Coffee chain Costa Coffee has just launched its Express service – or coffee on the go - in home base UK. But for the moment, it rules out plans to enter this segment in India. Instead, the focus here...
Walmart, America's cheap and cheerful retailer, is setting up a London team to launch into Europe.The $193bn US retail giant, which is finalising the details of buying a South African grocery chain this week, will bring a team to...
Not since the Rock and Roll McDonald’s has the company of the yellow arches attempted to look so cool. McDonald’s Corp. is undertaking a $1 billion-plus remodeling that it hopes will make it look young and hip by 2015,...
Starbucks, one of the world's largest coffee cafe chains, has posted a 10 per cent increase in net revenues at $2,785.7 mn for the second quarter ended April 3, 2011.
The increase was driven primarily by a seven percent rise...
In 2008, Starbucks set forth some bold green goals for company-wide efficiency, sourcing and sustainability in general. The company’s most recent report highlights significant progress made toward those goals in 2010, particularly in green building and renewable energy.According to...
Starbucks is celebrating 40 years of sourcing, roasting and serving the world's highest quality coffee this month by rolling out its new in-store look focusing on the iconic Siren, and a simultaneous global launch of handcrafted and artfully made...
Starbucks has launched its mobile payment application in all its company-operated stores in the US, allowing customers to pay for in-store purchases with select smartphones. Building on the earlier introduction of Starbucks Card Mobile App for select BlackBerry smartphones,...
Taking the first step towards entering the Indian market, US-based Starbucks, one of the largest coffeehouse chains in the world, has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tata Coffee Ltd. The MoU will create avenues of collaboration...
Two premium fashion brands in India – Hidesign and Kazo – are upbeat about establishing themselves as a truly global Indian brand. From Puducherry to stores in Australia, United States, Norway, Russia, United Kingdom, Greece, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, United...
A report by Bharat Book Bureau, market research information aggregator, says that the coffee marketers and foodservice operators moved in the opposite direction during the 2009 recession in US, digging out of the trench of 2008 with a variety...