Starbucks’ Schultz: from cocky to vulnerable

Postcards - from Fortune.comhttp://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/07/31/starbucks-schultz-from-cocky-to-vulnerable/ [Postcards - from Fortune.com] Seeing Starbucks (SBUX), once America’s model retailer, post it’s first-ever quarterly loss, you realize how dire the retail category is these days. Just about everybody except the low-price players like McDonald’s (MCD), Wal-Mart (WMT) .

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Right Punditshttp://www.rightpundits.com/?p=1804 [Right Pundits] First Kentucky Fried Chicken Opens In Iraq: Maybe the plan here is to slowly kill them with trans fats and obesity. Just think of all the oil revenue they can spend on our American culture like McDonalds, toys and television shows.

CTD Webloghttp://pogger.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/irefutbale-proof-the-us-has-won-the-war-in-iraq/ [CTD Weblog] IREFUTBALE PROOF THE US HAS WON THE WAR IN IRAQ: The first sign the United States has won a war”¦is when there is a Kentucky Fried Chicken on one Corner and a McDonalds on the other. However when you see a Starbucks being opened or a Ben and Jerry Ice cream store.

The Market Guy[The Market Guy] The Market Guy #34: A Day in the Life of Business Television: 4:31: BNN is discussing Starbucks and the fact that the coffee company isn’t doing as well since it decided to open stores in less affluent neighbourhoods. You mean those near the poverty line aren’t waiting 10 minutes to pay $7 for a .

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Posted at August 1, 2008 09:31 AM

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