Starbucks' December Chill
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The coffee purveyor's stock dips over "disappointing" same-store sales.
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How to avoid a post-holiday meltdown and keep momentum going for customers and employees.
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Starbucks Earnings Growth Caffeinated
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Business & money: Troubled coffee chain Starbucks going back to basics by testing a cut-price brew costing only $1
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I've wondered for a while whats the LOOOOOOOOOOONGEST Starbucks order possible. There are a lot of modifiers  out there and if I could just string them together I could really confuse my local Barrista.  I know... I'm obnoxious...  Here's what I came up with:  Double Ristretto Venti Nonfat Organic Chocolate Brownie Frappuccino Extra Hot with Foam and Whipped Cream Upside Down Double Blended
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The temperature may be cooling down, but is Wal-Mart's holiday season warming up?
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Starbucks Corp. SBUX.O on  Wednesday reported higher quarterly net income and raised its  earnings forecast for the year on strong sales of holiday  products like Christmas Blend coffee beans.
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Starbucks, the largest US chain of coffee shops, plans to raise its beverage prices by year&#39;s end to cover higher costs for milk and health insurance amid slowing sales.
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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 will raise U.S. prices on coffee, lattes and other drinks by an average of 9 cents a cup next week to help offset soaring costs for milk and other commodities, a spokesman said on Monday.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua  - Starbucks' purchases of its   own Cafe Practices certified coffee will grow strongly in the   2007 fiscal year, a senior company official said on Monday.
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Starbucks has upgraded its Wi-Fi offering from a tall to a venti, switching partners from T-Mobile USA to AT&amp;T in a deal that will mean free coffee-shop wireless for millions of U.S. broadband subscribers.The chain&#39;s network of hotspots, the best-known in the U.S., covers more than 7,000 company-owned stores. Users of AT&amp;T Broadband and U-verse DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) services will get free access to the networks, and the carrier will soon extend benefits to AT&amp;T Wireless customers as well, according to a news release. AT&amp;T business customers with remote-access subscriptions will be able to buy unlimited, flat-rate access at any Starbucks location.AT&amp;T had 14.2 million lines of DSL in service at the end of last year. Its wireless arm has about 70 million subscribers. T-Mobile, a subsidiary of Germany&#39;s Deutsche Telekom, said it had 28.7 million subscribers at year&#39;s end.Although 3G (third-generation) cellular networks are nearing typical wired broadband speeds, Wi-Fi hotspots in key locations such as airports, hotels and cafes remain an attractive option for people who need high-speed connectivity on the road. T-Mobile has provided the Starbucks networks as part of its national hotspot service for several years, with a variety of paid plans including US$6 for one hour, $9.99 for a day and $29.99 per month with an annual agreement. Prices under AT&amp;T will be slightly lower, including $3.99 for two hours and $19.99 per month.But the deal also opens up a whole new customer base for the hotspots: Starbucks customers with an active Starbucks stored-value card will get two hours of free access per day. All that&#39;s needed to keep a card active is to have money stored on it and to buy something with it at least once a month, said Starbucks spokeswoman Bridget Baker. Starbucks employees will also get free access.AT&amp;T will take over the networks market by market, starting in the next few months and finishing by the end of the year, the companies said. Under a roaming agreement to be implemented by March 31, T-Mobile subscribers will also be able to use the AT&amp;T Starbucks networks, Baker said.The deal significantly expands AT&amp;T&#39;s network of hotspots, giving it 17,000 U.S. sites (about 70,000 worldwide) and adding a popular Web-surfing location to its lineup, which today includes McDonald&#39;s restaurants, Barnes &amp; Noble bookstores and some hotels and airports. It builds on an existing relationship in which AT&amp;T has provided back-end networks for Starbucks stores for more than 10 years, Baker said. The carrier will provide Starbucks an enterprise-class network with increased bandwidth and redundancy, according to the release.The prospect of high-speed access at Starbucks should help AT&amp;T attract new DSL customers and hold onto existing ones, telecommunications analyst Jeff Kagan wrote in a commentary on the deal.&quot;The customer wins because they get to take advantage of money saving bundles, and AT&amp;T win&#39;s because it keeps customers happy which means hanging on to the customer in an increasingly competitive marketplace, and Starbucks win&#39;s because it expands their digital entertainment platform and gives customers more reasons to spend time in the stores,&quot; Kagan wrote.
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InfoWorld - Starbucks has upgraded its Wi-Fi offering from a tall to a venti, switching partners from T-Mobile USA to AT&T in a deal that will mean free coffee-shop wireless for millions of U.S. broadband subscribers.
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Starbucks Corp. said strong sales of holiday drinks, gift cards and music helped boost quarterly earnings by 31 percent, and the coffee retailer raised its earnings forecast slightly for its current fiscal year.
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Starbucks is opening a series of &quot;music bars,&quot; where customers can listen to digital recordings and burn their own CDs. The &quot;Hear Music&quot; coffeehouses will open in 15 Starbucks stores in Seattle starting Monday.
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Starbucks Corp. SBUX.O said on   Thursday that sales at coffee shops open at least 13 months   rose 5 percent in August, at the high end of Wall Street   estimates, and shares rose slightly in after-hours trading.
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Is the King of Beers turning its back on its frosty brew?