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...Directed by Michael Schultz...
...HOWARD SCHULTZ by Barbara Kiviat...
Remember when a cup of coffee was a commodity, a 50¢ mug of joe that came in three flavors: black, with sugar and with cream? That was before 1985, when Howard Schultz opened his first Seattle coffeehouse--later named Starbucks--and taught caffeine-craving consumers from Birmingham to Bangkok that what they really wanted was a $4 venti extra-hot triple-shot latte, easy on the foam. With 7,500 shops in 34 countries--plus supermarket sales--ringing up revenue north of $4 billion a year, Starbucks has become a global iconic consumer brand, as well as the place millions...
...Schultz didn't invent good coffee, of course, much less cafe culture. But he did mass-produce and Americanize both, which, as the familiar story goes, led to their globalization. The company helped stem a long decline in U.S. coffee consumption and taught the food industry the attractions of affordable luxuries. "It's like Marshall Field's in the 19th century," says Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn. "When someone does something big, ripples follow." Starbucks continues to expand, having entered coffee-conscious France earlier this year. Schultz, who drinks black drip, says the company plans to have at least...
...James Friedman, Jane Lederman; Bernard Goldberg, Adele Rubenstein; Hiram Gans, Ethlyn Holzman; Milton Kramer, Helen Schultz; Nathaniel Lyons, Jeanette Lockwood; Frederick Strans, Barbara Landsburgh; Ezra Salinget...