Starbucks Corporation is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington that operates over 20,000 stores worldwide. Starbucks serves hot and cold coffee drinks, teas, and snacks and has expanded rapidly since 1987 by opening an average of two new stores per day. In addition to its coffee business, Starbucks also markets music, books and films through its Starbucks Entertainment division and Hear Music brand.
Starbucks is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest coffeehouse company in the world with over 18,000 stores globally. Starbucks sells coffee, tea, baked goods and other products. The company ensures product differentiation through direct sourcing of high quality coffee beans, careful roasting and brewing processes, extensive employee training, and socially responsible practices like fair trade. Starbucks has experienced rapid growth but is now focusing on international expansion and new product lines to drive future growth.
The document compares the global strategies of McDonald's and Starbucks. It discusses how McDonald's revitalized itself under new leadership by differentiating store designs and expanding online ordering and menu options tailored to local cultures. Starbucks also adapted to local preferences in store design, menu, and group dining customs. Both companies aim to maintain growth, but Starbucks learned from McDonald's misstep of overexpansion in the 2000s. Their future success will depend on balancing global standardization with local adaptation and whether healthy fast food competitors can weaken their brands.
Final paper starbucks a strategic plan.editedTee Dashner
This document provides a strategic plan for Starbucks expansion in China. It analyzes Starbucks history, mission/vision, the environment in China using Porter's Five Forces and PESTEL models. A SWOT analysis identifies strengths like brand recognition but also weaknesses like underperforming foreign stores. The plan recommends Starbucks expand more aggressively into third/fourth tier Chinese cities to stay ahead of competitors and capture market share. Specifically, it suggests Starbucks open 40 new stores per month between 2015-2019 to reach their goal of 3,400 total stores in China. The estimated cost is $20 million with a 36.75% projected profit margin.
Starbucks has been highly successful in expanding its coffee chain across the US and world through aggressive growth strategies. However, it now faces increased competition from other chains like Dunkin' Donuts, McDonald's, and Caribou Coffee who are targeting the coffee market. These competitors have launched advertising campaigns and promotional tactics directly taking aim at Starbucks to gain market share in the retail coffee space. Starbucks remains the leading chain but must continue adapting to changing consumer preferences and competitive threats to maintain its success.
This document provides an overview of Starbucks, including its history, products, growth strategy, and competitors. It was founded in 1971 and has expanded from 55 stores in 1989 to over 2,200 today. Under CEO Howard Schultz, Starbucks pursued aggressive international expansion. While this strategy helped Starbucks become a global brand, some question if it has stretched too far by moving into non-coffee areas. McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts pose the biggest threats as competitors by offering cheaper coffee options. The document evaluates Starbucks' partnerships and international growth strategy, finding that most markets still have room for expansion but the company risks diluting its brand by expanding too broadly.
Starbucks Coffee Company was founded in 1971 and has since grown to become one of the most recognized brands worldwide. The document analyzes Starbucks using a SWOT framework, identifying its strengths such as its strong brand name and valued employees, as well as weaknesses like relying on coffee as its main product. Opportunities for growth include expanding into new markets in Asia, while threats include rising costs and increased competition. Overall, Starbucks is well-positioned for international expansion after successfully navigating past economic challenges.
Starbucks has grown from a single store in 1971 to over 20,000 stores worldwide. However, the global recession in 2007 and McDonald's entry into the coffee market with $1 coffee has challenged Starbucks. They closed 600 underperforming U.S. stores in 2008 and slowed new store openings to 200 in 2009. McDonald's attacks Starbucks with cheap coffee, claiming $4 coffee is "dumb." Starbucks needs a strategy to offset these attacks on pricing while maintaining their brand positioning and quality.
Starbucks is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest coffeehouse company in the world with over 18,000 stores globally. Starbucks sells coffee, tea, baked goods and other products. The company ensures product differentiation through direct sourcing of high quality coffee beans, careful roasting and brewing processes, extensive employee training, and socially responsible practices like fair trade. Starbucks has experienced rapid growth but is now focusing on international expansion and new product lines to drive future growth.
The document compares the global strategies of McDonald's and Starbucks. It discusses how McDonald's revitalized itself under new leadership by differentiating store designs and expanding online ordering and menu options tailored to local cultures. Starbucks also adapted to local preferences in store design, menu, and group dining customs. Both companies aim to maintain growth, but Starbucks learned from McDonald's misstep of overexpansion in the 2000s. Their future success will depend on balancing global standardization with local adaptation and whether healthy fast food competitors can weaken their brands.
Final paper starbucks a strategic plan.editedTee Dashner
This document provides a strategic plan for Starbucks expansion in China. It analyzes Starbucks history, mission/vision, the environment in China using Porter's Five Forces and PESTEL models. A SWOT analysis identifies strengths like brand recognition but also weaknesses like underperforming foreign stores. The plan recommends Starbucks expand more aggressively into third/fourth tier Chinese cities to stay ahead of competitors and capture market share. Specifically, it suggests Starbucks open 40 new stores per month between 2015-2019 to reach their goal of 3,400 total stores in China. The estimated cost is $20 million with a 36.75% projected profit margin.
Starbucks has been highly successful in expanding its coffee chain across the US and world through aggressive growth strategies. However, it now faces increased competition from other chains like Dunkin' Donuts, McDonald's, and Caribou Coffee who are targeting the coffee market. These competitors have launched advertising campaigns and promotional tactics directly taking aim at Starbucks to gain market share in the retail coffee space. Starbucks remains the leading chain but must continue adapting to changing consumer preferences and competitive threats to maintain its success.
This document provides an overview of Starbucks, including its history, products, growth strategy, and competitors. It was founded in 1971 and has expanded from 55 stores in 1989 to over 2,200 today. Under CEO Howard Schultz, Starbucks pursued aggressive international expansion. While this strategy helped Starbucks become a global brand, some question if it has stretched too far by moving into non-coffee areas. McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts pose the biggest threats as competitors by offering cheaper coffee options. The document evaluates Starbucks' partnerships and international growth strategy, finding that most markets still have room for expansion but the company risks diluting its brand by expanding too broadly.
Starbucks Coffee Company was founded in 1971 and has since grown to become one of the most recognized brands worldwide. The document analyzes Starbucks using a SWOT framework, identifying its strengths such as its strong brand name and valued employees, as well as weaknesses like relying on coffee as its main product. Opportunities for growth include expanding into new markets in Asia, while threats include rising costs and increased competition. Overall, Starbucks is well-positioned for international expansion after successfully navigating past economic challenges.
Starbucks has grown from a single store in 1971 to over 20,000 stores worldwide. However, the global recession in 2007 and McDonald's entry into the coffee market with $1 coffee has challenged Starbucks. They closed 600 underperforming U.S. stores in 2008 and slowed new store openings to 200 in 2009. McDonald's attacks Starbucks with cheap coffee, claiming $4 coffee is "dumb." Starbucks needs a strategy to offset these attacks on pricing while maintaining their brand positioning and quality.
Starbucks aims to inspire and nurture the human spirit through high quality coffee and human connection. The company was founded in 1971 in Seattle and has since expanded globally. Starbucks focuses on social responsibility through initiatives like ethical sourcing and supporting coffee farmers. The company also emphasizes environmental sustainability and community involvement.
Starbucks: A Story of Growth - case study presentation for EBS/DBSBrandon J. Murray, PMP
For entry into the EBS European Business School / DBS Durham University Business School - dual Executive MBA programme, I was asked to analyze a case study from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. I then had to write a handful of essays and give a 1-hour presentation consisting of 30 min of briefing and 30 min of Q/A from the EBS faculty audience.
Starbucks Corporation is known world-wide for their specialty coffee innovation and creative business design. Over time Starbucks has built a business around a relaxing, somewhat romantic atmosphere that brings to the customer a European feel and thus provides a strong user experience for its customers. In Starbucks’ earliest days, coffee consumption in the United States (US) was considered nothing special. Most US coffee offered a similar taste and wasn’t offered in a special “European” environment. With this absence of uniqueness, convenience was the dominant criteria used by US consumers to choose their coffee.
Enter Starbucks.
Starbucks began in 1971 in Seattle, Washington and has since expanded to over 20,000 stores globally, making it the largest coffee chain in the world. It sells hot and cold coffee drinks, teas, snacks, and other food items. Factors like new local competitors, economic recessions, and perceptions of high prices have lowered demand for Starbucks products in recent years. Starbucks faces competition from other coffee chains and shops. It aims to establish 1,000 new US stores in the next five years. The company analyzes market conditions like costs, demand factors, and potential customers to determine new store locations.
