Starbucks – International markets

A brief trip to Starbucks in Mexico – San Miguel de Allende

September 15, 2010

A reader in Mexico sent me some photos of his favorite Starbucks. This Starbucks is in the town of San Miguel de Allende, which is a tourist destination in the eastern part of Guanajuato. These are stunning photos. This Starbucks is in a very old historic building, and the store design team preserved as much [...]

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One more trip to Starbucks in the Netherlands

September 4, 2010

It was just a little over one week ago that this blog took a trip to the Sloterdijk train station in Amsterdam, where the most recent Netherlands Starbucks opened in July of this year. We’re heading back to the Netherlands again, this time to see a few pics of other Starbucks in this country. As [...]

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Starbucks around the globe continues: Sloterdijk Amsterdam

August 20, 2010

Our Starbucks journey around the globe continues: Next stop, Amersterdam. This Starbucks is in the Sloterdijk train station in Amsterdam, and is the most recent to be opened in the Netherlands. It was opened July 2, 2010. Here’s an odd piece of trivia: In the Netherlands, every single Starbucks is located in a train station [...]

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More cool merch from Starbucks Japan and a look at Iced Via in Japan

July 25, 2010

It’s time to take another look at the really cool merchandise available in Starbucks in Japan. Thanks to the amazing Noboru Sakamoto, I again have the chance to show off the super cool merchandise items available only in Japan and to point out the curious “Iced Via” being sold there. Starbucks is selling an “unsweetened” [...]

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Starbucks in Antwerp, Belgium

July 22, 2010

Our journey to visit Starbucks all over the world continues: Next stop, Antwerp, Belgium: A reader traveling through Belgium stopped into a Starbucks in Antwerp and took the attached photos. I dug through the Starbucks Belgium’s facebook page and learned that this special store had its grand opening on February 24, 2010, and it is [...]

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Starbucks opens its first LEED registered store in Japan

June 16, 2010

On May 26, 2010, Starbucks announced the opening its first store to be LEED registered in Japan, located in Ohori Park. I’ve heard from a number of people that the store actually first opened on April 26, 2010. The official My Starbucks Idea blogs have a good blog entry explaining what LEED certification is, so [...]

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Starbucks Japan has all the cool Via Ready Brew/ Coffee Essence schwag

May 21, 2010

When it comes to merchandise for Via Ready Brew, Starbucks Japan is the mother-lode. They got all the cool schwag. It’s unbelievable. I’m so jealous and I do not understand why Starbucks plans tons of cool merchandise for Japan, but here in Seattle, we’re left out in the cold and rain. Thanks to Noboru Sakamoto [...]

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Die Starbucks Reise um der Welt fährt weiter: Nächste Haltepunkt – Deutschland

April 22, 2010

Liebe Leser jetzt kommen wir nach Deutschland, wo wir verschiedene KaffeeKarten anschauen können. Sebastian, ein großer Starbucks fan in Deutschland, hat mir diese Karten geschickt. Bevor ich weiter schreibe, muss ich etwas Wichtiges erklären: Ich schreibe/spreche Deutsch nicht fließend! Verzeiht mir die vielen vielen Fehler die in diesem Beitrag steht. Ich versuch’s mal irgendwie. Ich [...]

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Starbucks Via Ready Brew launches in Japan on April 14, 2010 and letter from Howard Schultz

April 13, 2010

The high quality coffee in an instant, Starbucks Via Ready Brew, launches in Japan Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Japanese customers finally get to try and experience this amazingly easy and versatile instant coffee. My favorite use for it is still to mix it with a bubbly water in the summer for an amazing iced drink. [...]

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Starbucks in the Philippines: The experience around the globe and chalk art adventures continue

April 10, 2010

I received an email recently from a loyal Starbucks customer in the Philippines who is also regularly reading this blog. The customer particularly enjoyed my previous blog entry on the art contest. For those of you who don’t remember that, it’s here: Barista art chalkboard art contest: Entries and Winners The previous chalkboard art blog [...]

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