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in Seattle, Washington by three partners: Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel, Gordon Bowker.
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the store moved to Pike Place.
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Entrepreneur Howard Schultz joined the company
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proposed to its partners to extend the operation of sale of coffee beans, with the sale of espresso coffee and others, which was rejected by these because it considered that this new activity would distract the original objective of the company, also estimated that coffee was something which had to be prepared at home.
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howard Schultz opened his own chain of coffee shops under the name Il Giornale in 1985, taking the name of a newspaper published in Milan. A year earlier, the three original owners had decided to buy the company of Alfred Peet, Peet's, and to sell the Starbucks chain to Howard Schutz, who in turn decided to change the name of its company Il Giornale by Starbucks.
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In 1987 the new chain of Starbucks coffee shops opened its first premises in the outskirts of Seattle and in Chicago.
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since then the shares have had sustained growth reaching 39 dollars in 2006. Since that year the trend has been downwards reaching 2008 17 dollars
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opened in Tokyo
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opened another premises in the city of Leeds, through the acquisition of the British chain Seattle Coffee Company that owned 60 coffee shops in the United Kingdom, the merger was made, changing the name to Starbucks, the company extended its activities to international level.
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several premises were vandalized during this manifestations
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In April 2002 Starbucks opened the first two establishments in Madrid and in July, two others in Barcelona
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In September 2002 they opened their first branch in Mexico.
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The first Starbucks facility in South America was inaugurated on August 20, 2003, which is located in Lima, the capital of Peru.
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At the beginning of 2004 the first Starbucks establishment in France opened in the square of the Opera in Paris
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In April of 2003 Starbucks bought other companies of the group extending to 6400 premises and in 2006 negotiated with the firm Diedrich Coffee for the acquisition of its premises and stores.
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first store
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the company announces its entry into Colombia
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opening its first store in July 2014
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On September 1, 2016, the first store was opened in Medellín, in the exclusive sector of El Poblado. With 16 stores in Bogotá and in Medellín, with a total of 21 Starbucks in the country.
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Since we entered the market in 2014, our focus has been on brand growth, attracting strong talent to our stores, creating opportunities for our partners (employees) and providing a welcoming place for our clients to meet with friends and family to enjoy a great cup of Colombian coffee.
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We are evaluating different locations in the main cities of Colombia, such as Cali
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Colombia is one of the most interesting and dynamic coffee markets in the world, and customers expect innovation and new experiences that are exciting when they visit any coffee shop.
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we plan to have 50 locations and more than 1,000 employees in Bogotá, Medellín and other major cities in Colombia.