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MAR 2007

How Starbucks Strayed

Case Study: Automatic Espresso Machines, Day-Old Food and Plastic Chairs

Advertising Age, March 5, 2007 — In the wake of the Starbucks "Memo Shot Round the World" from Chairman Howard Shultz on the looming commoditization of its brand, we asked the experts how they would restore the mythical Starbucks Experience.

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