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By Apryl Duncan, About.com Guide to Advertising since 2000

Unemployment is Down, Starbucks is Up

Friday August 8, 2003
People heading back to work are pouring, no pun intended, into Starbucks. Unemployment has hit a five month low and Starbucks profits are up 23 percent. The specialty coffee retailer didn't start out so strong. Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, wrote a great book about how the company got started and how they positioned the brand into a worldwide success story.

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