Howard Schultz, the coffee mogul contemplating an independent run for the White House, is staffing up his tech team with heavy-hitters in the latest hint that he’s preparing to formally… Read More
As CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz grew his company alongside another massive Seattle-based corporation: Amazon. The two ambitious companies took different paths to dominance. Starbucks set out to open a… Read More
Rosalind “Roz” Brewer, chief operating officer at Starbucks, has joined Amazon’s board of directors, the Seattle tech giant announced today. Brewer, who was the first woman and first black chief… Read More
Can Howard Schultz make a serious run for U.S. president? Can Zillow’s Zestimate be beaten? And can I find my freakin’ AirPods? Those are just a few of the burning… Read More
Howard Schultz took a lot of heat this week after announcing that he’s seriously considering running for president in 2020 as a “centrist independent” candidate. But his confidence has not… Read More
Howard Schultz might as well have named his latest book, “I am running for president. And this is why you should vote for me.” If you’re remotely curious about what’s… Read More
As CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz got into the habit of signing his memos to employees, “Onward, Howard.” The sign-off, which was also the title of Schultz’s 2011 book, reflected… Read More
Update: Schultz tweeted that he is”seriously considering” a presidential bid. I love our country, and I am seriously considering running for president as a centrist independent. — Howard Schultz (@HowardSchultz)… Read More
Starbucks is partnering with Uber to expand its delivery service as the coffee giant looks for new ways to reach customers. At its annual investor day in New York, the… Read More
Starbucks wants the Third Place to be a more welcoming place. The Seattle-based global coffee giant is planning to take steps in 2019 to block customers from viewing pornography on… Read More
Krish Srinivasan, former CFO of Seattle international money transfer startup Remitly, has found his next gig, and it’s in a new realm for the tech veteran. Srinivasan joined PCC Community Markets,… Read More
Indochino, the Vancouver, B.C., based custom clothing company, has added its first independent board member: Lululemon CTO Julie Averill. “Indochino’s extraordinary growth over the past few years has been impossible… Read More
Many economists see automation as a major threat to jobs, but experts in the world of the Internet of Things speaking at the GeekWire Summit leaned into the concept, saying… Read More
Howard Schultz had just returned from a trip to Poland, where he had a sobering experience at the Auschwitz concentration camp. At the time, he was on the eBay board of… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Two months after Starbucks announced a phase-out of plastic straws, the Seattle-based coffee company is pledging to build and operate 10,000 so-called “greener stores” by 2025.… Read More
Ah, yes, it wouldn’t be fall without … wait. It’s not even Labor Day yet. Well, that doesn’t matter for lovers of the Pumpkin Spice Latte, an annual Starbucks concoction… Read More
Amazon’s Treasure Truck is refueling today — on caffeine — as pickups in the Seattle area are taking place inside select Starbucks locations. Monday’s deal on the roaming truck is… Read More
A legal battle over 3D-printed guns is heating up once again. Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a new lawsuit this week to prevent a Seattle-area group from publishing blueprints online… Read More
For technologies that have been billed as the future of payments, it’s really hard to actually use digital currencies like Bitcoin or Etherium to buy things in the real world.… Read More
Today’s featured stories Apple becomes first American public company to be worth $1,000,000,000,000 — briefly Starbucks and Alibaba to integrate apps and partner on delivery as coffee culture takes hold… Read More
Starbucks will integrate its online store and customer rewards program with Alibaba’s popular apps and online services, used by more than 500 million people in China, and launch a new delivery… Read More
Starbucks added 6 million “digitally-registered customers” since it rolled out a new strategy in March to bolster 1-to-1 marketing outreach with non-rewards member consumers. Starbucks made the announcement as part… Read More
The average Joe may sometimes like his coffee black, but it’s never strictly red or blue. Starbucks has built itself into a global coffee giant with a bipartisan customer base.… Read More
Starbucks just had one of its worst days on Wall Street in the past several years, as shares dipped nearly 10 percent Wednesday after the coffee giant said it would… Read More
Starbucks has more than 28,000 stores around the world, and increasingly each one looks and operates different than the last. In Seattle and Shanghai are its high-end Reserve Roasteries —… Read More
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A year after handing over the reins to new CEO Kevin Johnson, long-time Starbucks leader Howard Schultz is stepping down from his role of executive chair of the company’s board.… Read More
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The most popular mobile payments platform is not built by Google, Apple, or Samsung. It’s actually Starbucks, according to new data from eMarketer. Starbucks is a tech company: Why the… Read More
[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up for… Read More