by their operating expenses which can mainly be classified under Cost of Goods and Occupancy and
Store Operating expenses along with relatively smaller components such as depreciation of equipment and administrative expenses. In addition “competitive dynamics” in individual markets a...

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