From independent presidential bids to third-parties, several prominent businessmen have tried to upend America's two-party ...

Starbucks pulled out 30,000 comfortable seats, installed hard wooden stools, blocked electrical outlets and turned stores into takeout counters for customers picking up orders off its mobile app.

Many investors and financial observers regard Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) as one of the great American success stories of the last 50 years. In 1977, Howard Schultz opened the first Starbucks in Seattle.

In Starbucks’ world, the “partner” refers to the company’s employees. It’s the person wearing the green apron, the barista, ...

The changes come after Starbucks took a hit when its baristas went on strike before Christmas, global sales dropped and ...

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol earned a reputation on Wall Street as a miracle worker for wounded restaurant brands like Taco ...

Starbucks’ longtime leader Howard Schultz envisioned the company’s stores as a location where people could relax that wasn’t their workplace or their home, designing stores for people to ...

‘Third place’ The appeal to customers to sit down in stores again is part of CEO Brian Niccol’s “Back to Starbucks” strategy.

But Starbucks struggled to maintain this identity as it built drive-thru stores and catered to the rise of mobile orders, which now make up more than a third of Starbucks’ sales.

Starbucks is pioneering the ‘coffeehouse of the future’ with comfy chairs and couches as its CEO pushes to reimagines stores ...

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol pitched his turnaround strategy to store managers at the company’s Leadership Experience in Las Vegas.