Unisys to use global ITIL delivery framework to standardize and simplify IT management and reduce costs for Starbucks’ growing China business
Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced that Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) has selected Unisys to provide data center outsourcing services to support the global coffee company’s continued expansion in China.
Under the two-year contract, [...]

New Bookstore Debuts on August 12
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, will open a new bookstore on August 12 in Crossroad Commons at 2999 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado. Concurrently, the existing store in Crossroad Commons at 2915 Pearl Street will close. The new store will stock close to 200,000 book, [...]

Celebrates Opening with Wine Tasting to Benefit Project Angel Food
After ten months of construction, the new West Hollywood Pavilions is open for business again.
The 52,000 square foot grocery store was completely rebuilt from the ground up and provides customers with a new look and new departments to meet every imaginable customer need and [...]

TEKgroup International, Inc., developers of online content management software, will expand their social media footprint with a new community entitled AmpMyVoice. The community, currently under development, is a news feed Web site that showcases topical stories.
Registered users of the site will be alerted to articles related to selected subject matter, including world, politics, sports, [...]

President Kagame and Starbucks CEO discuss Upcoming Initiatives
Today during his third visit to Rwanda, Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ:SBUX) chairman, president and ceo, Howard Schultz, met with Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame to discuss and build on the investments Starbucks has made in East Africa over the past five as well as future opportunities. Additionally, Schultz [...]

Company Expects to Capture an Increasing Share of the Rapidly Growing Coffeehouse Markets in Central and Eastern Europe
Starbucks Coffee International, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ:SBUX), and American Restaurants Sp. z o.o., a wholly-owned subsidiary of AmRest Holdings N.V, (AmRest)(WSE: EAT), through the joint-venture company, AmRest Coffee, Sp. z o. o. [...]

Operational and Brand Initiatives Gaining Traction
Company Further Refines Focus and Expects Record Free Cash Flow of $500 million in 2009
Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ:SBUX) today held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Seattle where Howard Schultz, chairman, president and ceo, outlined the company’s strategy to grow for the long term.
“Despite the challenging economic [...]

Air2Web, Inc., a market leader in worldwide mobile messaging, announced today that they are providing the strategic messaging platform for 3n Global, the leading global mass notification system provider, to provide mass emergency notification services to organizations in corporate, government, healthcare and education.
Many organizations are implementing emergency notification systems to address the complex issue [...]

CallFire.com Enables Dave The Shoe Guy to Send Personalized Updates Related to Sales, Promotions & the Latest Shoe Styles, Increasing Sales by 20%
It’s 6PM on a windy night in Chicago. A group of twenty-something hipsters congregate outside Starbucks. Simultaneously, their phones ring. The caller-ID unanimously reads “Dave The Shoe Guy.” A blanket of silence [...]

Matthew Grossman has joined The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) as vice president, Corporate Communications, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), it was announced today by Zenia Mucha, executive vice president, Corporate Communications. Mr. Grossman will be based in London and will manage Disney’s public profile with the media across EMEA, coordinate the communications for [...]