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Starbucks Has a 2020 Problem

January 29, 2019 · 6:19 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Starbucks chairman emeritus Howard Schultz is a long shot to win the White House, but a sure bet to create headaches for the coffee chain he turned into a global empire,” Axios reports.

“Schultz and Starbucks are tied at the hip, which means they’ll need to work together. Kind of like Mitt Romney and Bain Capital in 2012. For Schultz, that means quickly identifying supporters in upper Starbucks management (including in the communications and legal departments), and leveraging those people when the campaign needs time-sensitive answers.”

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