THE STORES STARBUCKS IS CLOSING SEEM TO BE IN AREAS OF GROSS DUPLICATION...OR WITH VERY LOW TRAFFIC VOLUMES....
SOME OF THE STRIP MALL STORES IS LOWER INCOME AREAS...ARE CLOSING.
ALL STRIP MALLS ARE NOT EQUAL...SOME WHERE JUST MISTAKES....
THE WRONG LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION...AND IT APPEARS THAT STARBUCKS TOOK A CHANCE WITH THESE LOCATIONS...IN THE FIRST PLACE.
NONE OF MY HABITUAL VENUES ARE CLOSING...WHICH IS GOOD TO HEAR...
I AM SORRY, TO SEE THE STORE IN BAKER, CALIFORNIA CLOSED...
THAT WAS A NICE FIRST COFFEE STOP BETWEEN VEGAS AND LA....
BUT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE FROM THE ROAD SO UNLESS YOU KNEW WHERE IT WAS YOU'D PROBABLY MISS IT...
AND OF COURSE THE LOCALS WHERE NOT STARBUCKS COFFEE DRINKERS! SOME SMALLER TOWNS HAVE TRADITIONAL COFFEE VENUES, THAT THE TOWN FOLKS REFUSE TO GIVE UP WHEN A STARBUCKS MOVES IN...
THE STORE ON THE 16TH STREET MALL BY WYNKOOP IN DENVER WAS A TOTAL DUPLICATION OF THE TWO OTHER OUTLETS A FEW HUNDRED FEET AWAY...
YOU DON'T NEED A STARBUCKS ON EVERY BLOCK...NO MATTER HOW BIG THE TRAFFIC VOLUME IS...
