barista Archives - Third Eyesight https://myechoproject.com/TES/tag/barista/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:36:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 Coffee startups chase growth despite losses https://myechoproject.com/TES/coffee-startups-chase-growth-despite-losses/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/coffee-startups-chase-growth-despite-losses/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:36:00 +0000 https://www.thirdeyesight.in/?p=7044 Viveat Susan Pinto, S Shanthi (Financial Express) 13 July 2026 India’s new-age coffee chains are accelerating expansion despite continuing losses, as investors bet that the country’s under-penetrated branded cafe market can deliver long-term growth. Third Wave Coffee plans to open 100 cafes this financial year while targeting company-wide break-even. Blue Tokai aims to expand from […]

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]]> https://myechoproject.com/TES/coffee-startups-chase-growth-despite-losses/feed/ 0 Depresso! Cafés go through the grinder https://myechoproject.com/TES/slowdown-in-growth-of-cafe-chains/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/slowdown-in-growth-of-cafe-chains/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:03:00 +0000 https://www.thirdeyesight.in/?p=6640 Sagar Malviya, Economic Times 9 January 2025 Starbucks, Barista, Chaayos and Third Wave Coffee are among café chains facing the brunt of a slowdown in discretionary consumer spending. The impact is more severe for these retailers as they opened hundreds of new stores last fiscal year even as losses widened. To be sure, smaller chains […]

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]]> https://myechoproject.com/TES/slowdown-in-growth-of-cafe-chains/feed/ 0 Leadership Change at Starbucks – The Barista Returns? https://myechoproject.com/TES/leadership-change-at-starbucks-the-barista-returns/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/leadership-change-at-starbucks-the-barista-returns/#respond Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:28:16 +0000 http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/?p=11 Starbucks faced the classic problem of any company scaling up (especially a retail brand) - how to be large without being bureaucratic, how to be efficient without losing the soul of the brand, how to be consistent without losing the differentiation edge. Will this change now, with the return of Schultz at the helm? The other question is whether, for iconic brands that are more than just the physical product or service being sold, can a 'professional CEO' ever take the place of the founder(s), replicate their passion & vision and maintain the integrity of the brand? I believe there are examples to support both answers: 'Yes' and 'No'.

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]]> https://myechoproject.com/TES/leadership-change-at-starbucks-the-barista-returns/feed/ 0 “The Commoditization of the Starbucks Experience” – Soul Searching by Howard Schultz https://myechoproject.com/TES/the-commoditization-of-the-starbucks-experience-soul-searching-by-howard-schultz/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/the-commoditization-of-the-starbucks-experience-soul-searching-by-howard-schultz/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:07:23 +0000 http://thirdeyesight.in/blog/?p=10 A few weeks ago there was an immense buzz about an email that was apparently leaked from Starbucks. Chairman Howard Schultz apparently had written this to CEO Jim Donald, and there was immense speculation about whether it was fake or a genuine leak. Well, Starbucks itself put that mystery to rest by confirming the e-mail’s […]

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