Business Entrepreneurship Starbucks Launches $100 Million Fund To Support BIPOC Small BusinessesDana GivensJanuary 15, 2021January 15, 2021 by Dana GivensJanuary 15, 2021January 15, 20211308 The Seattle-based coffee giant unveiled its Starbucks Community Resilience Fund to support minority-owned businesses around the country....
Business Career Women Starbucks Appoints Mellody Hobson As The Non-Executive Chair of the BoardDana GivensDecember 9, 2020December 9, 2020 by Dana GivensDecember 9, 2020December 9, 20201047 Starbucks announced that business leader Mellody Hobson will be joining their ranks as the Non-Executive Chair of the Board....
Business Leadership Starbucks To Link Executive Pay To Diversity GoalsDerek MajorOctober 15, 2020October 15, 2020 by Derek MajorOctober 15, 2020October 15, 20202759 Starbucks, which wants 30 percent of its employees to be BIPOC by 2025, has announced plans to tie executive pay to diversity goals....
Business Leadership Starbucks Has Officially Abandoned Plastic Straws For Iced BeveragesDerek MajorSeptember 12, 2020September 11, 2020 by Derek MajorSeptember 12, 2020September 11, 20202379 Starbucks is following up on its commitment to get rid of plastic straws and is bringing in its long-awaited "sippy cup" lids for iced beverages....
News Technology Starbucks to Pull Ads From All Social Media PlatformsDerek MajorJune 29, 2020June 29, 2020 by Derek MajorJune 29, 2020June 29, 20202912 Starbucks joins a growing list of companies pulling advertisements from social media platforms....
Leadership News Starbucks Prohibits Employees From Wearing Black Lives Matter MerchandiseDana GivensJune 11, 2020June 12, 2020 by Dana GivensJune 11, 2020June 12, 20205420 Coffee retailer Starbucks sent a company memo to its employees banning Black Lives Matter attire while on the job because of its political message....
Portraits of Power Women Starbucks CDO Nzinga Shaw Knows There Is No Testimony Without a TestBLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJune 4, 2020June 2, 2020 by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJune 4, 2020June 2, 20203780 Black Enterprise's Portraits of Power series brings you candid insights from exceptional women leaders, such as Starbucks CDO Nzinga Shaw...
Business Leadership Two Years After Landmark Racial Bias Training, Starbucks Advances Civil Rights And Inclusion AgendaDerek T. DingleMay 29, 2020May 29, 2020 by Derek T. DingleMay 29, 2020May 29, 202012924 Starbucks is using the second anniversary of shutting down 8,000 stores to engage in racial bias training to further its civil rights agenda....
News More Than A Dozen Retailers To Close Stores Amid Coronavirus OutbreakDerek MajorMarch 16, 2020March 16, 2020 by Derek MajorMarch 16, 2020March 16, 2020431 More than a dozen retailers, including Nike and Urban Outfitters, will temporarily close stores to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak....
News Starbucks Manager Says the Coffee Giant Discriminated Against White People in New LawsuitSelena HillNovember 3, 2019November 1, 2019 by Selena HillNovember 3, 2019November 1, 2019756 Former Starbuck regional manager Shannon Phillips filed a lawsuit Monday claiming that she was fired from her a job because she is white....