Starbucks Closing Stores

Friday, February 1, 2008

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

Cathy Ripp,
Systems Analyst
"Where am I supposed to go now to seem important, harried, and in a huge rush?"

Keith Pettersen,
Janitor
"Instead of closing stores, they can boost sales by going back to basics and focusing on their original business of opening stores."

Paul Oppenheimer,
Rare Stamp Seller
"See, I knew that neighborhood boycott I organized in 1991 would work."

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