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Will Starbucks' (SBUX) value-based bets of 2009 -- the "new day" the company has advertised on sweet welcome signs on its store doors, in splashy reveals in New York and Seattle, in glossy ads ...
Same-store sales were the big story in Wednesday's fiscal third quarter earnings report, and Starbucks (SBUX) delivered the iced frappuccinos, serving up a 9% increase over the third quarter 2009 ...
Earnings growth was strong. Starbucks' normalized earnings per share grew at an average rate of 19.9% per year from 2001 until today. That's far faster than what other fast-food outlets like ...
In 2009, Starbucks began beta testing its mobile app for the Starbucks card, a stored value system in which consumers access pre-paid funds to purchase products at Starbucks. [145] Starbucks released its complete mobile platform in January 2011. [146] [147] By December 2011, the number of mobile transactions exceeded 26 million. [148]
Starbucks' footprint in the United States, showing saturation of metropolitan areas. Some of the methods Starbucks has used to expand and maintain their dominant market position, including buying out competitors' leases, intentionally operating at a loss, and clustering several locations in a small geographical area (i.e., saturating the market), have been labeled anti-competitive by critics. [14]
[28] [29] For $7.15 billion, Nestle agreed to market Starbucks products outside of Starbucks stores in countries such as the US and China, [29] as well as use Starbucks coffee in Nespresso and Nescafe products. [30] Under Johnson, Starbucks acquired 100% of its East China joint venture for $1.3 billion.
Starbucks generates high returns on equity -- 29% over the past year, 23% on average over the past five years -- while employing a modest debt-to-equity ratio of 12%. 3. Management
The history of Starbucks has been a storied one since the company's beginning, and the latest chapter is shaping up to be an exciting one indeed. The company reported earnings last Thursday, and ...