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Starbucks Bans Smoking Within 25 Feet of Stores Policy goes into effect June 1

If you are a coffee-and-smokes type of person, you'll probably find hanging out at Starbucks a bit annoying in a few days. The Seattle-based giant will restrict smoking within 25…

May 30, 2013, 1:34 PM EDT

Starbucks Is Open for Business in Vietnam Brand seeks to compete with traditional brew in Asian expansion

Starbucks opened up shop in Ho Chi Minh in February, and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said that sales have exceeded expectations so far. Still, Vietnam may prove a challenge for…

May 20, 2013, 12:43 PM EDT

Starbucks WiFi Gets Even More Ad-Supported Via Boingo Wireless Adds video spots, banners after customers connect

Aside from the guys who post up in a coffee shop for hours with an iMac to play World of Warcraft or stream Game of Thrones in the airport terminal…

April 14, 2013, 8:36 AM EDT

Starbucks Cherry-Picks Sephora to Fill CMO Role Sharon Rothstein jumps to coffee giant

Starbucks today named Sharon Rothstein as its new global CMO, pulling the industry vet away from women's fashion retailer Sephora—where she served as svp of marketing since May 2009. The coffee…

March 18, 2013, 2:31 PM EDT

Name the Event, and Some Marketer Will Be Ready to Exploit Social Media Marketing takes a big leap thanks to Oreo’s genius blackout Twitter ad

During the Oscars this Sunday night, nimbly crafted ads highlighting both golden moments and gaffes will stream into Twitter and Facebook feeds. And don’t be surprised next month if new-Pope-themed…

February 18, 2013, 7:51 AM EST

Starbucks Pushes 'Snow Day' on Facebook, Twitter Coffee giant uses clever real-time ad buy

When reports of an impending East Coast snowstorm started going around Wednesday, Starbucks' marketing team in New York called up the brand's headquarters in Seattle and quickly pieced together a…

February 8, 2013, 3:50 PM EST

The World's Buzziest Brands Products we can't stop talking about

NBCUniversal Integrated Media launched the Brand Power Index (BPI) in 2010 to pinpoint the 500 brands consumers are talking about the most. The BPI’s methods for measuring the impact of…

February 5, 2013, 12:34 AM EST

Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Jan. 18-25 Nike counts on Kobe, Barclays counts your pennies, and you can count on the Guinness clock

This week, Starbucks shows some love for the most hated day of the week, Dean Winters brings more mayhem for Allstate, and Internet Explorer—like many of us—is nostalgic for the…

January 25, 2013, 8:42 AM EST

Starbucks Tries to Make You Hate Mondays a Little Less Animated U.K. spot celebrates the day's history

Starbucks is rebounding from recent image problems in the U.K. (something about tax payments, I think) with this ad for its Monday coffee special. The spot, from AMV BBDO, suggests…

January 24, 2013, 10:30 AM EST

Facebook, Twitter Push Dunkin' Donuts West Quick-server enters California thanks to social media

Dunkin' Donuts—a Starbucks rival that's been a New England/East Coast mainstay for decades—announced today that it's finally entering the southern California market in 2015. Dunkin' Donuts CEO Nigel Travis said…

January 16, 2013, 2:46 PM EST

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