Starbucks Offers New Limited Edition Metal Gift Card in Time of the Holidays

Starbucks Offers New Limited Edition Metal Gift Card in Time of the Holidays

Starbucks is collaborating with Gilt.com this holiday season to offer its customers the exclusive new Limited Edition Metal Starbucks Card launching December 6, which can be obtained here. The card, each hand-assembled, features a gorgeous artisan rose base metal with rose colored coating, laser-etched with traditional Starbucks lettering. Gilt and Starbucks are working together for the […]

Mobile Starbucks Store in a Train Lets You Enjoy a Cup Of Coffee While on the Go

Mobile Starbucks Store in a Train Lets You Enjoy a Cup Of Coffee While on the Go

Wouldn’t it be nice to enjoy a warm cup of your favorite coffee on your commute? Coffee giant Starbucks has made this possible in Switzerland, by collaborating with Swiss train company SBB to convert a train into a mobile Starbucks store. This is the first time Starbucks has tried out this concept—the double-decker car runs […]

Arbitration Ends Coffee Contract Dispute Between Starbucks & Kraft Foods

Arbitration Ends Coffee Contract Dispute Between Starbucks & Kraft Foods

The independent arbitrator in the dispute between Kraft Foods and Starbucks Coffee Company ruled today that Starbucks must pay more than $2.7 billion in total cash compensation for its unilateral termination of the companies’ coffee contract. The award includes compensation for the fair market value of the agreement, a premium for improper termination and interest. […]

Starbucks Designs A Stylish, Minimalistic Cup For Tea Drinkers

Starbucks Designs A Stylish, Minimalistic Cup For Tea Drinkers

Starbucks unveiled its newest outpost, Teavana. Unlike the company’s other 13,000+ stores, Teavana will only carry tea and it will be served in a calm environment specifically designed to lure the 158 million Americans who prefer Chamomile over cappuccinos. In addition to an interior design that caters to tea drinkers–here food displays come after you […]

Starbucks Unveils ‘Holiday 2013’ Paper Cup Designs

Starbucks Unveils ‘Holiday 2013’ Paper Cup Designs

It is known that when coffee giant Starbucks starts using red paper cups—rather than its de rigueur white paper cups—Christmas is round the corner. For this year’s holiday season, the coffee company has unveiled new designs for its red paper cups. Devoid of the iconic snowmen, ice skaters and other characters, the new ‘Starbucks Holiday […]

Starbucks Lets You Buy A Coffee For Your Friend With Twitter

Starbucks Lets You Buy A Coffee For Your Friend With Twitter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxPZj9x_Dsk You may soon be able to buy coffee for a friend from Starbucks using Twitter, if a beta trial by the coffee giant is successful. ‘Tweet-a-Coffee’ lets you buy a $5 gift card by linking your credit card to your Starbucks account and syncing it to Twitter. Simply tweet “@tweetacoffee” with the Twitter handle […]

BBDO & Starbucks Encourage China to Engage in Real Conversations

BBDO & Starbucks Encourage China to Engage in Real Conversations

BBDO has launched an exciting new campaign in partnership with Starbucks China, to encourage people to take time away from their busy lives to engage in real conversations. Starbucks China is seen as aspirational, authentic and international; a place to connect with others in a meaningful way. With this in mind Starbucks paired up with […]

Carbonated Beverages Brewing for Starbucks?

Carbonated Beverages Brewing for Starbucks?

Starbucks may be readying a large-scale rollout of carbonated drinks, Advertising reports, citing a recent trademark filing by the coffee giant for the term “Fizzio.” The filing coincides with Starbucks’ recent testing of a line of carbonated drinks in Atlanta and Austin, and “fueled speculation,” Advertising Age wrote, that the company is “about to make […]

UK Starbucks Debuts ‘Duffin’, Slandered For Stealing Idea From Local Bakery

UK Starbucks Debuts ‘Duffin’, Slandered For Stealing Idea From Local Bakery

When UK Starbucks chains debuted their new ‘Duffin’ pastry—a doughnut-muffin fusion with a raspberry jam filling, they didn’t know how much of a ruckus it would cause. Shortly after the debut, local English bakery Bea’s of Bloomsbury declared it a ripoff, claiming to have been making ‘duffins’ long before Starbucks started selling them. The bakery […]