Starbucks merchandise/retail

Flashback to 1999 – Starbucks creates Joe Magazine and it tanks.

March 12, 2011

One of the more intriguing chapters in the history of Starbucks is Joe Magazine.  This was a magazine produced by Starbucks in the summer of 1999 in partnership with Time Inc.  There is a good archived Seattle Times article about this magazine here.  Before I talk about Joe Magazine I first want to say that [...]

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The Starbucks Limoges Boxes – Gems from the 1990s (Open thread)

March 1, 2011

In the 1990s, Starbucks had several styles of Limoges boxes produced for them and sold in their stores.  Limoges is not actually the name of a company, but rather a region in France where these porcelain boxes are produced.  I only own one of several porcelain boxes that were sold.  The bottom of these boxes [...]

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Starbucks Sakura 2011 merchandise in Japan

February 15, 2011

Starbucks in Japan just released their Sakura 2011 merchandise.  I know I said that there would be no new blog posts for one week, but I couldn’t pass this up.  It’s beautiful cherry blossom-designed merchandise which includes a tumbler, mugs, a bearista bear, a Sakura flavor for a latte and the  Frappuccino, and a special [...]

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An old logo mug. A snow globe. An open Starbucks thread.

February 12, 2011

An old logo mug:  The mug in this photo has the first version of the Starbucks siren on it.  There was ever briefly (in 2008 only) another version of this same brown Siren but slightly modified to be more modest.  The 2008 version of the original logo was the same except the Siren had more [...]

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Memorable merchandise moments in Starbucks history: Children’s writing box

February 9, 2011

This children’s writing activity lunch box sold in the 1990s at Starbucks, and it is a unique gem.  Only the packaging ribbon around it gives away that it was once a Starbucks item.  My understanding is that this item dates from some time between 1993 and 1998.  As you may recall, I previously wrote about a trip [...]

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Here are the Starbucks wine glasses you’ve always wanted.

February 4, 2011

For the wine drinkers of this blog, I present to you Starbucks wine glasses.  Since one doesn’t normally find wine glasses at Starbucks, I thought I’d show these off because perhaps many customers and partners have never seen these merchandise items.  Starbucks sells two different kinds of wine glasses and there are only three stores [...]

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This was your chance to share your favorite Starbucks mug and story to go with it.

January 30, 2011

At the beginning of January 2011, I asked you to send me a photo of your favorite Starbucks mug and tell me why it is your favorite.  Here was the blog article asking for your pics: Your favorite Starbucks mug – 30 easy $5 Starbucks gift cards This is what you sent me: your mug [...]

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I really love my Starbucks planner: Thank you @SbuxIndonesia

January 27, 2011

I want to share with you an amazing merchandise item from Indonesia: A Starbucks planner.  At the end of December I got a gift in the mail from Romie Johanes who is a Starbucks partner in Jakarta, and he is also the official voice of @SbuxIndonesia.  It’s been a number of years since any planner [...]

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The Valentine’s Day box: Memorable merchandise moments in Starbucks history

January 13, 2011

Memorable moments in Starbucks merchandise history continued:  A loyal reader of this site sent me an email of a Valentine’s Day box sold at Starbucks not too long ago.  I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to dive one more time into the era of Starbucks merchandise long gone by.  This little pink box, complete with cards, [...]

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Memorable merchandise moments in Starbucks history: Paper clips

January 12, 2011

Another round of interesting Starbucks history at StarbucksMelody.com:  In the 1990s, Starbucks tried selling a variety of things in their stores.  Sometimes I think that is what made it so fun.  The customer was always going to be surprised at what they might find for sale in their local store.  These Starbucks “Critters” paperclips are [...]

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