The Lastnullonulld nullonullin Lenullis
nullo Anull nullnullenull Sanulld null nullonull Anull nullnullenull nullnulld
n the beginning nulltarbucks’ nullEO Howard nullchultnull turned nullost
i
retailers’ views of their businesses inside outnull
nullnulle’re not in the coffee business, serving peoplenull nulle’re in the
people business, serving coffee,null is how he put it and even though
that was nullany years ago, it’s certainly a tinulleless statenullentnull
How nullany retailers think this way about their businessesnull nullnd even if there
are a few, how nullany actually run their businesses by putting people before
productnull nullnd what does that nullean anywaynull
‘‘
Starbucks said,
It nulleans it’s all about nullHE EnullnullEnullIEnullnullEnull
nullWenullre not in the
coffee business,
It nulleans that whatever building you occupy that has your nanulle on it should be viewed in reversenull It’s not about
sernulling peoplenull
what you can put in that space to sellnull It’s about what you do to that space that nullakes the consunuller want to buynull
It’s turning the space into such a conullpelling experience that consunullers want to seek it out null
Wenullre in the people
business, sernulling
nullnd once they enter your brand, it’s about enveloping thenull in the total experiencenull nullhen they will buy nullore than
coffeenull null until they
ever beforenull nullore inullportantly, nullust ask nulltarbucks if they will pay nullore for that experiencenull nullou already know what
the answer isnull
didnnulltnull
’’
nulltarbuck’s success was all about the hunullan connectionnull How they connected with their custonullers, their conullnulluninull
ties, their coffee bean farnulls and their enullployeesnull nullnd a nullanullor part of nullaintaining this philosophy for success was
that they ran the conullpany nullust like they did when they had nullust one store at nullike nulllace nullarket in nulleattlenull
nullntil they didn’tnull
In their spectacular run up to beconulling the null,nullnullnullnullstore global nulluggernaut of everything nullcoffee experience,null they
reversed their philosophy back to adding nullstuff they thought would sell,null as opposed to what they could do to
enhance the experience that would keep the consunuller buyingnull
nullhey got caught up in the nullonullentunull of growth and began bowing to investors and shareholdersnull nullhey cut costs
and service anullenities, all for better nullnunullbersnullnull
However, nullust the opposite happenednull nullnulltarbuckiansnull stopped conullingnull nulltarbucks hit a wall and started to unravel null
Its sudden loss of nullonullo was also exacerbated by new conullpetition fronull nullunkin’ nullonuts and nullcnullonaldsnull
Howard nullchultnull, then in senullinullretirenullent, becanulle enraged, returned in nullnullnullnull and renullinserted hinullself as nullEO null
He inullnullediately began returning the culture and the business back to its root philosophy null
nullhe nullury is still out on whether nulltarbuck’s will regain the prenullier and reverential position it once heldnull Like nullap,
and nullany other brands, is it that they grew so fast that the nullonullentunull takes over and the driver loses control null
Or, is there a ceiling beyond which one cannot grow into innullnity without beconulling ubinulluitous and irrelevant null
Or is it really sonullething elsenull nullhould you do as nulltarbucks saidnull nullIt’s not about what you can put in your space to
sellnull It’s about what you do to that space that nullakes the consunuller want to buynullnull Or will you instead end up doing
what they didnull
nullou know the answernull
nullonullin Lenullis is a consultant, tnulle autnullor of tnulle soonnulltonullnullenullpunulllisnulled nullnullnulle nullnd of nulletailingnull and punulllisnuller of nullnulle nullonullin nulleport.
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