Starbucks raises store expansion target to 40,000
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Starbucks Corp.  on Thursday  raised its store expansion target to 40,000 from its previous  goal of 30,000.
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SEATTLE - Starbucks will raise its beverage prices by 11 cents a cup on average starting Oct. 6, the world&#39;s largest coffee-shop chain said Tuesday.
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Wal-Mart announced Monday that it plans to open or expand up to 45 of its flagship discount stores and up to 250 Supercenters in the United States next year.
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Starbucks Corp.  will raise U.S. prices on coffee, lattes and other drinks by about 9 cents a cup next week to help offset soaring costs on commodities such as milk and energy, a spokesman said on Monday.
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Starbucks Corp., the world's largest  coffee-shop chain, on Wednesday said sales at stores open at  least a year rose 8 percent in August, the first time growth  fell below double-digits in nine months.
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You&#39;ll soon be forking over an extra 11 cents for a gentrified java. Starbucks (SBUX) says it will raise the average price of its beverages by 11 cents at 4,500 stores in North America Oct.
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Despite its size, Starbucks still has plenty of room to grow.
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ATLANTA -- Starbucks Corp. , the world's largest coffee-shop chain, plans to more than triple its number of stores to 40,000 worldwide, 10,000 more than the previous target.
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Starbucks Corp. on Thursday raised its  long-term goal for how much larger it wants to get by 20  percent, citing opportunities to put more of its coffee shops  in smaller U.S. markets.
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A consortium of investors led by Vornado Realty Trust planned to raise its bid for Equity Office Properties Group to more than $40 billion.
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Starbucks Corp. said quarterly earnings increased 31 percent on the strong holiday sales, and the coffee retailer raised its earnings forecast slightly for its current fiscal year.
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Starbucks Corp  announced on Monday the immediate return of founder Howard Schultz as chief executive and the slowing of an aggressive U.S. expansion in a shake-up that sent its battered shares up nearly 7 percent.
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Starbucks sees its quarterly profits climb 18%, boosted by opening more than eight new stores a day worldwide.
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US giant Starbucks plans to double purchases of East African coffee in the next two years, it says.
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Starbucks Corp.  said on  Wednesday first quarter earnings rose 18 percent, meeting  analysts' estimates, as it opened more than 8 stores a day and  attracted customers with lunch offerings and gift cards.
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Starbucks Corp. , the  world's largest coffee shop chain, on Wednesday reported a 15  percent rise in quarterly earnings that met analysts'  estimates, but July same-store sales results were below Wall  Street estimates, and shares fell sharply after hours.
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At the corner of Eighth Street SE near Pennsylvania Avenue, just steps from the busy Eastern Market Metro station and not far from a pet store called Pawticulars, there is a Starbucks, naturally. Lots of foot traffic. People walking their dogs. Going to work. Coming home. Stopping for tall lattes.