The first Starbucks opened in Seattle, Washington, on March 30, 1971,
By three partners who met while they were students at the University of San Francisco
English teacher Jerry Baldwin
History teacher Zev Siegl, and
Writer Gordon Bowker
The three were inspired to sell high-quality coffee beans and equipment by coffee roasting entrepreneur Alfred Peet after he taught them his style of roasting beans.
The document provides information about Starbucks, including its history, mission, CEO Howard Schultz, marketing strategies, and global expansion efforts. It began in 1971 in Seattle as a small coffee bean roaster and retailer. Under CEO Howard Schultz, Starbucks rapidly expanded across the US and internationally, becoming the world's largest coffeehouse chain with over 15,000 stores in 50 countries. The document discusses Starbucks' marketing mix, target customers, positioning as a premium brand, and strategies for global growth despite risks of market saturation at home.
This document summarizes the history and challenges faced by Starbucks Coffee Company. It discusses how Starbucks grew rapidly under Schultz's leadership in the 1990s and 2000s, popularizing specialty coffee drinks globally. However, under CEO Jim Donald in the mid-2000s, Starbucks lost its focus on quality and the third place experience. When the financial crisis hit in 2008, sales declined sharply. Schultz returned as CEO and launched several initiatives to return Starbucks to its roots, including closing underperforming stores, emphasizing quality coffee and service, and innovating new products. After difficult changes, Schultz helped lead Starbucks' resurgence.
The document outlines Starbucks' six principles which guide the company to provide a great work environment, embrace diversity, apply high standards of excellence, develop satisfied customers, contribute positively to communities and the environment, and recognize profitability is essential for future success. It then provides details on Starbucks' corporate information, marketing mix, macroenvironmental factors including demographics, social/cultural, technological, economic, political/legal, and cultural influences, as well as its finances, competitors, and corporate partnerships.
This document provides a marketing plan for Starbucks. It begins with an executive summary of Starbucks as a company and an overview of the research conducted. The document then covers Starbucks' market situation including a description of their target market and products/services. It analyzes the marketing environment through market segmentation, PESTEL analysis, and Porter's 5 forces. Research findings are presented along with distribution and marketing objectives. The document concludes with sections on marketing strategy and a marketing dynamics summary.
Starbucks was founded in 1971 as a coffee, tea, and spice store named after the first mate in Moby Dick. In the 1980s, Howard Schultz joined as head of marketing and later became CEO after acquiring the company. Under Schultz's leadership, Starbucks grew rapidly and introduced new products like coffee ice cream, bottled Frappuccinos, and lighter coffee options. By the 2000s, Starbucks had extended its brand into grocery stores and offered in-store CD burning services to customers.
This document discusses the marketing strategies of Starbucks. It details Starbucks' market segmentation including target markets, demographics, psychographics, geography, and customer behaviors. Starbucks initially targeted affluent, well-educated customers but has since expanded to target nearly all demographics. The document also examines Starbucks' positioning statement and brand strategy for differentiating itself from competitors as a premium coffee retailer focused on quality coffee and community.
The ppt descibes the the Branding and marketing strategies of Starbucks Under 8 functional Bracket like Logo, Standardisation, expansion, Globalisation, Co-branding, Augmented Services, Facing Competition and Pricing Strategies.
Starbucks opened its first store in 1971 in Seattle's Pike Place Market. It grew to over 20,000 stores globally by focusing on high-quality coffee, customer experience in its stores as a "third place" outside of work and home, and social responsibility. Starbucks pioneered ethical sourcing guidelines and sustainability efforts. It diversified its brand through acquisitions like Tazo Tea, Evolution Fresh, and La Boulange to offer more products. Innovation, location strategy, and loyalty programs helped drive continued revenue growth internationally.
The oscar award ppt template provide a wide variety of templates about the awards. There are number of slides in each presentation which are easy when it comes to customization. Various kind of content can be inserted such as textual content, images,videos, and various formats. The Oscar award powerpoint template is a complete package for people who are looking forward to put forward the content efficiently and effectively to a huge audience.
Starbucks started in 1971 in Seattle's Pike Place Market with one store and has grown to a global company with over 18,000 stores in 62 countries. Starbucks prides itself on customer service and high quality coffee and products. The chairman wanted to create a place for community and conversation. Starbucks offers reasonably priced products from $5 coffee to $200 coffee machines. Their target market is ages 13-40 who enjoy coffee and busy lifestyles.
Starbucks alter coffee in china [mmugm]Irwan Arfandi
Starbucks aims to expand its business internationally by tapping into new markets like China. To succeed in China, Starbucks will need to adapt its marketing strategies to local conditions and culture while maintaining its brand image. This includes adapting products to local tastes, expanding retail presence, and addressing intellectual property issues in China. Starbucks' strategy is to establish local partnerships and subsidiaries to manage global expansion and allow customized approaches in each market.
Samir Purohit is seeking a challenging career in an esteemed organization where he can enhance his professional abilities through hard work. He has over 15 years of experience in electrical maintenance roles for companies manufacturing biscuits, chocolates, wafers, ice cream, and dairy products. His experience includes maintaining production machinery from companies like IMAFORNI, HAAS, and Nielsen. He is proficient in PLC systems from Siemens, Allen-Bradley, and Omron. Purohit holds an ITI certification in Electrician and has undergone dairy technology training.
The document discusses using social media to better measure the success of Super Bowl ads compared to the traditional AdMeter methodology. It notes that social media can provide a more objective and complete picture of an ad's impact by analyzing metrics like brand awareness, love, and mindshare across multiple platforms over time, rather than just polling people immediately after the game. It provides several examples where social media rankings differed significantly from AdMeter, suggesting it may be a better way to determine ad success in the current media landscape.
Understanding Malicious Behavior in Crowdsourcing Platforms - The Case of Onl...Ujwal Gadiraju
Crowdsourcing is increasingly being used as a means to
tackle problems requiring human intelligence. With the ever growing worker base that aims to complete microtasks on
crowdsourcing platforms in exchange for financial gains,
there is a need for stringent mechanisms to prevent exploitation of deployed tasks. Quality control mechanisms need to accommodate a diverse pool of workers, exhibiting a wide range of behavior. A pivotal step towards fraud-proof task design is understanding the behavioral patterns of microtask workers. In this paper, we analyze the prevalent malicious activity on crowdsourcing platforms and study the behavior exhibited by trustworthy and untrustworthy workers, particularly on crowdsourced surveys. We define and identify different types of workers in the crowd, propose a method to measure malicious activity, and finally present guidelines for the efficient design of crowdsourced surveys.
Ink Scoop is a graphic design and animation studio based in Bangalore, India. It was started by two experienced professionals who have worked for large studios. Ink Scoop offers services like logo design, flash animation, banner design, and 2D/3D animation to both corporate clients and small businesses. Their portfolio includes logo designs for various clients.
Starbucks aims to inspire and nurture the human spirit through high quality coffee and human connection. The company was founded in 1971 in Seattle and has since expanded globally. Starbucks focuses on social responsibility through initiatives like ethical sourcing and supporting coffee farmers. The company also emphasizes environmental sustainability and community involvement.
Starbucks: A Story of Growth - case study presentation for EBS/DBSBrandon J. Murray, PMP
For entry into the EBS European Business School / DBS Durham University Business School - dual Executive MBA programme, I was asked to analyze a case study from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. I then had to write a handful of essays and give a 1-hour presentation consisting of 30 min of briefing and 30 min of Q/A from the EBS faculty audience.
Starbucks Corporation is known world-wide for their specialty coffee innovation and creative business design. Over time Starbucks has built a business around a relaxing, somewhat romantic atmosphere that brings to the customer a European feel and thus provides a strong user experience for its customers. In Starbucks’ earliest days, coffee consumption in the United States (US) was considered nothing special. Most US coffee offered a similar taste and wasn’t offered in a special “European” environment. With this absence of uniqueness, convenience was the dominant criteria used by US consumers to choose their coffee.
Enter Starbucks.
Starbucks began in 1971 in Seattle, Washington and has since expanded to over 20,000 stores globally, making it the largest coffee chain in the world. It sells hot and cold coffee drinks, teas, snacks, and other food items. Factors like new local competitors, economic recessions, and perceptions of high prices have lowered demand for Starbucks products in recent years. Starbucks faces competition from other coffee chains and shops. It aims to establish 1,000 new US stores in the next five years. The company analyzes market conditions like costs, demand factors, and potential customers to determine new store locations.
The first Starbucks opened in Seattle, Washington, on March 30, 1971,
By three partners who met while they were students at the University of San Francisco
English teacher Jerry Baldwin
History teacher Zev Siegl, and
Writer Gordon Bowker
The three were inspired to sell high-quality coffee beans and equipment by coffee roasting entrepreneur Alfred Peet after he taught them his style of roasting beans.
