8:24am ET
Investing
McDonald’s: Management Matters
McDonald’s was in pretty bad shape in late 2003, as a recent AP article points out. The stock is up from $12 then to $55 today. The AP attributes the improvement to…
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11:58am ET
Retail
Founder Defends Starbucks (SBUX)
Howard Schultz, the founder of Starbucks (SBUX) defended his company’s growth plans in an interview with The New York Times. His two points for investors in the company are that Starbucks has…
9:41am ET
Investing
Time For Starbucks To Raise Its Dividend
Of course, Starbucks (SBUX) does not have a dividend. But, they might want to revisit that. Starbucks’s is no longer a growth stock, at least not in the classic sense. Its shares…
5:08am ET
Retail
The Death Of Starbucks Growth
According to Bloomberg rising sales of McDonald’s (MCD) coffee prompted Marc Greenberg, a Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. analyst in New York, in June to reduce his Starbucks stock-target price by 14 percent…
3:19am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/12/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Sony (SNE) will begin to launch new versions of it Blu-ray recorders in it battle against the HD DVD format. Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) has won exclusive rights…
7:07am ET
Retail
McDonald’s Kicks A– Again
Every man, woman, and child in most developed countries must be eating at McDonald’s (MCD). August same-store sales rose 8.1% in August. The company showed impressive strength in the US, Asia/Pacific, the…
4:54pm ET
Retail
Starbucks: Is The World Running Out Of Coffee?
The chairman of Starbucks (SBUX) says that there will be a shortage of the beans for very high end coffee. Fear not. SBUX has already locked up supply due to it huge…
12:20pm ET
Retail
Caribou Flirting With All-Time Lows On 52-Week Lows (CBOU, SBUX, PEET)
Caribou Coffee Company (NASDAQ:CBOU) is in a bit of a strange spot. It is in the formerly-hot lounge and coffee destination. They also have the ‘sit and chill’ or ‘work on the…
Douglas A. McIntyre 8:56am ET
Investing
Krispy Kreme Sinks To The Bottom
In 2003, you could pick up shares of Krispy Kreme (KKD) for $49. This morning, the are down 19% to $5.10 on bad earnings. Revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2008…
3:14am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/6/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Countrywide (CFC) will eliminate 900 jobs. Reuters writes that Apple (AAPL) is looking for higher sales and Europe launch of the iPhone as part of the reason it cut…
5:50pm ET
Retail
Cramer’s New Caffeine Pick (PEET, SBUX)
Tonight, Jim Cramer compared Peet’s Coffee & Tea Inc. (NASDAQ:PEET) to Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) as an obituary pick on CNBC’s MAD MONEY. It wasn’t praise or criticism, just reviewing a company after the…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:49am ET
Retail
Can Starbucks Lay Seige To Russia?
During WW II, the German army found out just how hard it is to invade Russia. Napoleon discovered the same thing 150 years earlier. Now, Starbucks (SBUX) want to come to Russia,…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:13am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/4/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barrons’
According to Reuters, American Blind & Wallpaper Factory Inc has dropped its long-running suit against Google (GOOG) for running ads for competitors when search results for a company appear. Reuters writes that…
7:19pm ET
Retail
A Shotgun Wedding For Starbucks
Starbucks (SBUX) is not doing very well selling convincing investors that coffee sales in its stores are rising at an acceptable rate. The company’s stock is down 22% this year. So, the…
5:16am ET
Investing
Starbucks (SBUX) Fires Back At Dunkin’ Donuts
Earlier in the week, Dunkin’ Donuts made a big deal about its new plan to team up with Procter & Gamble (PG) to sell its coffee at retail outlets like Wal-Mart (WMT)…