Seattle, Washington January 26, 2012 Dear Shareholders: You are cordially invited to attend the Starbucks Corporation 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on March 21, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific Time). The meeting will be held at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at the Seattle Center, located on Mercer Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, in Seattle, Washington. Directions to McCaw Hall and transportation information appear on the back cover of the notice of annual meeting and proxy statement. Under
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Initiative: Starbucks Marla Campbell, Scott Gresham, Amanda Gray, Steven Peslak Lisa Vaira-Haslock, Janet Yuhas FIN 370 September 3, 2012 Matthew Tanzer Strategic Initiative: Starbucks Introduction Starbucks, a global coffee company, “opened the first store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market in 1971” (Starbucks Coffee Company, 2012). Since 1971 Starbucks main goal is for the company to assist in making the world better and in sharing great coffee with their friends. In Seattle, Starbucks was a
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Starbuck’s Coffee Strategic Management Starbuck’s Coffee Strategic Management Executive Summary: Starbucks could be an international company operative within the low retail market since 1972. The corporate, that has positioned itself as a merchandiser of premium low merchandise, has greatly swollen its market position and presence within the past 20 years. Despite a positive market outlook, Starbucks is in would like of strategic content because the company faces to not be underestimated challenges
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Marketing Plan for Starbucks Coffee BMM 364 Assessment-Part A Written by: Tianyi Wang (WAN12383771) Written for: Leo Billington 2012/10/19 * Table of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary 3 2.0 Introduction 4 3.0 Current External Marketing Situation 4 3.1 External/General Environment analysis and Trends 4 1 Demographic Segment 4 2 Economic Segment 5 3 Political/Legal Segment 6 4 Social-Cultural Segment 6 5 Technological Segment 8 3.2 Detailed Market Analysis and Projected
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Starbuck’s Job Design Job Purpose is being a leader and role model by showing by example customer service and community involvement. Essential Functions: Set goals for team, recruit and hire team members and shift supervisors, generate reports, train team members safety standards and health standards, implement policies, lead your team by example, communicate and recognize any problems, act quickly for solution, get involved in the community, recruit patrons feedback, delegate task, hold group
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MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP PAPER – STARBUCKS Sheila D. Forte Professor Cedrina Charbonnet Management 330 How can we differentiate between management and leadership? The biggest difference between managers and leaders is the way they motivate the people who work or follow them, and this sets the tone for most other aspects of what they do. You have people that can do both the management and leadership aspects. We know the functions of management involves planning, organizing leading and controlling
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“We aren’t in the coffee business, serving people. We are in the people business, serving coffee” Howard Schultz, Starbucks Chairman and Chief Global Strategist Fortune Magazine, Vol. 149 No. 2 Title: Submit To: Completed By: Starbucks: “The Non-Coffee Treat” P.V. Sundar Balakrishnan Matthew Carmean Partner Julie Anstett Partner Julia Toochette Partner Joel Ennis Partner Joey Eaton Partner Trang P. Huynh Partner Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS.................
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In previous years Starbucks typically adorned their cups with snowflakes and Christmas ornaments; this year they chose a plain cranberry coloured cup to promote “a more open way to usher in the holiday" according Starbucks Vice President Jeffrey Fields. It almost seems satirical that people are outraged over their disposable coffee cups, what rational person would be offended
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In 1998 Howard Schultz had ample reason to be proud of what Starbucks had accomplished during his past 11 years as the company's CEO. The company had enjoyed phenomenal growth and become one of the great retailing stories of recent history by making exceptional coffee drinks and selling dark-roasted coffee beans and coffee-making equipment that would allow customers to brew an exceptional cup of coffee at home. The Starbucks brand was regarded as one of the best known and most potent brand names
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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT Introduction The household has two sources of income namely the husband earning $100,000 per year as a middle level manager in a fortune 500 Company and the wife who is an attorney and also earns $100,000 per year. The couple has no children and as such they do not have expenses such as school fees, upbringing costs for the children. The couple is middle aged and as such their appetite to risk is
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