The document provides information about Starbucks, including its history, mission, CEO Howard Schultz, marketing strategies, and global expansion efforts. It began in 1971 in Seattle as a small coffee bean roaster and retailer. Under CEO Howard Schultz, Starbucks rapidly expanded across the US and internationally, becoming the world's largest coffeehouse chain with over 15,000 stores in 50 countries. The document discusses Starbucks' marketing mix, target customers, positioning as a premium brand, and strategies for global growth despite risks of market saturation at home.
This document summarizes the history and challenges faced by Starbucks Coffee Company. It discusses how Starbucks grew rapidly under Schultz's leadership in the 1990s and 2000s, popularizing specialty coffee drinks globally. However, under CEO Jim Donald in the mid-2000s, Starbucks lost its focus on quality and the third place experience. When the financial crisis hit in 2008, sales declined sharply. Schultz returned as CEO and launched several initiatives to return Starbucks to its roots, including closing underperforming stores, emphasizing quality coffee and service, and innovating new products. After difficult changes, Schultz helped lead Starbucks' resurgence.
The document outlines Starbucks' six principles which guide the company to provide a great work environment, embrace diversity, apply high standards of excellence, develop satisfied customers, contribute positively to communities and the environment, and recognize profitability is essential for future success. It then provides details on Starbucks' corporate information, marketing mix, macroenvironmental factors including demographics, social/cultural, technological, economic, political/legal, and cultural influences, as well as its finances, competitors, and corporate partnerships.
This document provides a marketing plan for Starbucks. It begins with an executive summary of Starbucks as a company and an overview of the research conducted. The document then covers Starbucks' market situation including a description of their target market and products/services. It analyzes the marketing environment through market segmentation, PESTEL analysis, and Porter's 5 forces. Research findings are presented along with distribution and marketing objectives. The document concludes with sections on marketing strategy and a marketing dynamics summary.
Starbucks was founded in 1971 as a coffee, tea, and spice store named after the first mate in Moby Dick. In the 1980s, Howard Schultz joined as head of marketing and later became CEO after acquiring the company. Under Schultz's leadership, Starbucks grew rapidly and introduced new products like coffee ice cream, bottled Frappuccinos, and lighter coffee options. By the 2000s, Starbucks had extended its brand into grocery stores and offered in-store CD burning services to customers.
This document discusses the marketing strategies of Starbucks. It details Starbucks' market segmentation including target markets, demographics, psychographics, geography, and customer behaviors. Starbucks initially targeted affluent, well-educated customers but has since expanded to target nearly all demographics. The document also examines Starbucks' positioning statement and brand strategy for differentiating itself from competitors as a premium coffee retailer focused on quality coffee and community.
The ppt descibes the the Branding and marketing strategies of Starbucks Under 8 functional Bracket like Logo, Standardisation, expansion, Globalisation, Co-branding, Augmented Services, Facing Competition and Pricing Strategies.
Starbucks opened its first store in 1971 in Seattle's Pike Place Market. It grew to over 20,000 stores globally by focusing on high-quality coffee, customer experience in its stores as a "third place" outside of work and home, and social responsibility. Starbucks pioneered ethical sourcing guidelines and sustainability efforts. It diversified its brand through acquisitions like Tazo Tea, Evolution Fresh, and La Boulange to offer more products. Innovation, location strategy, and loyalty programs helped drive continued revenue growth internationally.
The oscar award ppt template provide a wide variety of templates about the awards. There are number of slides in each presentation which are easy when it comes to customization. Various kind of content can be inserted such as textual content, images,videos, and various formats. The Oscar award powerpoint template is a complete package for people who are looking forward to put forward the content efficiently and effectively to a huge audience.
Starbucks started in 1971 in Seattle's Pike Place Market with one store and has grown to a global company with over 18,000 stores in 62 countries. Starbucks prides itself on customer service and high quality coffee and products. The chairman wanted to create a place for community and conversation. Starbucks offers reasonably priced products from $5 coffee to $200 coffee machines. Their target market is ages 13-40 who enjoy coffee and busy lifestyles.
Starbucks alter coffee in china [mmugm]Irwan Arfandi
Starbucks aims to expand its business internationally by tapping into new markets like China. To succeed in China, Starbucks will need to adapt its marketing strategies to local conditions and culture while maintaining its brand image. This includes adapting products to local tastes, expanding retail presence, and addressing intellectual property issues in China. Starbucks' strategy is to establish local partnerships and subsidiaries to manage global expansion and allow customized approaches in each market.
Samir Purohit is seeking a challenging career in an esteemed organization where he can enhance his professional abilities through hard work. He has over 15 years of experience in electrical maintenance roles for companies manufacturing biscuits, chocolates, wafers, ice cream, and dairy products. His experience includes maintaining production machinery from companies like IMAFORNI, HAAS, and Nielsen. He is proficient in PLC systems from Siemens, Allen-Bradley, and Omron. Purohit holds an ITI certification in Electrician and has undergone dairy technology training.
The document discusses using social media to better measure the success of Super Bowl ads compared to the traditional AdMeter methodology. It notes that social media can provide a more objective and complete picture of an ad's impact by analyzing metrics like brand awareness, love, and mindshare across multiple platforms over time, rather than just polling people immediately after the game. It provides several examples where social media rankings differed significantly from AdMeter, suggesting it may be a better way to determine ad success in the current media landscape.
Understanding Malicious Behavior in Crowdsourcing Platforms - The Case of Onl...Ujwal Gadiraju
Crowdsourcing is increasingly being used as a means to
tackle problems requiring human intelligence. With the ever growing worker base that aims to complete microtasks on
crowdsourcing platforms in exchange for financial gains,
there is a need for stringent mechanisms to prevent exploitation of deployed tasks. Quality control mechanisms need to accommodate a diverse pool of workers, exhibiting a wide range of behavior. A pivotal step towards fraud-proof task design is understanding the behavioral patterns of microtask workers. In this paper, we analyze the prevalent malicious activity on crowdsourcing platforms and study the behavior exhibited by trustworthy and untrustworthy workers, particularly on crowdsourced surveys. We define and identify different types of workers in the crowd, propose a method to measure malicious activity, and finally present guidelines for the efficient design of crowdsourced surveys.
Ink Scoop is a graphic design and animation studio based in Bangalore, India. It was started by two experienced professionals who have worked for large studios. Ink Scoop offers services like logo design, flash animation, banner design, and 2D/3D animation to both corporate clients and small businesses. Their portfolio includes logo designs for various clients.
Este documento presenta un decálogo de 10 puntos para adoptar un estilo de vida saludable. Los puntos incluyen tener una alimentación balanceada y variada, limitar el consumo de alcohol, realizar actividad física regularmente, evitar el consumo de tabaco y otras drogas, tomar medicamentos de forma racional, cuidar la salud sexual, no abusar de la exposición al sol, conducir de forma responsable, mantener una actitud positiva y participar en la comunidad. El objetivo general es vivir más, mejor y más feliz adoptando un estilo de
El documento describe la elección y consagración del sacerdocio levítico según lo establecido en el libro de Éxodo. Se seleccionaron a Aarón y sus hijos de la tribu de Leví para servir como sacerdotes. Aarón fue consagrado como Sumo Sacerdote mediante vestiduras especiales, unción con aceite y aspersión de sangre. Sus hijos también recibieron vestiduras y fueron consagrados para servir bajo la autoridad de Aarón. El oficio sacerdotal quedó establecido de forma perpetua para A
Serviempresa es el grupo líder en el suministro de material de oficina en España. Ofrece más de 10,000 productos de papelería, informática, consumibles y mobiliario de las mejores marcas. Su objetivo es seguir siendo el grupo líder en España y Europa a través de incrementar el número de asociados, mejorar el soporte a asociados y proveedores, y explorar nuevas líneas de negocio.
SINGAPORE'S BIOMEDICINE INITIATIVE PRESCRIPTION OF GROWTHANIRBAN CHOUDHURY
The document summarizes Singapore's strategy to develop its biomedical industry through significant government investment and infrastructure support. Key aspects of the strategy include building research facilities like the Biopolis science park; providing tax incentives; improving education; and creating a supportive environment through advanced telecommunications, lifestyle amenities, and strong intellectual property protection. The strategy has helped grow Singapore's biomedical manufacturing output and attract major international companies to establish operations in Singapore to take advantage of these resources and incentives.
Ingeniería especialista en tramitación de Licencia de Actividad y Apertura de Locales en Madrid. Te ayudamos a montar tu centro sanitario. Asesoramiento gratuito.
ANTHEA MISSY PORTFOLIO 2016 PART 1/2 - STREET ART GRAFFITI MURALSAnthea Missy
Anthea Missy is an independent muralist based in Brussels and traveling as much as she can to create art since 2014. Her bold style blends in abstract and figurative happy and positive scenes in a unique organic style that seems to flow on walls. Originally a free hand painter, she’s widened her range of skills with stencils, graphic design, social media and video production. Although able to paint detailed artwork at small scale, she’s mainly focused on outdoors art working with diverse materials like acrylics, brushes and spray paint.
