Quaker Oats is looking to challenge McDonald’s, Starbucks and Pret A Manger in the ‘convenience’ breakfast market by focusing on new innovations and the healthiness of its products. Even though the overall cereal market is in decline, with Mintel data showing that UK sales of breakfast cereals have fallen from 467 million kilograms in 2011 […]
Starbucks announced the introduction of Starbucks Teavana as a core offering in more than 6,200 stores across its 16 markets in the China and Asia Pacific region. A new brand for Starbucks in Asia, Starbucks Teavana Handcrafted Beverages and Full Leaf Tea Sachets are now available for the first time giving customers across Asia the […]
On July 20, the first Starbucks express store in Europe opens in London’s major business hub, Canary Wharf. With an open layout, the new store features a walk-through experience and a streamlined menu at an early order point which allows customers to order, pay and pick-up even faster. “We recognize some of our customers, especially […]
Anheuser-Busch and Starbucks announced that they are working together to produce, bottle, distribute and market the first Teavana Ready-to-Drink (RTD) tea in the US, with an anticipated product launch in the first half of 2017. Premium RTD tea is the fastest-growing segment in the RTD tea category, which grew at 16 percent CAGR over the […]
Creative agency Space has been appointed to work on the Starbucks’ Ready to Drink range, which is produced and sold across EMEA by Arla Foods. Space won the work following a competitive three-way pitch to work with Arla. Space will be responsible for all UK above the line shopper marketing, promotional and brand experience activity. […]
Starbucks Coffee Company announced a partnership to open the first Starbucks store in Italy. Percassi, confirmed as Starbucks licensee in Italy, will own and operate Starbucks stores, with the first store opening in Milan in early 2017. February 29th’s announcement is especially significant for Starbucks Coffee Company chairman and CEO Howard Schultz. Thirty-three years ago, Schultz […]
Starbucks launched a new digital music experience with leading streaming music service Spotify, allowing Starbucks Mobile App customers to immediately discover music playing overhead in Starbucks stores, save Starbucks-curated songs to a playlist on Spotify and listen to Starbucks music anywhere they go on Spotify. This first-of-its-kind music experience reaches customers at more than 7,500 […]
Starbucks is boosting its digital sales in China through an online store on Alibaba-owned Tmall, selling gift cards, coffee vouchers and personalised e-cards. The store will give Starbucks an extension of its loyalty scheme in China, which the retailer believes will be its biggest international market in 2016, according to Investor’s Business Daily. For Alibaba […]
Each day, dozens of ferries crisscross Istanbul’s Bosphorus Straight, shuttling passengers east and west between Asia and Europe. The design of the remodelled Starbucks store near the bustling Kadikoy Carsi ferry terminal took its inspiration from these daily passages and the aesthetic of the boats and the ferry buildings. The store, which has served customers […]
Starbucks brought its first Starbucks Green Apron Delivery to the Empire State Building in October, a service designed specifically for a dense urban environment and one of the most requested by Starbucks customers. But customers aren’t just in office buildings – they’re at soccer games with their kids, at home with family, or gathering at […]