coffee business strategies

Last week amidst Starbucks’ Q3 earnings call and the unveiling of its semi-marked 15th Avenue Coffee shop concept, my phones were ringing off of their proverbial hooks with clients, institutional investors and reporters all trying to get some insight into what was happening with the business and its position relative to the specialty coffee industry.
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The Seattle Times today released video of the interior of Starbucks’ new 15th Avenue Coffee & Tea concept and what’s most impressive about the design is that it, essentially, copies most other independent coffee shops started in the past 3 years. Take a look at it for yourself:

Note the “we ran out of cash” [...]

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Remember experimenting with alcohol and changing your name? Well, it must be Starbucks’ freshman year at college because they will be launching a new “neighborhood” concept store next week under the name “15th Avenue Coffee & Tea” that adds beer and win to the menu.
As always, I had a few thoughts on the subject, [...]

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