Introduction of the Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is an American global coffee company. It is the largest coffeehouse chain in the world, with 19,972 stores in 60 countries which headquarters based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is named after the first mate in Herman’s Moby Dick. It was founded on March 30th in 1971 by Gerald Baldwin, Gordon Bowker and Zev Siegl. And the Starbucks’ CEO is Howard Schultz nowadays. The company’s logo is also inspired by the sea-featuring a twin-tailed
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Assignment Due September 18 via Dropbox @ 6:59 pm Please answer the following questions. 1. Baby boomers in America are aging. Describe how this might affect the marketing mix for the following. (it is estimated that over 45% of the US population will be over 65 in 2030). Be sure you cover the WHOLE marketing mix – product, price, distribution and promotion for each. (12 pts) * Bally’s Health Clubs * McDonald’s * Whirlpool Corporation * Nike athletic footwear
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E-Marketing BM012-3-2-EMKT Individual Assignment | Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION 3 2.0 STRATEGY IDENTIFICATION 4 2.1Marketing Mix 4 2.11 Product 4 2.12 Price 4 2.13 Place 5 2.13 Promotion 5 3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 8 3.1 SWOT Analysis for Starbucks 8 3.2 PEST Analysis for Starbucks 10 3.21 Political 10 3.22 Economic 10 3.23 Social 11 3.24 Technological 11 4.0 E_MARKETING PLAN 14 4.1 E-Marketing Strategic Planning 14 4.11 Segmentation 14 4.12
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Historical Marketing Eras 8 The Sales Era 10 The Marketing Department Era 11 Social Orientation /Digital Marketing Era 12 Consumer Health 13 Eco-Friendly Marketing 13 The main criteria for evaluating market segments2.3.1 20 2.3.2Market segmentation includes: 21 Adults 24 Young Adults 24 Kids and Teens 25 A Connected Customer Experience 26 Starbucks Rewards Card 27 The Finest Coffee Beans 27 Porter's Generic Strategies 27 Starbucks Pricing Strategy
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1. INTRODUCTION OF STARBUCKS COFFEE The company, Starbucks Coffee was initially incorporated in the year 1971 by 3 entrepreneurs in Seattle where the business of the company is mainly selling whole bean coffee. Throughout the years of 1990s, Starbucks Coffee under the leadership of Howard Schultz, the company had expanded and growth rapidly with several efforts done. Starbucks coffee started its global expansion from year 1996 opening its first store outside of North America in Japan. Opening
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Draft #1 Section I Starbucks In 1971, three friends with a passion for coffee opened a gourmet shop ? Starbucks was born. The coffee shop's name comes from Herman Melville's 19th century novel about the whaling industry, Moby Dick. The seafaring name seemed appropriate for the small shop, which imports the finest coffee. The cold weather and thirsty Seattle community seemed to be a perfect match for this endeavor. Starbucks caught on and, in less than a decade, became Washington's largest
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Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service Howard Schultz’s idea with Starbucks in the mid 1980’s was to create a chain of coffeehouses with a product differentiation of specialty “live coffee”, service or customer intimacy with an “experience”, and an atmosphere of a “third place” to add to their work and home alternatives. The original stores sold whole beans and premium-priced coffee beverages by the cup and catered primarily to affluent, well educated, white-collar patrons (skewed female) between
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1 Introduction 2 2 Starbucks Vision, Mission and Objectives 3 2.1 Vision statement 3 2.2 Mission Statement 3 2.3 Environmental Mission Statement 3 2.4 Objectives of Starbucks 3 3 Financial Analysis 3 3.1 Profitability and Revenue 3 3.2 Efficiency and Debt ratio 4 3.3 Product Mix Revenue 4 3.4 Global stores growth 4 3.5 Starbucks SWOT Analysis 5 3.5.1 Strengths 5 3.5.2 Weaknesses 5 3.5.3 Opportunities 5 3.5.4 Threats 6 3.6 Ansoff’s matrix analysis for Starbucks 6 4 Specialty Coffee
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Starbucks Delivering Customer Service The 40 million dollar question Case Description Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to sourcing and roasting the highest quality Arabica coffee in the world. Today, with stores around the globe, the company is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee across the universe. Through its commitment to excellence they bring a unique experience to coffee drinking. In 2002, Starbucks faced a challenging task when looking at customer
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Starbucks: Environmental Factors Dusti Snaith MKT/421 November 21, 2011 Creig Foster Starbucks: Environmental Factors Starbucks opened its first store in 1971 located in Seattle, Washington (Starbucks Corporation, 2011). The company quickly grew to the public company it is today. As of July 2011, Starbucks has more than 17,000 stores. With this growth has come environmental, social and ethical responsibility. Starbucks strives to continually do business in a socially, environmentally friendly
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