Some of her achievements for the past 2 years since she's started as a solo artist:
- Streetart in Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Brighton, Manchester, Helsinki, Lyon, Barcelona, Hanoi, Jakarta, Bangkok, Kuala Lampur, Phnom Penh, Shanghai
- A mural of 60 m long in Hanoi Vietnam made in 4 days
- Helping rejuvenate the old Lake side Phnom Penh in collaboration with Develop Boeung Kak Project
- Painting Rooms in Japanese Hotel Ofuro
- Group shows in Paris, Brussels, London, and Phnom Penh
- Public Live Art
- Participation to street art festival Femme Fierce London
- More than 60 art videos with Facebook native reach beyond 100 K
- 20 k followers on Facebook
Progression:
Since June 2014, Anthea Missy's developed her unique style by painting on walls and canvas, being able to produce much art on diverse media by mixing ink, spray paint, acrylic paint, synthetic paint, on wood, canvas, plaster, metal, concrete, plastic.
In 2015, she's progressively experienced with bigger surfaces extending her work from simple art on wall to deeper wall preparation and creation of a unique universe in a neighborhood, considering the architectural components and audience.
In Phnom Penh she's relentlessly practiced with all sorts of walls’ states making her a true muralist.
Her work which started with abstract organic shapes has extended to comics pop figurative scenes sometimes flirting with political art with works like 'Love Bomb' a positive work made in Brussels after the attacks.
For 2016 Anthea Missy has extended her skills to graphic design with intense training in Photoshop, Illustrator and Final Cut in order to multiply the diversity of media for her art, thus being the sole designer of her art from inception to production.
Ever-challenging herself, she's set to create large murals on water in Brussels in collaboration with the community, the port of Brussels and the city to create two murals of respectively 315m2 and 210m2, her biggest project so far.
She plans to attend Sliema Arts Festival Malta in July 2016 as well as the Mood Indigo Arts Festival in Mumbai at the end of the year with footfall of more than 100 000 students of India's new generation.
She continues to prospect to create large artwork anywhere on the globe.
Website:
https://antheamissy.com
Contact by email for a mural / Design / Performance Project:
anthea.missy@gmail.com
Este documento proporciona instrucciones detalladas sobre los pasos para configurar y operar una cámara de video ENG, incluyendo ajustar los controles de blancos y negros, ganancia, filtros, diafragma, enfoque, tiempo de código, audio y más, para grabar de manera profesional.
Topography and Geological Aspects of the Western Desert
The land of Egypt forms a one million square kilometre in the northeastern corner of Africa.
The Nile Valley splits this land from south to north, east of it is occupied by the Eastern
Desert and the Sinai Desert, west of it lies the Western Desert, which is the eastern part of the Great Sahara. In the depressions of this desert, the Oases lie in a curved row almost parallel to the Nile River defined by the lines of convergence
Este documento describe el proceso de construcción de un sistema curricular nacional para Perú, incluyendo:
1) La situación curricular actual es dispersa, con múltiples documentos que carecen de coherencia.
2) Se propone un sistema curricular que articule los diversos instrumentos curriculares en torno a aprendizajes fundamentales y mapas de progreso.
3) El proceso incluirá consultas regionales, estudios técnicos y validación política para definir el marco curricular y su implementación.
El documento describe seis modelos de procesos de software: CMMI, TSP, People CMM, ISO 15504 (SPICE), MoProSoft e IEEE/IEA 12207. Para cada modelo, se detalla su origen, finalidad, estructura y registros de resultados. El CMMI es el modelo más utilizado y surgió de la integración de modelos previos como SW-CMM y SE-CMM. Los modelos buscan mejorar los procesos de software de una organización mediante niveles de madurez o capacidad de los procesos.
Este documento proporciona información sobre las partes principales de un computador de escritorio. Explica que la CPU o torre es la parte más importante porque procesa la información. Otras partes clave son el monitor para ver la pantalla, el teclado para ingresar datos, y el mouse. Además, da consejos sobre cómo cuidar el computador y evitar dañarlo.
This document discusses the role of multimedia in education. It defines multimedia as communicating in multiple ways using elements like text, audio, video, graphics, animation, and interactivity. Multimedia can enhance teaching by allowing annotations during live lectures, freeing teachers from blackboards, and facilitating collaboration. It also reviews types of multimedia presentations and considers criteria for creating presentations in PowerPoint. The document outlines the four basic functions of the Internet in education: searching for and receiving information, publishing and providing information, communicating, and collaborating. It discusses best practices for multimedia development and the standard phases of multimedia production.
Starbucks is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest coffeehouse company in the world with over 20,000 stores in 61 countries. Starbucks primarily sells coffee beverages, whole bean coffee, tea, and snacks. The company has experienced rapid expansion since the 1990s and now has stores on every continent except Antarctica. Starbucks aims to maintain its culture as it continues growing globally.
1) Starbucks faced declining sales and profits in 2008 due to the financial crisis as customers cut back on spending. CEO Howard Schultz returned to revitalize the brand by focusing on improving customer experience and coffee quality.
2) Schultz closed Starbucks stores for retraining to reinforce the coffee culture. New espresso machines and coffee blends were introduced to enhance the in-store experience.
3) Additional initiatives included a loyalty program, online customer feedback platform, and slower store expansion to strengthen financial performance during the economic downturn.
Starbucks was founded in 1971 in Seattle, Washington by three partners who were inspired by coffee roasting entrepreneur Alfred Peet. The first Starbucks outside of North America opened in Tokyo, Japan in 1996. Starbucks has since expanded globally and diversified their products, acquiring the Tazo tea brand in 1999 and Teavana tea retailer in 2012. Limited edition products help refresh the brand image and engage customers.
Starbucks began as a single coffee shop in 1971 in Seattle's Pike Place Market. It offered fresh roasted coffee beans and became known for its high quality coffee. In the 1980s, the founder traveled to Italy and was inspired by Italian coffee bars. He brought that concept back to Starbucks, making it a place for community and conversation. Starbucks has since expanded rapidly worldwide and is now the largest coffeehouse chain globally, with over 21,000 stores in 64 countries. It serves coffee drinks as well as food items but maintains its focus on quality coffee and creating a third place between work and home for customers.
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In 1971, three academics opened the first Starbucks store in Seattle's Pike Place Market, selling high-quality coffee beans and equipment. The store was an immediate success. In the 1980s, Starbucks had four stores in Seattle and had been profitable every year. In the 1980s, Howard Schultz was inspired by Italian coffee bars and convinced Starbucks to begin selling coffee drinks. This led to rapid expansion. By 1992, when Starbucks went public, it had grown to 165 stores. Today, Starbucks has over 6,000 stores globally and plans further international expansion, including into China. Starbucks faces competition from regional coffee sellers and national brands in its coffee business, and from restaurants and retailers in its coffee drinks business.
Starbucks opened its first store in 1971 in Seattle and has since grown to over 26,000 locations worldwide. While it initially struggled, CEO Howard Schultz recognized the opportunity for coffee houses and helped grow the company rapidly throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Starbucks now focuses on international expansion while facing competition from cheaper alternatives. To maintain its competitive advantage, Starbucks will need to focus on customization, international growth, and enhancing the customer experience through digital innovation.
Starbucks Corporation is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest coffeehouse company in the world. The first Starbucks opened in 1971 in Seattle and was founded by three partners who met in university. Starbucks initially only sold roasted coffee beans but later began brewing coffee. It has since expanded globally and sells coffee as well as other hot and cold beverages, pastries and snacks. Starbucks aims to balance global growth while maintaining its unique company culture.
The document provides background information on Starbucks, including its history from founding in 1971 through expansion led by Howard Schultz in the 1980s and 1990s. It discusses Starbucks' vision, mission and objectives. It also performs external analysis using PEST and Porter's Five Forces frameworks to understand the business environment and competitive landscape.
- Starbucks was founded in Seattle in 1971 by three friends passionate about fresh coffee who opened a small shop selling fresh roasted beans.
- In the 1980s, Howard Schultz joined Starbucks and was impressed by Italian espresso bars, seeing their potential in Seattle which led to Starbucks' expansion.
- Starbucks has now grown to over 16,850 locations in about 40 countries, becoming the world's largest coffee retailer through expanding its menu and focus on customer service.
Starbucks was founded in 1971 in Seattle by three friends passionate about coffee. They named it after a character in Moby Dick and began selling coffee beans and brewing accessories. In the 1980s, Howard Schultz joined and was inspired to open coffee shops after visiting Italy. Starbucks expanded across the US and globally in the 1990s. It now has over 28,000 locations worldwide and offers coffee drinks, food and merchandise.
