Starbucks Earnings Show Same-Store Sales Slid Amid Turnaround Effort

The C.E.O., Brian Niccol, said the coffee chain’s turnaround was in progress, and sales in China increased for first time in more than a year.

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How to Panic Italians? Jack Up the Price of Espresso.

Prices for coffee beans have risen, but in a country where coffee drinking is a ritual, customers demand cheap espresso. That has left coffee bars in a bind.

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How Yemeni Cafes like Haraz Coffee House Are Building Momentum and Community

For cafes like Haraz Coffee House, riding a wave of interest nationwide in late-night, alcohol-free gathering spaces means embracing the franchise model.

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Starbucks Baristas Stage Walkouts Over Dress Code Change

Their union objected to the unilateral policy change. Starbucks said the disruption has been minimal.

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Starbucks Profit Drops, but Leaders Say Turnaround Is Working

Profit fell 50 percent in the quarter, and the company said one reason was its hiring of additional workers to help its turnaround strategy.

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Where Have All the ‘Third Places’ Gone?

The term, coined by a sociologist in the 1980s, refers to informal public spaces where people can linger — and some say they’re disappearing.

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Starbucks to Lay Off 1,100 Corporate Workers

The jobs cuts, which will affect about 7 percent of the chain’s non-retail staff, are part of its new chief executive’s plan to win back customers.

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Starbucks and Workers United Union Agree to Contract Mediation

A labor agreement, covering more than 500 U.S. stores, would be the company’s first. Talks stalled last year over wages.

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Starbucks Reports Weak Earnings as It Tries to Woo Back Customers

Traffic is down, but improving. “Much of our work is just beginning,” said Brian Niccol, the chief executive.

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Specialty Coffee Shops and Parisian Cafes

The city’s traditional cafes and bistros are staking out their cultural territory in an emerging duel against highly caffeinated upstarts serving up latte art.

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