... downtown Seattle, as the first Starbucks Caffe Latte was served with success (Starbucks, 2014). The success of the coffeehouse concept and Schultz's ambition, initiated Schultz to found Il Giornale, a coffeehouse offering brewed coffee beverages and espresso in 1985. In 1987, Il Giornale acquired Starbucks assets for 3.8 million dollars (Entrepreneur, 2008) with the help and backing of local investors, merged the stores with ... Il Giornale, and changed the company's name to the Starbucks Corporation. This was a big acquisition as the total number of stores escalated to seventeen and be...

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