Starbucks To Step-up Non-Coffee Sales
Posted by TheShot on 10 Jul 2006 | Tagged as: Consumer Trends, Starbucks
Starbucks, the chain formerly known as “Starbucks Coffee” that was also once known as a coffee company, is apparently seeking to continue its evolution towards a general retailer: All Headline News – Starbucks To Step-up Non-Coffee Sales – July 10, 2006.
Starbucks is bulking up its sales team to offer more merchandise for the upcoming holiday season. I suppose if I am going to get my oil change there, I may as well purchase my car parts from them too.
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on 21 Nov 2006 at 5:33 pm +00:00T 1.TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Coffee is the brew of a new crew of youngsters said …
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