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Two of Seattle’s top employers are taking the gloves off and pulling no punches in the wake of a newly passed tax on companies making more than $20 million a… Read More
Starbucks just confirmed a previously rumored deal to license its consumer packaged goods business to Nestle, but at a much higher price than expected. Under a new alliance between the… Read More
Shares of Starbucks fell slightly in after-hours trading after the company posted its quarterly financial results on Thursday. The Seattle coffee giant reported $6 billion in revenue, up 14 percent… Read More
This week’s going to be a doozy in the Seattle tech scene. On tap are a trio of IPOs from Washington state companies — two from the Seattle area and… Read More
With all the sensitive news about Facebook and privacy hovering menacingly over the Internet this week, it seems an odd time for Starbucks to begin “forcing” consumers to register so… Read More
I’m sitting in the cafeteria of Building 25 on the sprawling Microsoft headquarters with an Oculus Rift headset strapped on my head. Swiveling from side to side, looking like a… Read More
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Since rolling out free WiFi in its U.S. stores nearly eight years ago, Starbucks has asked customers to simply accept terms and conditions in order to connect to its public… Read More
How about a little blockchain with your coffee? Starbucks is the latest company to consider the use of blockchain technology. The Seattle-based giant announced today that it will start a… Read More
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Lisa Conquergood has taken quite a journey in the startup world. She was the chief marketing officer of photo-editing service Picnik when the startup was bought by Google. She then… Read More
While many physical retailers have closed stores or gone out of business with the rise of e-commerce, Starbucks has been “the rare exception.” That’s what Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said today… Read More
The pay gap between men and women doing similar work has been a persistent issue in the U.S. for decades. RELATED: Starbucks pledges $10M to support development of recyclable, compostable… Read More
Starbucks said Tuesday it is pledging $10 million toward a new initiative to develop a recyclable coffee cup within three years. Starbucks is teaming up with Closed Loop Partners‘ Center… Read More
Updated with statements from J. Crew and Brotman. Adam Brotman, who led Starbucks digital business, including its Mobile Order and Pay initiative and in-store Wi-Fi efforts, is leaving the coffee… Read More
The dictionary defines art as “the expression or application of human creative skill or imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated… Read More
Shares of Starbucks dipped in after-hours trading after the Seattle coffee giant beat earnings estimates and just missed on revenue projections. Starbucks posted non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.65 (expectations were… Read More
OK, coffee, geeks, here’s some real innovation for you, courtesy of Starbucks. The Seattle coffee giant — caffeinating folks across the planet for decades — today rolled out a new… Read More
Starbucks is opening a new store every 15 hours in China, but there was one in particular that caught the attention of the world this week. That would be the… Read More
Starbucks is going bigger and geekier with its second Roastery location. The coffee giant on Tuesday will open the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Shanghai, a 30,000 square-foot retail location that… Read More
The number of disasters this past year — including devastating hurricanes and multiple refugee crises — have strained the charitable resources of tech companies eager to do good in the… Read More
Shares of Starbucks were down 6 percent Thursday after the coffee giant missed on earnings expectations for its fourth quarter. The company posted $5.7 billion in revenue, which was flat… Read More
How are we going to make it through the holidays without a WAR ON CHRISTMAS? If past holiday offerings from Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks had you seeing red over the… Read More
Will Microsoft’s quantum computing technology be a hardware division unto itself, like Xbox, or something that the company offers to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), like its traditional Windows business for… Read More
Executives, scientists, and politicians say the darnedest things. The casual-yet-focused discussions on stage at the GeekWire Summit led top names across the entire range of the technology spectrum to share… Read More
As Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson took the stage this morning to kick off the 2017 GeekWire Summit, a giant structure with bloodshot eyes, made of more than 500 used Starbucks coffee cups… Read More
Over the past decade, traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have gone through a massive disruption as digital tools and the internet change the way people shop. Many have seen in-store sales drop substantially,… Read More
Three of Washington state’s biggest companies say they won’t stand for President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) program. Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks have filed statements of… Read More
Kelly Smith is ready for another adventure. The longtime Seattle entrepreneur who most recently helped lead Starbucks’ digital expansion across the world is now headed to Las Vegas to work… Read More