Howard Schultz

Starbucks Taps Former PepsiCo Executive as Next CEO

Starbucks has named Laxman Narasimhan as its next CEO. Narasimhan will relocate from London to the Seattle area to join the company…

WSJ: Starbucks’ Next CEO Will be External Hire

Starbucks Corporation has confirmed Howard Schultz will remain as interim CEO until Q1 2023 while the retailer’s board searches for a new…

Starbucks’ Employee Investments Reach $1 Billion as Company Warns That Unionized Stores May Not Benefit

Starbucks will invest more in its associates and stores to increase pay, modernize training and collaboration and advance store innovation. The retailer…

Atlanta Apple Store’s Workers Become Company’s First to Formally Request a Union

Apple retail store workers at the Cumberland Mall location in Atlanta filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board…

WSJ: Starbucks Working on Better Benefits for Workers — but Unionized Stores Won’t Be Eligible

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz reportedly has announced that new benefits are being developed for associates but that they can’t legally be extended…

Starbucks Founder Howard Schultz to Return as Interim CEO Following Retirement of Kevin Johnson

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson will retire after five years as CEO, effective April 4, 2022. Johnson will continue to serve Starbucks as…

Starbucks Five-Year Plan: 12,000 New Stores And A Focus On China

While Howard Schultz’s upcoming retirement as Starbucks’ CEO has sparked many questions about the coffee giant’s future direction, the company certainly isn’t…

Howard Schultz To Step Down As Starbucks CEO In April 2017

One of the country’s best-known CEOs, Howard Schultz, will give up that role effective April 3, 2017. This will mark the end…

NRF BIG Show Recap: Editors’ Perspectives, Session Recaps

Following is an overview of the NRF BIG Show 2013, featuring editorial perspectives from Debbie Hauss, Editor-in-Chief of Retail TouchPoints and Alicia…

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan To Keynote During NRF 2013

Last year, hot topics during the NRF Big Show 2012 included cross-channel, digital signage, mobile technology and social networking. One year later,…

Starbucks/Square Agreement Helps Spur Local Business Growth

Expensive interchange fees associated with credit/debit card payment processing, cumbersome merchant application procedures and mandatory credit checks are just a few reasons…