Starbucks has successfully differentiated itself from competitors by focusing on high quality coffee and customer experience. It developed a brand image of an inviting third place between home and work. However, some of Starbucks' strategies like rapid international expansion and product diversification also led to weaknesses. Maintaining quality and brand consistency as it grows globally is an ongoing challenge. Overall, Starbucks' extraordinary success in the 1990s was due to its compelling value proposition of premium coffee in a warm, community setting.
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Starbucks began as a small coffee shop in 1971 and grew rapidly throughout the 1980s and 1990s, opening many new stores across North America and beyond. However, slowing sales growth in the 2000s led the company to close many underperforming stores in 2008-2009 as the economy declined. Under the renewed leadership of Howard Schultz as CEO, Starbucks refocused on its coffee culture and customer experience. Changes like simplifying food options and rewarding loyalty helped sales rebound. Record revenues and profits in recent years show that Starbucks' customer-centric reforms have put the company back on track after a period of philosophical and financial transition.
Starbucks Corporation was founded in 1971 in Seattle, Washington. It began as a small coffee bean roaster and seller but grew significantly after CEO Howard Schultz was inspired by Italian coffee bars. Starbucks now operates over 28,000 stores globally and has become the largest coffeehouse company in the world. The company focuses on high-quality coffee and customer experience. Starbucks bases its strategy on environmental sustainability and social responsibility. It aims to inspire communities one customer at a time.
Howard Schultz is an American businessman born in 1953 who is best known as the chairman and CEO of Starbucks. He co-founded Starbucks in 1971 and grew it into a global coffee company with over 20,000 stores worldwide. Schultz was inspired to found Starbucks after visiting Italy and being exposed to their coffee bar culture. He motivates Starbucks employees by promoting a shared vision and competitive wages/benefits. Under Schultz's leadership, Starbucks has become the largest coffeehouse company in the world.
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Starbucks entered the Philippine market in 1998 through a partnership with Rustan Commercial Corporation. Rustan's real estate and customer experience expertise helped Starbucks succeed where others had doubts. Starbucks international president at the time acknowledged it was a risk but trusted his Philippine partners. The partnership has paid off with over 195 stores in the country, exceeding initial expectations of only 25 stores due to the Philippine people and business leaders Starbucks partnered with.
Starbucks began in 1971 with a single store in Seattle's Pike Place Market. After Howard Schultz joined in 1982, he helped grow Starbucks into a global coffeehouse brand. Starbucks now has over 20,000 locations worldwide serving handcrafted coffee, tea and food. The document outlines Starbucks' history, growth strategy, brands, locations, financials and a SWOT analysis. It traces Starbucks' evolution from a small coffee bean roaster into the leading specialty coffee retailer through strategic acquisitions and international expansion.
Starbucks opened its first store in 1971 in Seattle's Pike Place Market. In the following decades, Starbucks expanded across the United States and globally, becoming a leading coffeehouse brand. Today, Starbucks has over 17,000 stores worldwide and focuses on providing excellent customer experiences, training its employees, and maintaining high ethical and social responsibility standards.
1) Starbucks was founded in 1971 in Seattle, Washington and initially only sold coffee beans. In the 1980s, Howard Schultz had the idea to open coffee shops like those he saw in Italy, serving coffee and creating a third place for the community. However, the original founders did not want to get into the restaurant business.
2) In 1987, Schultz convinced the original founders to sell Starbucks to him so that he could open coffee shops serving coffee and creating a community space. Under Schultz's leadership, Starbucks expanded rapidly across the US and internationally.
3) Starbucks focuses on creating an uplifting experience for customers through well-trained employees, comfortable seating, and digital platforms like WiFi
1. Starbucks Corporation
Type
Public
Traded as
NASDAQ: SBUX
NASDAQ-100 Component
S&P 500 Component
Industry
Restaurants
Genre
Coffee house
Founded
Pike Place
Market in Seattle,Washington (March 30, 1971)
Founder(s)
Jerry Baldwin
Gordon Bowker
Zev Siegl
Headquarters Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Number of
20,891 in 62 countries (March 22, 2013)[1]
locations
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Howard Schultz
2. (Chairman, President and CEO)
Products
Coffee • Tea • Pastries •Frappuccino
beverages •Smoothies
Services
Coffee
Revenue
US$ 13.29 billion (2012)[2]
Operating
US$ 1.50 billion (2012)[2]
income
Net income
US$ 1.38 billion (2012)[2]
Total assets
US$ 8.21 billion (2012)[2]
Total equity
US$ 5.10 billion (2012)[2]
Employees
149,000 (2011)[2]
Subsidiaries
Starbucks Coffee Company •Ethos
water • Evolution Fresh • Hear Music • La
Boulange Bakery • Seattle's Best
Coffee • Tazo • Teavana •Torrefazione Italia
Website
starbucks.com
Starbucks
Starbucks Corporation is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 20,891 stores in
62 countries, including 13,279 in the United States, 1,324 in Canada, 989 in Japan, 851 in China, 806 in the United Kingdom, 556 in South Korea, 377 in Mexico, 291 in Taiwan, 206 in the Philippines,
179 in Turkey, 171 in Thailand, and 167 in Germany.[1] In addition, Starbucks is an active member of the World Cocoa Foundation.
3. Starbucks locations serve hot and cold beverages, whole-bean coffee, microground instant coffee, full-leaf teas, pastries, and snacks. Most stores also sell pre-packaged food items, hot and cold
sandwiches, and items such as mugs and tumblers. Starbucks Evenings locations also offer a variety of beers, wines, and appetizers after 4pm.[3] Through the Starbucks Entertainment division
and Hear Music brand, the company also markets books, music, and film. Many of the company's products are seasonal or specific to the locality of the store. Starbucks-brand ice cream and coffee are
also offered at grocery stores.
From Starbucks' founding in 1971 as a Seattle coffee bean roaster and retailer, the company has expanded rapidly. Since 1987, Starbucks has opened on average two new stores every
day.[4] Starbucks had been profitable as a local company in Seattle in the early 1980s [5] but lost money on its late 1980s expansion into the Midwest and British Columbia. Its fortunes did not reverse
until the fiscal year of 1989-1990,[6] when it registered a small profit of $812,000. By the time it expanded into California in 1991 it had become trendy.[7] The first store outside the United States or
Canada opened in Tokyo in 1996, and overseas stores now constitute almost one third of Starbucks' stores.[8] The company planned to open a net of 900 new stores outside of the United States in
2009,[9] but has announced 300 store closures in the United States since 2008.[10]
Founded
The first Starbucks opened in Seattle, Washington, on March 30, 1971 by three partners who met while students at the University of San Francisco:[11] English teacher Jerry Baldwin, history teacher Zev
Siegl, and writer Gordon Bowker.
Expansion to new markets and products
The first Starbucks location outside North America opened in Tokyo, Japan, in 1996.[24] Starbucks entered the U.K. market in 1998 with the $83 million[25] USD acquisition of the then 65-outlet, UK-based
Seattle Coffee Company, re-branding all the stores as Starbucks. In September 2002, Starbucks opened its first store in Latin America, at Mexico City.
In 1999, Starbucks experimented with eateries in the San Francisco Bay area through a restaurant chain called Circadia. [26] These restaurants were soon "outed" as Starbucks establishments and
converted to Starbucks cafes.
In October 2002, Starbucks established a coffee trading company in Lausanne, Switzerland to handle purchases ofgreen coffee. All other coffee-related business continued to be managed from
Seattle.[27]
In April 2003, Starbucks completed the purchase of Seattle's Best Coffee and Torrefazione Italia from AFC Enterprises for $72m. The deal only gained 150 stores for Starbucks, but according to
the Seattle Post-Intelligencerthe wholesale business was more significant.[28] In September 2006, rival Diedrich Coffee announced that it would sell most of its company-owned retail stores to Starbucks.
This sale includes the company-owned locations of the Oregon-based Coffee People chain. Starbucks converted the Diedrich Coffee and Coffee People locations to Starbucks, although the Portland
airport Coffee People locations were excluded from the sale.[29]
In August 2003, Starbucks opened its first store in South America in Lima, Peru.[30]
In 2007, the company opened its first store in Russia, ten years after first registering a trademark there.[31]
In March 2008 they purchased the manufacturer of the Clover Brewing System. They began testing the "fresh-pressed" coffee system at several Starbucks locations in Seattle, California, New York and
Boston.[32]
4. In early 2008, Starbucks started a community website, My Starbucks Idea, designed to collect suggestions and feedback from customers. Other users comment and vote on suggestions. Journalist Jack
Schofield noted that "My Starbucks seems to be all sweetness and light at the moment, which I don't think is possible without quite a lot of censorship". The website is powered by
the Salesforce software.[33]
In May 2008, a loyalty program was introduced for registered users of the Starbucks Card (previously simply a gift card) offering perks such as free Wi-Fi Internet access, no charge for soy milk &
flavored syrups, and free refills on brewed drip coffee or tea.[34]
On November 14, 2012, Starbucks announced the purchase of Teavana for US$620 million in cash[35] and the deal was formally closed on December 31, 2012.[36]
On February 1, 2013, Starbucks opened its first store in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam,[37][38][39] and this was followed by an announcement in late August 2013 that the retailer will be opening its inaugural
store in Colombia. The Colombian announcement was delivered at a press conference in Bogota, where the company's CEO explained, "Starbucks has always admired and respected Colombia's
distinguished coffee
Orin C. Smith was President and CEO of Starbucks from 2001 to 2005.
