Comments on: Commentary: Starbucks Via Instant Coffee – Breaking the Brand http://www.thirdwayblog.com/starbucks/commentary-starbucks-via-instant-coffee-breaking-the-brand.html Just another WordPress site Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:36:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: targeted advertiseme http://www.thirdwayblog.com/starbucks/commentary-starbucks-via-instant-coffee-breaking-the-brand.html#comment-1524 targeted advertiseme Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:14:20 +0000 http://www.thirdwayblog.com/post-types/commentary/commentary-starbucks-via-instant-coffee-breaking-the-brand.html#comment-1524 Personally I think that this is a very wise marketing decision. The economy is getting worse by the day, people are having to cut back on discretionary spending and a $4 coffee no longer seems lika a good idea. Instead of accepting their own demise Starbucks have branched out and attempted to grab a chunk of a market that will be expanding very quickly over the next year. just m2c Personally I think that this is a very wise marketing decision. The economy is getting worse by the day, people are having to cut back on discretionary spending and a $4 coffee no longer seems lika a good idea. Instead of accepting their own demise Starbucks have branched out and attempted to grab a chunk of a market that will be expanding very quickly over the next year.

just m2c

]]> By: David Eisaiah Engel http://www.thirdwayblog.com/starbucks/commentary-starbucks-via-instant-coffee-breaking-the-brand.html#comment-1523 David Eisaiah Engel Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:45:05 +0000 http://www.thirdwayblog.com/post-types/commentary/commentary-starbucks-via-instant-coffee-breaking-the-brand.html#comment-1523 David - thank you for this very unique, well-executed article. It made remember my shock when my mom handed me a tube of instant coffee from Starbucks. I never imagined the people that charge $3.00 for a cup of cold coffee come up with something like this... Interesting take on how it may be affecting the brand. David – thank you for this very unique, well-executed article. It made remember my shock when my mom handed me a tube of instant coffee from Starbucks. I never imagined the people that charge $3.00 for a cup of cold coffee come up with something like this… Interesting take on how it may be affecting the brand.

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]]> By: Mark Witzling http://www.thirdwayblog.com/starbucks/commentary-starbucks-via-instant-coffee-breaking-the-brand.html#comment-1521 Mark Witzling Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:09:14 +0000 http://www.thirdwayblog.com/post-types/commentary/commentary-starbucks-via-instant-coffee-breaking-the-brand.html#comment-1521 David makes interesting observations about Via and its place in the Starbucks branding strategy, most notably that Via is a continuation of an evolving move away from the original Starbucks brand strategy. I wonder, however, whether this move was inevitable given the scale of the Starbucks brand and the entrance of new competition in its core space over time. Early on, the story goes, Howward Schultz struggled with the decision to permit Baristas to make low-fat expresso drinks, fearing the trade-off in taste would diminish the core essence of the brand. My point is that over time, the core brand itself has migrated. The "third place" vision that has become synonymous with retail Starbucks locations was not necessarily the true original vision of the brand. Orginally, it was about bringing the excpetional taste of Italian coffee to the U.S.. So, ultimately brands evolve. More branding disucssion at MarketingWitz.com David makes interesting observations about Via and its place in the Starbucks branding strategy, most notably that Via is a continuation of an evolving move away from the original Starbucks brand strategy. I wonder, however, whether this move was inevitable given the scale of the Starbucks brand and the entrance of new competition in its core space over time. Early on, the story goes, Howward Schultz struggled with the decision to permit Baristas to make low-fat expresso drinks, fearing the trade-off in taste would diminish the core essence of the brand. My point is that over time, the core brand itself has migrated. The "third place" vision that has become synonymous with retail Starbucks locations was not necessarily the true original vision of the brand. Orginally, it was about bringing the excpetional taste of Italian coffee to the U.S.. So, ultimately brands evolve. More branding disucssion at MarketingWitz.com

]]> By: rose http://www.thirdwayblog.com/starbucks/commentary-starbucks-via-instant-coffee-breaking-the-brand.html#comment-1520 rose Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:59:13 +0000 http://www.thirdwayblog.com/post-types/commentary/commentary-starbucks-via-instant-coffee-breaking-the-brand.html#comment-1520 there's a great article about the new starbucks product over at the naming & branding blog 'on the button.' have a look: <a href="http://onthebutton.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/starbucks-via/" rel="nofollow">http://onthebutton.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/starb...</a> there's a great article about the new starbucks product over at the naming & branding blog 'on the button.' have a look: http://onthebutton.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/starb…

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