Starbucks 'reinvention' plan barely mentions coffee

Howard Schultz based the Starbucks business model on Italian cafes. He saw the chain's stores as a "third place," after work and home for its customers. He also understood that the Starbucks experience centered around coffee. That was something he was fiercely protective of, and he even wanted…

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