Good magazine is looking to increase its subscriber base and up its contributions to global non-profits — that is, to “do well by doing good” — by playing the “name-your-own-price” game for subscriptions. Good has donated 100% of its subscription revenue to nonprofit organizations since its launch two years ago. The magazine is hoping that [...]
The International Council of Shopping Centers predicts 5,770 store closings this year, which would mark a year-over-year of 25 percent. Included in the group will be: Starbucks, Foot Locker, Pacific Sunwear, Ann Taylor and Zales, which plan to close more than 1,200 store locations, combined. Other retailers, not planning closures, are scaling back on expansion and delaying new [...]
The pharmacy and pharmacy services company joins a list of retailers abandoning the longstanding practice of reporting monthly store sales or forecasting annual profits. Starbucks, Macy’s, J.C. Penny and Jos. A. Bank have become similarly stingy with sales data or forecasts. The New York Times (Apr. 17, 2008)
AT&T’s roughly 12 million broadband users will have free wireless access at 7,000-plus Starbucks locations in the U.S., as a result of the partnership between the coffee purveyor and AT&T Inc. Starbucks loyalty card members will have two free hours of use a day, beginning this spring. Other customers can pay for access, either by [...]