What makes the #Starbucks #mobile wallet such a popular option when it comes to paying for that morning coffee? Mobile payment at the coffee company’s U.S. stores increased to 30% of all stores, according to the earnings Starbucks reported yesterday, meaning just under a third of customers are now paying via mobile. Meanwhile, Starbucks Mobile […]
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Mobile wallets may not have won over consumers (yet), but as anyone that’s recently visited a #Starbucks could tell you, QR #codes certainly have. That’s why #Visa is taking a closer look at the payment method, according to Jim McCarthy, executive vice president, innovation and strategic partnerships. “The QR codes allow us to remove not […]
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Why build your own network for your IoT products, when you could just partner with #Starbucks? It’s worked for Apple, #Amazon, Facebook, and WeChat so far. In fact, Starbucks is planning to keep up the momentum of its WeChat #gifting feature — introduced in February &8212; launching a social gifting feature for Apple’s #iMessage. “This […]
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If you followed the seven-hour biennial #Starbucks Investor Day conference (as I am sure most of you did) earlier this month, you got an earful of the latest updates in the Starbucks world, including updates to its ingenious mobile app. The app, which now has more than 20 million members,Read More
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#Starbucks is about to get even more #digital. The coffee giant announced a major executive shift yesterday: longtime CEO Howard Schultz has stepped down, and will turn his focus to “innovation, design and development of Starbucks Reserve Roasteries,” the company’s new upscale brand, as an executive chairman, the company saidRead More
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