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...Troy Alstead, chief financial officer, was appointed to the new position of chief operating officer, taking on oversight of day-to-day operations and retailing in physical stores....
...“Traditional bricks and mortar retailing is at an inflection point,” Mr Schultz said on Thursday....
...Mr Schultz added: “We are not going to put a number out there that is such a stretch target.”...
...The chain’s growing relationship with customers via mobile apps and social media is Mr Brotman’s focus, and he reports to Howard Schultz, chief executive....
...Troy Alstead, its chief financial officer, told the Financial Times: “The opportunity is absolutely in India and China, but I’ve seen opportunities all over the world.”...
...Ahead of a deal with the tax authorities due to be announced on Thursday, Troy Alstead, its chief financial officer, said that Starbucks recognised that complying with the UK law “isn’t enough right now”...
...Troy Alstead, chief financial officer, was last month hauled before a UK parliamentary committee that last week issued a scathing verdict on the company’s “outrageous” behaviour....
...Troy Alstead, chief financial officer, told the Financial Times: “Our US business has been phenomenally strong, our [like-for-like sales] in Asia-Pacific are even stronger yet....
...Howard Schultz, Starbucks chief executive, has landed a few early blows, lashing out at “hedge funds, index funds and other ways to manipulate the market”....
...Starbucks is emerging from a two-year reorganisation led by Howard Schultz, chief executive, that included closing underperforming US and international locations....
...In a conference call with analysts last month, Troy Alstead, Starbucks’ chief financial officer, said that the company would increase prices in “small, appropriate doses”....
...Troy Alstead, chief financial officer, said that the strong performance of the retail stores and the possibility of future growth in sales of products such as its new Via instant coffee left the company...
...In London, spot bullion fell to $1.324 a troy ounce, down 1.5 per cent on the day....
...Troy Alstead, chief financial officer, revealed the company’s plans during a conference call in which the company fiscal second quarter earnings of $217m, almost a tenfold increase over the $25m earned during...
...Mr Schultz and Troy Alstead, his chief financial officer, said they intended to use some of the lessons learned in the US turnround to help grow its international operations....
...Troy Alstead, chief financial officer, said the company had also seen US comparable sales improve from month to month during the quarter, and had significantly improved its operating margins....
...Gold was trading $1.57 lower at $883.88 per troy ounce. Oil prices were down early in New York. US crude prices were $0.35 lower at $50.62 a barrel....
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