Starbucks Corporation: An Extensive Analysis By: Muhammad Almuhanna Andre Johnson-Payne Jessica Pope Natalie Schiefer Jordan Sprague Management 429 – Dr. Yu Liu April 16, 2012 Table of Contents Brief Introduction & Key Issues 3-4 External Analysis 4-5 Internal Analysis 5-7 Analysis of Business Level Strategy 7-8 Analysis of Corporate Level Strategy 9-11 Recommendations 11 References 12 Appendix 13 Brief Introduction & Key Issues Starbucks opened their first
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Fierce * Branded coffee shops focus on premiumisation & quality of services - Barista expertise to emphasise their ‘added value’ * Independents have flexibility and are as present as Branded * Market dominated by a Large Global companies: Starbucks, Costa, Caffe Nero, Caffe Ritazza and a large number of independents * Non-specialists – McDonalds - attracting new customers through coffee moments – top coffee seller in the UK & Greggs – a low-cost alternative | Bargaining Power of Suppliers
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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 Targeting 15 4.13 Differentiation 15 4.14 Positioning
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Executive Summary Starbucks Corporation offers gourmet coffee and coffee drinks in coffee bar-style establishments worldwide. Starbucks customers are coffee drinkers who wish to have a place where they can pick up a quick cup of coffee or treat. Starbucks offers a variety of products from regular coffee to breakfast sandwiches – all in their in-store environment. Due to its initial strategy and fast-paced growth, the Starbucks brand has developed through various product extensions and become a
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Case abstract Starbucks was founded in Seattle in1971 as roaster and retailer of whole bean and ground coffee, tea and spices in a single store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. It was named after the first mate in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. It was incorporated under the law of the State of Washington in Olympia, Washington, on November 4,1985. It went public on June 26,1992 at a price of $17 per share and closed trading that first day at $21.50 per share. In 2011, Starbucks unveiled an alliance
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Starbucks Coffee Company I. Current Performance Company Overview: Starbucks is the most well known specialty coffee company around the world. Starbucks operates over 11,000 stores throughout 36 countries. Also, the company has about 10,000 employees. The company has shown horizontal integration in the last few decades into the Japan market which has shown to be extremely successful. The next project for the company is to expand their market further into India. There are also some concerns
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find out a solution of Starbuck current losing dominant position in Coffee shop industry. The current issues were brought by 20 years phenomenal expansion, which is also the only way that a company must be passed. The report draws attention to both of the company’s internal control and external environmental changes. Further analyzed company’s current situation by SWOT analysis and Market Mix analysis. Also, the report make a conclusion of 3 other strong competitor of Starbucks’, from a view of special
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Financial Elements Sales for Starbucks have taken a precipitous drop in 2007 and 2008 and leveled off in 2009. This seems somewhat on par with what every company was seeing in those years. Starbucks was particularly impacted because it is viewed as a luxury item. Luxury items were the first to go during a market downturn because they are easy to drop from your routine. It is why Starbucks was interested in lower priced, lower margin products at the time. Starbucks stores are currently owned
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1. Analyze the challenges Starbucks faced in entering the Indian Market Political factors The political factors have strong influence on regulation and the control of business, also the spending power of consumers and other businesses. We must consider those factors as important depending on the political system of the country we are operating in and the political condition of the country as a whole. The Indian economy has been subject to some positive economic reforms since 1992 which had improve
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Starbucks Introduction Founded in 1971 and operating in more than 50 countries worldwide, Washington based Starbucks is the largest coffee retailer in the world at present. Starbucks has more than 16000 outlets all over the world. Out of these 16000 stores, nearly 12,000 stores are located across North America, South America, Europe, Middle East and the Pacific. In America, they have coffee outlets virtually in every corner. In other words, America is a saturated market for Starbucks
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