05/11/2011
It’s not the economy. Or the cost-cutting.
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz told Britain’s Sky.com that the chain’s focus on improving its offerings and encouraging innovation as opposed to cost-cutting and store-closings are the reasons for its turnaround.
“You can’t “cut your way to prosperity,” Schultz said. “You have to create growth and opportunity.”