Comments on: A Tipping Point for Starbucks? http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/08/starbucks-tipping-point/ Obstinately objective Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:43:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: stubbornmule http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/08/starbucks-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 stubbornmule Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:46:28 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1174 Now <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/aug2008/pi20080818_372022.htm" rel="nofollow">Maverick Capital and other large investors have bailed out of Starbucks</a>. Maybe they read this post! Now Maverick Capital and other large investors have bailed out of Starbucks. Maybe they read this post!

]]> By: Online Data and Charts with Swivel « A Stubborn Mule’s Perspective http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/08/starbucks-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-1153 Online Data and Charts with Swivel « A Stubborn Mule’s Perspective Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:42:38 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1153 [...] users to easily upload, share and explore data. As an example, I uploaded the Starbucks data from my previous post and here is the chart that Swivel [...] [...] users to easily upload, share and explore data. As an example, I uploaded the Starbucks data from my previous post and here is the chart that Swivel [...]

]]> By: stubbornmule http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/08/starbucks-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-1145 stubbornmule Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:39:42 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1145 @Michael Michael: have a look <a href="http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/29061924" rel="nofollow">here</a> if you would like to make a closer study of the underlying data. @Michael Michael: have a look here if you would like to make a closer study of the underlying data.

]]> By: Michael Michael http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/08/starbucks-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 Michael Michael Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:39:31 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1146 I like it - thanks to the Mule's disparagement of my eyesight, I've also commented on Beyond Digital Media. I smell a drop in market share for the Mule! Graph that! I like it – thanks to the Mule’s disparagement of my eyesight, I’ve also commented on Beyond Digital Media. I smell a drop in market share for the Mule! Graph that!

]]> By: stubbornmule http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/08/starbucks-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 stubbornmule Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:45:33 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1148 @Brendan: Just read <a href="http://beyonddigitalmedia.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/starbucks-eats-itself/#comment-16" rel="nofollow">your comment</a> over on BeyondDigitalMedia. @Brendan: Just read your comment over on BeyondDigitalMedia.

]]> By: stubbornmule http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/08/starbucks-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 stubbornmule Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:09:46 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1147 @Matthew: I'm sure that the broader economic weakness is a significant factor in the US. Here in Australia, there seems to be a more specific problem for Starbucks. @Matthew: I’m sure that the broader economic weakness is a significant factor in the US. Here in Australia, there seems to be a more specific problem for Starbucks.

]]> By: stubbornmule http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/08/starbucks-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-1149 stubbornmule Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:03:03 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1149 @Michael Michael: that's just your eyes letting you down. It actually starts at one in 1971 (when the first Starbucks store opened by Pike's Market in Seattle). The first jump up is 1987 when they opened 17 new stores. @Michael Michael: that’s just your eyes letting you down. It actually starts at one in 1971 (when the first Starbucks store opened by Pike’s Market in Seattle). The first jump up is 1987 when they opened 17 new stores.

]]> By: Brendan Carmody http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/08/starbucks-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-1151 Brendan Carmody Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:55:45 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1151 This is definitly worth a comment! So I did so, on the Beyond Digital Media site... This is definitly worth a comment! So I did so, on the Beyond Digital Media site…

]]> By: Michael Michael http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/08/starbucks-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-1150 Michael Michael Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:52:09 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1150 Why does that chart have ~20 years of 0 stores? I've deducted marks in the past for that kind of sloppy graphery... Why does that chart have ~20 years of 0 stores? I’ve deducted marks in the past for that kind of sloppy graphery…

]]> By: Matthew http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/08/starbucks-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-1152 Matthew Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:08:44 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1152 Take a look at this article from the Big Picture blog detailing an extraordinary amount of retall closures going on in the USA in the past few weeks : http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/08/the-us-banking.html This is bigger than just coffee! Take a look at this article from the Big Picture blog detailing an extraordinary amount of retall closures going on in the USA in the past few weeks :

http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/08/the-us-banking.html

This is bigger than just coffee!

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