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Marketing Segmentation Of Starbucks

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Starbucks Corporation is the biggest coffee house company in the world. Starbucks opened its first shop in Seattle, Washington in 1971 at Western Avenue and was then moved later was then moved to Pike place Market, by three partners called Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker. But Starbucks become profitable only in the late 1980s where it started to expand very quickly. Since 1987, Starbucks had inaugurated an average of two new stores every two days. Furthermore Also Howard Shultz joined he company ad a director for the retailer marketing and operations, from that moment Starbucks started to provide coffee to espresso bars and fine restaurants.
Starbucks sells cold and hot drinks, micro-ground and whole-bean coffee and various snacks. Most of the stores are also provided with hot and cold sandwiches and also with different items such as tumblers and mugs. Starbucks operates with 20.000 coffee houses in more than 60 countries. It is considered the number 1 coffee house brand chain in the world. Starbucks mission statements that came out in 2013 is “to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighbourhood at a time.”

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The target customers were women aged between 24 and 44, well educated, wealthy and professional. The aim for Starbucks was to obtain company growth by providing its costumers with the best experience. The customers appreciated to be called by name by the waitresses in the shop and to chat with them during their stay at Starbucks. The company originally had the aim to open 10.000 new stocks in only 4 years time and right after Mr Schultz pressed to build 40.000 new Starbucks stocks. The comfortable and pleasant atmosphere made people fall in love with Starbucks and desire to come back even more than once a

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