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Starbucks Coffee is a company that offers extraordinary coffee to its customers. It takes great pride in its retail service and providing great services to its customers. Howard Schultz, inspired and fascinated by Milan’s coffee culture in Italy, convinced his company (a shop in Seattle’s Pike Place Market) to set up an espresso bar in the corner of its only downtown Seattle shop. He envisioned coffeehouses as a “third place” to relax and enjoy others’ company that would be separate from home or work. As soon as Starbucks’ founders decided to sell, Schultz immediately bought the company. Schultz began opening new stores which sold whole beans and premium-priced coffee. When Schultz decided to take the company public, people were doubtful, but Schultz ignored and sold the company publicly. Starbucks raised more then $25 million and all proceeds went to grand openings of new stores. This was a start to a dominant specialty company. Without even......

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