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  • Expert Advice: Avoiding Wage & Hour Class Actions

    The statement  “class action for wage and hour violations” has become an all too familiar phrase in the retail industry. The issue is also a dynamic one with constant changes from year to year, and even month to month. The bad news is that the number of wage and hour class actions filed on a daily basis continues to rise. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the number of FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) cases filed in the federal court is more than five times the number 20 years ago.    

  • Report - Square still working with Starbucks

    San Francisco – Although the mobile payment partnership that Starbucks and Square launched in 2012 will soon be ending, Square is reportedly still actively working with Starbucks. According to the San Francisco Business Journal, Square is publicly informing its users that Starbucks is using Square technology to process payments at 7,000 stores.  

  • Starbucks anticipates record gift card purchases Dec. 24

    Seattle - Starbucks Corp. anticipates record purchases of Starbucks gift cards on Dec. 24, citing the trend for customers to push their gift card purchases later and later. In 2013, more than 2 million Starbucks Cards were purchased in the U.S. and Canada on Christmas Eve, representing nearly 1,500 cards purchased per minute.  

  • Report – Starbucks CEO, top execs sell millions of shares

    Seattle – Top executives of Starbucks Corp., including chairman, president and CEO Howard Schultz, reportedly sold a combined total of 448,320 company shares for about $37.54 million, an average of $83.74 each, on Dec. 9 and 10, 2014. According to Barrons.com, Schultz exercised options and sold shares for a total of $28.95 million, and also gifted 175,000 shares, leaving him holding about 16.78 million shares.  

  • Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room, Seattle

    Take a video tour of Starbucks's newest retail format, which will serve as launchpad for a 100-store premium coffee chain. 

  • Starbucks’ new Roastery format dazzles; will serve as launchpad for 100-store chain

  • Starbucks’ five-year plan heavy on new store formats, food growth and mobile

    Seattle - Starbucks Coffee Company isn’t resting on its laurels. The chain’s five-year strategic growth plan—unveiled Thursday at its biennial Investor Day—includes new store formats,  expanded food offerings, and digital initiatives.  

  • The Container Store and more opening stores at Westchester’s Ridge Hill

    Yonkers, New York - Forest City Ratner Companies, owner and developer of Westchester’s Ridge Hill in Yonkers, New York, announced that The Container Store will occupy 25,000 sq. ft. on Market Street across from The Whole Foods Market Yonkers.   
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