It's everywhere
The photo was taken in Fujigawa Service Area of Tomei Express Way. This will be the Starbucks closest to Mt. Fuji. You can see it very close from this place. This shop will be open this Friday (15th).
This year is the 10th anniversary for Starbucks Japan. They opened their fist shop in Japan in August of 1996. In the same year, they opened 2 other shops. They grew rapidly since then.
1997: add 9 more (Total 12) all in Tokyo area
1998: 28 (40) First Kansai Area shop opened
1999: 57 (97)
2000: 97(194)
2001: 127(321)
2002: 113(434)
2003: 69(503)
2004: 40(543) They started licensing business.
2005: 8(551)
2006: 51(602)
* deta from company Information Timeline & History (http://www.starbucks.co.jp/en/company_history.htm)
Their sales have been growing constantly. The prfitability has been changing.
What do you think of Starbucks? Do you drink coffee?
What do you think of what you have been doing? Do you like what you do?
posted by takeshi66 @ 7:49 PM
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I'm always challenged when faced with a company like Starbucks which grows quickly, while at the same time seemingly continuing the same quality.
How do they do that?! How do they find and train and deploy good people to serve, manage, and lead each store? Why can they manage that with coffee, but other organizations don't seem to grow beyond what the owner or leader can manage by himself?
I am inspired by the reproducibility of Starbucks.
hi Takeshi! my name is helena, i came across your entry looking for things on Starbucks on the net. i'm doing a research on Starbucks in Japan. i understand it's very popular, and i'm trying to figure out what it is exactly that Starbucks has that appeals to japanese people. could you tell me - what is it that you personally like/dislike about it? helena
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