Starbucks Rolls Out Customer-Focused Changes
Posted Mar 19, 08 2:46 PM CDT in
Business
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A customer-loyalty card, a new website and upgraded brewing machines highlighted changes in store at Starbucks, the Wall Street Journal reports, with CEO Howard Schultz using today's annual meeting to re-focus the firm on quality of customer experience. The card will offer rewards for regulars at the coffee giant, which aims for a social-networking flavor with its new internet presence.
The firm will also purchase the Seattle-based manufacturer of a specialty coffee machine that will allow it to sell higher-end brews. Schultz, who returned for a second stint amid efforts to boost tanking stock prices, apologized to shareholders: "I humbly recognize and share … your disappointment in how the company has performed,” he said. “I promise you, this will not stand."
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Wall Street Journal
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