Starbucks' chairman and founder, Howard Schultz, has talked about making sure growth does not dilute the company's culture[41] and the common goal of the company's leadership to act like a small
company.
In January 2008, Schultz resumed his roles as President and CEO after an eight-year hiatus, replacing Jim Donald, who took the posts in 2005 but was asked to step down after sales slowed in 2007.
Schultz aims to restore what he calls the "distinctive Starbucks experience" in the face of rapid expansion. Analysts believe that Schultz must determine how to contend with higher materials prices and
enhanced competition from lower-price fast food chains, includingMcDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts. Starbucks announced it would discontinue its warm breakfast sandwich products, originally intended to
launch nationwide in 2008, in order to refocus the brand on coffee, but the sandwiches were reformulated to deal with complaints and the product line stayed.[42]
Locations
As of October 8, 2013, Starbucks is present in 62 countries and territories.[1]
Transcontinental
Africa
South America
Oceania
Asia
Europe
North America
Central America and the
Caribbean
(Europe and Asia)
Turkey
Egypt
Argentina
Australia
Bahrain
Austria
Canada
El Salvador
Russia
Morocco
Brazil
New Zealand
Brunei
Belgium
United States
Guatemala
Chile
China
Bulgaria
Mexico
Costa Rica
Colombia
Hong Kong [62]
Cyprus
Puerto Rico
(2014)[61]
India
Czech Republic
The Bahamas
Peru
5.
Indonesia
Denmark
Aruba
Japan
Finland
Curaçao
Jordan
France
Kuwait
Germany
Lebanon
Greece
Macau
Hungary
Malaysia
Ireland
Oman
Netherlands
Pakistan
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Qatar
Portugal
Saudi Arabia
Romania
Singapore
Spain
South Korea
Sweden
Taiwan
Switzerland
Thailand[63]
United Kingdom
Vietnam
United Arab
Emirates
Partnerships
Starbucks has agreed to a partnership with Apple to collaborate on selling music as part of the "coffeehouse experience". In October 2006, Apple added a Starbucks Entertainment area to the iTunes
Store, selling music similar to that played in Starbucks stores. In September 2007 Apple announced that customers would be able to browse the iTunes Store at Starbucks via Wi-Fi in the US—with no
requirement to login to the Wi-Fi network)—targeted atiPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and MacBook users. A Starbucks app is available in the iPhone App Store.
Starting on June 1, 2009, the MSNBC morning news program Morning Joe has been presented as "brewed by Starbucks" and the show's logo changed to include the company logo. Although the hosts
have previously consumed Starbucks coffee on air "for free" in the words of MSNBC president Phil Griffin, it was not paid placement at that time. The move was met with mixed reactions from rival news
organizations, viewed as both a clever partnership in an economic downturn and a compromise of journalistic standards.
Starbucks and Kraft Foods entered into a partnership in 1998 to sell Starbucks products in the Mondelez grocery stores owned by the latter. Starbucks claimed that Kraft did not sufficiently promote its
products and offered Kraft US$750 million to terminate the agreement; however, Kraft declined the offer, but Starbucks proceeded with the termination anyway. In mid-November 2013, an arbitrator
awarded ordered Starbucks to pay a fine of US$2.8 billion to Kraft spin-off Mondelez International for its premature unilateral termination of the agreement.
7. Key people
Georges Plassat
(Chairman and CEO)
Products
Cash & Carry/warehouse club, convenience/forecourt
store,discount
store,hypermarket/supercenter/superstore, supermarket
Revenue
€76.127 billion (2012)[1]
Operating
€1.434 billion (2012)[1]
income
Profit
€1.233 billion (2012)[1]
Total assets
€45.844 billion (2012)[1]
Total equity
€8.361 billion (2012)[1]
Employees
364,969 (2012)[1]
Website
www.carrefour.com
Carrefour S.A. (French
pronunciation: [kaʁfuʁ]) is a French multinational retailer headquartered in Boulogne Billancourt, France, in Greater Paris.
[2]
It is one of the largest hypermarket chains
in the world (with 1,452 hypermarkets at the end of 2011[1]), the second largest retail group in the world in terms of revenue (after Wal-Mart), and the third in profit (after Wal-Mart and Tesco[3][4]).
Carrefour operates mainly in Europe, Argentina, Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but also has shops in North Africa and other parts of Asia, with most
stores being of smaller size than hypermarket or even supermarket. Carrefour means "crossroads" and "public square" in French. Previously the company head office was in Levallois-Perret, also in
Greater Paris.[5]
History
The first Carrefour store opened on 1 January 1958 in suburban Annecy near a crossroads (carrefour in French). The group was created by Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey and
grew into a chain from this first sales outlet. In 1999 it merged with Promodès, known as Continent, one of its major competitors in the French market.
Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey had attended several seminars in the United States led by "the Pope of retail" Bernardo Trujillo, who influenced them to move forward with
Carrefour idea.
8. The Carrefour group was the first in Europe to open a hypermarket, a large supermarket and a department store under the same roof. They opened their first hypermarket on 15 June 1963 inSainte-
Geneviève-des-Bois, near Paris in France.[6]
In April 1976, Carrefour launched a private label Produits libres (free products – libre meaning free in the sense of liberty as opposed to gratis) line of fifty foodstuffs, including oil, biscuits (crackers and
cookies), milk, and pasta, sold in unbranded white packages at substantially lower prices.
Asia
Country
First store
Hypermarkets
Supermarkets
Hard Discounters
Cash & Carry
1
India
2010
–
5
–
2
China
1995
231
–
–
–
Indonesia
1998
70
15
–
–
Bahrain
2008
1
–
–
–
Japan
2000
7
–
–
–
Jordan
2006
1
3
–
–
Kuwait
2007
2
–
–
–
Lebanon
2013
1
–
–
–
Malaysia
1994
26
5
–
–
Oman
2000
4
–
–
–
Pakistan
2009
2
–
–
–
Iran
2009
2
–
–
–
Iraq
2012
1
–
–
–
Qatar
2000
3
1
–
–
Saudi Arabia
2004
11
1
–
–
Syria
2009
1
–
–
–
Taiwan
1989
70
–
–
–
Thailand
1996-2011
0
0
0
0
1995
11
2
–
–
Hypermarkets
Supermarkets
Hard Discounters
United Arab Emirates[30]
[edit]
Africa
Country
First store
Cash & Carry
Egypt
2002
5
5
–
–
Morocco
2000
10
30
–
–
Tunisia
2001
1
2
–
-
Carrefour has left Algeria in 2009, and opened in Morocco.
Store brands[edit]
9. 8 à Huit store in Étretat
Hypermarkets
Carrefour, Atacadão, Hyperstar.
Supermarkets
Carrefour Bairro, Carrefour Express, Carrefour Market (Formerly Champion as of 2008), Champion Mapinomovaoe, Globi, Carrefour GB, GS, Carrefour Mini,Gima.
Hard discount stores
Dia, Ed, Minipreço.
Convenience stores
Carrefour City, Carrefour Contact, Carrefour Montagne, 5 minutes, 8 à Huit, Marche Plus, Proxi (supermarket), Sherpa, Dìperdì, Smile Market, Ok!,Express, Shopi (supermarket).
Cash & Carry
PromocashDocks Market Gross IPer
10. Target Corporation
.
Target Corporation
Type
Public
Traded as
NYSE: TGT (S&P 500 Component)
Industry
Retail
Founded
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.(1902, as Dayton Dry
Goods)[1]
Founder(s)
George Dayton
Headquarters
Target Plaza North & Target Plaza
South, Minneapolis,Minnesota, U.S.
