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Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson is retiring after five years on the job. Howard Schultz will return as interim CEO, once again taking the helm of the coffee chain he elevated to a global brand while the company searches for a long-term successor. This will be his…
Howard Schultz, Starbucks’s public face, wrote an emotional letter to employees on Monday to announce his plans to leave the Seattle company on June 26 after some 40 years, saying, “I would like to humbly remind you not to lose sight of what matters most:…
Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz shocked many of his 350,000 associates across the world by announcing his resignation with just three weeks notice. Political commentators have been quick to link his sudden departure to a bid for the Democratic presidential…
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has stepped aside from the CEO role to take up a new role driving innovation, design and development of the Starbucks Roastery and Reserve retail store formats internationally. He will also oversee the company’s social impact…
Starbucks China is planning to open a further 1400 cafes by 2019, the company has revealed. Currently, the US headquartered coffee giant has about 2000 locations in 100 Chinese cities – and it uses Alibaba’s Tmall to sell giftcards and coupons to Chinese…
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