The reintroduction of Starbucks' 'buy something or leave' should be seen in the context of a dramatic shift in the global coffee industry, writes Adam Maguire.

Starbucks (SBUX) is making big changes in the name of safety. In lieu of its 2018-era goal to become the “third place” where people hang out, Starbucks has a new “Coffeehouse Code of Conduct.” This ...

In a Tuesday earnings call, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the coffee giant will cut 30% of its menu offerings this year as ...

But on the other hand, it sort of became the go-to place for a lot of ... blanche policy on bathrooms. Howard Schultz, who was then the executive chairman of Starbucks, announced it all in a ...

The market's very upbeat reaction to Starbucks ' fairly lackluster results. Brian Niccol's "Back to Starbucks" plan and the ...

Since taking the helm of Starbucks in early September ... So it's easy to imagine Schultz advocating the "Third Place" strategy back then, as part of his "theater". But Chris Hydock, a Business ...

Starbucks said employees would receive training on enforcing the new policy. The new rules reverse an open-door policy put in place in 2018 ... Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz said he didn ...

But while boomerang employees left because of regret, this isn't the case for boomerang bosses. The data from SideHustles.com found that 66% of boomerang bosses were invited to come back.

US retailers like Starbucks that bill themselves as a so-called "third space"—a gathering ... But in 2022 interim chief executive Howard Schultz said the policy might have to end, owing to ...