Number of
1,921 (November 2013)[2]
locations
1,797 (U.S.) 124 (Canada)[3]
Area served
United States, Canada
Key people
Gregg Steinhafel
11. (Chairman, President and CEO)
Products
Discount department
store,hypermarket, supercenter,superstore
Revenue
US$ 73.301 billion (FY2013)[4]
Operating
US$ 5.371 billion (FY2013)[4]
income
Net income
US$ 2.999 billion (FY2013)[4]
Total assets
US$ 48.163 billion (FY2013)[4]
Total equity
US$ 16.558 billion (FY2013)[4]
Employees
361,000 (2013)
The Target Corporation is an American retailing company, founded in 1902 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largestdiscount retailer in the United States, Walmart being
the largest.[5][6] The company is ranked 36th on the Fortune 500 as of 2013 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Its bullseye trademark is licensed to Wesfarmers, owners of the
separate Target Australia chain which is unrelated to Target Corporation.
The first Target store was opened in 1962 in Roseville, Minnesota. Target grew and eventually became the largest division of Dayton Hudson Corporation, culminating in the company being renamed as
Target Corporation in August 2000. In early 2013, Target expanded into Canada and now operates over 100 locations through its Canadian subsidiary. In December 2013, a data breach of Target's
systems affected up to 110 million customers.[7][8][9]
1962–65: Founding of Target
While working for the Dayton company, John F. Geisse developed the concept of upscale discount retailing. On May 1, 1962, the Dayton Company, using Geisse's concepts, opened its first Target
discount store located at 1515 West County Road B in the Saint Paul suburb of Roseville, Minnesota. The name "Target" originated from Dayton's publicity director, Stewart K. Widdess, and was
intended to prevent consumers from associating the new discount store chain with the department store. Douglas Dayton served as the first president of Target. The new subsidiary ended its first year
with four units, all in Minnesota. Target Stores lost money in its initial years but reported its first gain in 1965, with sales reaching $39 million, allowing a fifth store to open in Minneapolis.
In January 2000, Dayton-Hudson Corporation changed its name to Target Corporation and its ticker symbol to TGT; by then, between 75 percent and 80 percent of the corporation's total sales and
earnings came from Target Stores, while the other four chains—Dayton's, Hudson's,Marshall Field's, and Mervyns—were used to fuel the growth of the discount chain, which expanded to 977 stores in
46 states and sales reached $29.7 billion by the end of the year.[18]It also separated its e-commerce operations from its retailing division, and combined it with its Rivertown Trading unit into a stand-
alone subsidiary called target.direct.[37] It also started offering the Target Visa, as consumer trends were moving more towards third-party Visa andMasterCards and away from private-label cards such
as the Target Guest Card.[10]
12. In 2001, it launched its online gift registry, and in preparation for this it wanted to operate its upscale Department Stores Division, consisting of 19 Dayton's, 21 Hudson's, and 24 Marshall Field's stores,
under a unified department store name. It announced in January that it was renaming its Dayton's and Hudson's stores to Marshall Field's. The name was chosen for multiple reasons: out of the three,
Marshall Field's was the most recognizable name in the Department Stores Division, its base in Chicago was bigger than Dayton's base in Minneapolis and Hudson's base in Detroit, Chicago was a
major travel hub, and it was the largest chain of the three.[10] Target Stores expanded into Maine, reaching 1,053 units in 47 states and $33.0 billion in sales.[30][38] Around the same time, the chain made
a successful expansion into the Pittsburgh market, where Target capitalized on the collapse of Ames Department Stores that coincidentally happened at the same time as Target's expansion into the
area.
In 2002, it expanded to 1,147 units, which included stores in San Leandro, Fremont, and Hayward, California, and sales reached $37.4 billion.[18]
In 2003, Target reached 1,225 units and $42.0 billion in sales.[18] Despite the growth of the discount retailer, neither Marshall Field's nor Mervyn's were adding to its store count, and their earnings were
consistently declining. Marshall Field's sold two of its stores in Columbus, Ohio, this year.[10]
On June 9, 2004, Target Corporation announced its sale of the Marshall Field's chain to St. Louis-based May Department Stores, which would become effective July 31, 2004. As well, on July 21, 2004,
Target Corporation announced the sale of Mervyn's to an investment consortium including Sun Capital Partners, Cerberus Capital Management, and Lubert-Adler/Klaff and Partners, L.P., which was
finalized September 2. Target Stores expanded to 1,308 units and reached $46.8 billion USD in sales.
In 2005, Target began operation in Bangalore, India.[39] It reached 1,397 units and $52.6 billion in sales.[18]
In February 2005, Target Corporation took a $65 million charge to change the way it accounted for leases, which would reconcile the way Target depreciated its buildings and calculated rent expense.
The adjustment included $10 million for 2004 and $55 million for prior years.[40]
In 2006, Target completed construction of the Robert J. Ulrich Center in Embassy Golf Links in Bangalore, and Target planned to continue its expansion into India with the construction of additional
office space at the Mysore Corporate Campus and successfully opened a branch at Mysore.[39] It expanded to 1,488 units, and sales reached $59.4 billion.[41]
On January 9, 2008, Bob Ulrich announced his plans to retire as CEO, and named Gregg Steinhafel as his successor. Ulrich's retirement was due to Target Corporation policy which requires its high-
ranking officers to retire at the age of 65. While his retirement as CEO was effective May 1, he remained the chairman of the board until the end of the 2008 fiscal year.
On March 4, 2009, Target expanded outside of the continental United States for the first time. Two stores were opened simultaneously on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, along with two stores inAlaska.
Despite the economic downturn, media reports indicated sizable crowds and brisk sales. The opening of the Hawaii stores leaves Vermont as the only state in which Target does not operate.
In June 2010, Target announced its goal to give $1 billion to education causes and charities by 2015. Target School Library Makeovers is a featured program in this initiative.
In August 2010, after a "lengthy wind-down", Target began a nationwide closing of its remaining 262 garden centers, reportedly due to "stronger competition from home-improvement stores, Walmart
and independent garden centers". Also, in September 2010, numerous Target locations began adding a fresh produce department to their stores.[42]
Target Corporation has its headquarters on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis,[54] near the site of the original Goodfellows store.[citation needed] The complex includes Target Plaza North and Target Plaza South.
Ryan Companies developed the complex, and Ellerbe Becket served as the architect. Target had the approximately $260-million complex developed to provide one location of office space for 6,000
employees. The 14-story Target Plaza North has 600,000 square feet (56,000 m2) of office and retail space, while the 32-story Target Plaza South has 1,250,000 square feet (116,000 m2) of space.[55]
Subsidiaries
As well as the main retail subsidiary, Target Stores, the company owns several other subsidiaries, which include:
Financial and Retail Services (FRS) formerly Target Financial Services (TFS): issues Target's credit cards, known as the Target REDcard (formerly the Target Guest Card), issued through Target
National Bank (formerly Retailers National Bank) for consumers and through Target Bank for businesses. Target Financial Services also oversees GiftCard balances. Target launched its PIN-based
13. debit card, the Target Check Card, which was later re-branded the Target Debit Card. The Target Debit Card withdraws funds from the customer's existing checking account, and allows for up to $40
"cash back." The debit card allows customers to save five percent of each purchase, as well as designate a school for Target's Take Charge of Education program, and accumulate pharmacy rewards.
Target Sourcing Services (TSS): This global sourcing organization locates merchandise from around the world for Target and helps import the merchandise to the United States. Such merchandise
include garments, furniture, bedding, and towels. TSS has 27 full-service offices, 48 quality-control offices, and seven concessionaires located throughout the world. TSS employs 1,200 people. Its
engineers are responsible for evaluating the factories that do business with Target Corporation for quality, as well as labor rights and transshipment issues.[56] TSS was acquired by Target Corporation in
1998, was founded in 1916 as the Associated Merchandising Corporation, and was previously owned by the clients it served.[citation needed] Target Sourcing Services ceased operations in its department
store group, the division of the former Associated Merchandising Corporation that acted as a buying office for Saks, Inc., Bloomingdale's, Stage Stores Inc., T.J. Maxx, and Marshalls.[34] Today's Target
Sourcing Services locates merchandise exclusively for Target Stores and Target.com.
Target Commercial Interiors: provides design services and furniture for office space and originated in the home furniture department at Dayton’s.[57] Currently, Target Commercial Interiors has an
unusually high market share of Fortune 500/1000 business customers, and are expanding to attract small to medium sized businesses, as well as home offices. This subsidiary has six showrooms
in Illinois, Minnesota, andWisconsin, including a first-of-its-kind retail concept store and showroom in Bloomington, Minnesota, that opened on June 23, 2005.
Target Brands: owns and oversees the company's private label products, including the grocery brands Archer Farms and Market Pantry, Sutton & Dodge, their premium meat line, Threshold, their
premium furniture line, and the electronics brand Trutech. Target issued a re-launch of the Target brand as "up & up" to include an expanded product selection and a new design. The up & up brand
offers essential commodities including household, health care, beauty, baby, and personal care products. The brand claims to offer products of equal quality to national brands at a fraction of the cost,
averaging a savings of 30 percent.[58] As of September 2009, up & up carries over 800 product offerings across 40 categories.[59] In addition, Bullseye Dog is a mascot, and the Bullseye Design and
'Target' are registered trademarks of Target Brands.
