Starbucks Closing Stores

After posting the weakest sales period in the company's history, Starbucks announced that it would be closing 100 stores. What do you think?

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  “Where am I supposed to go now to seem important, harried, and in a huge rush?”

  Cathy Ripp –
  Systems Analyst

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  “Instead of closing stores, they can boost sales by going back to basics and focusing on their original business of opening stores.”

  Keith Pettersen –
  Janitor

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  “See, I knew that neighborhood boycott I organized in 1991 would work.”

  Paul Oppenheimer –
  Rare Stamp Seller