Target.com: owns and oversees the company's e-commerce initiatives, such as the Target.com domain. Founded in early 2000 as target.direct, it was formed by separating the company's existing e-
commerce operations from its retailing division, and combining it with its Rivertown Trading direct marketing unit into a stand-alone subsidiary.[37] In 2002, target.direct and Amazon.com's subsidiary
Amazon Enterprise Solutions created a partnership in which Amazon.com would provide order fulfillment and guest services for Target.com in exchange for fixed and variable fees. After the company
sold Marshall Field's and Mervyn's in 2004, target.direct became Target.com. The domain target.com attracted at least 288 million visitors annually by 2008, according to aCompete.com survey.[60] In
August 2009, Target announced that they would build and manage a new Target.com platform, independent of Amazon.com. This new platform was to launch in 2011, in advance of the holiday season.
Prior to the announcement, Target and Amazon had extended their partnership until 2011.[61] In January 2010, Target announced their vendor partners for the re-platforming project. These partners
include Sapient, IBM, Oracle, Endeca, Autonomy, Sterling Commerce and Huge, among others.[62] The re-platformed Target.com officially launched on August 23, 2011, effectively ending the
partnership with Amazon.com.[63]
Stores
Target is a chain of discount stores that are about 95,000 to 135,000 square feet (8,800 to 12,500 m2) and carry hardlines, softlines (clothing), and a limited amount of groceries, mostly non-perishable.
Specifically, Target stores carry clothing, shoes, jewelry, health and beauty products, electronics, compact discs, DVDs, bedding, kitchen supplies, sporting goods, toys, pet supplies, automotive
supplies, and hardware supplies. They also carry seasonal merchandise such as patio furniture during the summer and Christmas and Hanukkah decorations during November and December. Many
stores, depending upon location, may also have Target Optical, Target Clinic, and a portrait studio. Most new locations built after 2004 include Target Photo, Target Pharmacy, Starbucks Coffee, Jamba
Juice, and/or a Pizza Hut Express standard in addition to "Target Café". It has also been reported that Cold Stone Creamery and Target have signed a deal to test in-store ice cream shops in three
stores.[64] In early 2010 Target updated all references from "Food Avenue" to "Target Café".
While many Target stores share a fairly common big-box store layout, the company has been flexible with its designs. Target operates unique stores across the country in urban locations or within malls,
in which a standard one-story building would not be feasible. These stores encompass multiple floors with both sales floor area and offstage areas such as offices or storage rooms spanning a number
of these floors. Vertical transportation is provided in the store by escalator, elevator, or shopping cart conveyor, a specialized escalator for carts.
14. The first Target stores included leased supermarkets in addition to general merchandise, which during the time was a common practice by discount retailers as they attempted to offer a one-stop
shopping experience to customers. Douglas Dayton stated in 1967 that "we believe that the discount-grocery store is a necessary ingredient in what we offer the customer. After all, food sales are about
40% of all department store-type merchandise sales, so the two kinds of stores go hand-in-hand and are what people think of when they think of a discount store." However, by the end of the decade,
Target started moving away from this general merchandise and leased supermarket practice. In 1969, Target opened its first store consisting of only general merchandise.[21] As an effort to continue to
compete and stand out in the competitive U.S. food market, meat and produce were placed with grocery in two general merchandise Target stores as a test project in early 2009, and many stores are
now being expanded to new and re-modeled locations.[65]
In the past, the one-hour photo processing labs were not owned by Target but by Qualex, a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak, and were staffed by employees of Qualex, not Target. However, in June 2005,
Target announced that they would replace the Qualex photo labs with their own labs running Kodak equipment, and would staff them with Target employees. Unlike the previous Qualex labs, all photo
processing is done "in house", including next-day, digital, and Kodak Perfect Touch processing, although a few labs have been replaced with "send-out" only service with a self-service Kodak Picture
Kiosk. A select number of "test" stores are running with Fujifilm equipment instead of Kodak.[66] Target has also partnered with Yahoo! Photosfor online photo services, including ordering prints online for
one-hour store pickup. This ended in September 2007. Target Photo now partners withKodak Gallery, Shutterfly, and Photobucket.
By September 2010, Target Stores with garden centers had stopped stocking live plants and most garden supplies. In about 350 of its stores, Target used some of the space to stock an expanded
selection of fresh food, meat and produce, with the remaining 700 stores gaining space for seasonal items.[42]
PFresh
During 2009, a new store prototype was developed for general merchandise stores. These stores, dubbed PFresh, include an array of perishable and frozen foods, meat, and dairy. Produce selections
include select, barcoded fruits and vegetables, and pre-bagged items like bananas to eliminate the need for scales and weight-based pricing. They do not have an in-house bakery or deli, but carry a
small number of baked goods and pre-packed deli items. Product includes a few national brands, but heavily focus on Target's owned-brand products such as Archer Farms and Market Pantry. The
initial rollout of PFresh included about 100 stores. Most of these were existing stores that remodeled and expanded space to accommodate the new grocery layout, but some newly built stores that
opened in 2009 incorporated the new format as well. The PFresh concept was to be rolled out across 350 stores, either by remodel or as new store openings, by 2010. On average, a PFresh store is
about 1,500 square feet (140 m2) larger than a general merchandise Target store, but is not labeled a SuperTarget as these stores' grocery aisles are still markedly smaller than those of the
hypermarket.[67]
SuperTarget
SuperTarget is a chain of hypermarkets that are about 174,000 sq ft (16,200 m2)[68] and feature double entrances on one-story stores. The first SuperTarget opened in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1995 and is
the largest at 204,000 square feet (19,000 m2). The second SuperTarget opened in Lawrence, Kansas, the same year.[69] As of October 2008, Target operated 218 SuperTarget stores in 22 US states,
the majority of which are in Texas and Florida, with sizable numbers in Minnesota and Colorado.[18][70]
Until 2006, the store logo spelled "Super" in green script, while newer locations are signed in red block letters in theHelvetica typeface in favor of a streamlined brand look.[17] These stores offer
everything found in a regular Target as well as a full grocery selection, fresh produce, bakery and deli, with most locations having a Target Optical. Many SuperTargets featureStarbucks Coffee, Pizza
Hut Express, Taco Bell Express, Target Pharmacy, The Studio @ Target (a portrait studio), Target Photo, Target Mobile (a wireless kiosk), and a Wells Fargo bank or U.S. Bank. In the past, some
SuperTargets featured an E-Trade trading station in place of a bank, though E-Trade removed all of their SuperTarget branches in June 2003[71] without any prior notice. Mitchell Caplan, E-Trade's CEO
at that time, said, "We were not able to make it into a profitable distribution channel...[w]e're better off exiting." E-Trade also sent a letter of notification to their customers informing them about this
change. Select stores in Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina and Virginia have a new Target Clinic concept.[72] Unlike other hypermarkets, such as most Walmart supercenters,
SuperTargets are not open 24 hours.
15. CityTarget
On February 15, 2011, Target announced plans to open a new store concept, called CityTarget. The first stores were opened in July, 2012, in Chicago,Seattle, and Los Angeles.[73][74][75] The Chicago
store allocates approximately 55,000 square feet (5,100 m2) to its sales floor. CityTarget stores carry groceries, prescriptions, cosmetics, clothing, electronics, toys, and apartment essentials such as
furniture, linens, and kitchen utensils. Certain items too bulky for urban apartments or for customers to carry are not stocked in CityTarget stores, even if they are stocked in suburban Target stores.
Urban stores
Target has used its urban store concept to open multiple-story stores in city centers, such as in Annapolis, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, San Diego, Washington, D.C., Atlanta,
Miami, New Orleans, Minneapolis (within the corporation's headquarters complex), Glendale, California, Pasadena, California, Portland, Oregon, Stamford, Connecticut, and Homewood, Alabama.[76] In
July 2010, a Target store opened in New York's East Harlem.[77] The company also opened an urban store in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood in July 2011.[78] In March 2012, as part of its
Canadian expansion, an urban store opened in downtown Mississauga. It is the largest Target store in Canada, and one of the main anchors of the Square One Shopping Centre.
Building stores in urban environments carries an elevated cost which is offset by the high potential for business that urban locations can bring in. The Target store located on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis
features a three-story glass entrance and a design that sets it apart from suburban Target stores. This urban store alone cost Target Corporation US$16.3 million.[79] The urban concept has also been
used to convert SuperTarget stores from former Bullock's, Montgomery Ward, J. W. Robinson's, Robinsons-May and Younkers stores.