LeadershipStarbucks To Link Executive Pay To Diversity GoalsDerek MajorOctober 15, 2020October 15, 2020 by Derek MajorOctober 15, 2020October 15, 20202516 Starbucks, which wants 30 percent of its employees to be BIPOC by 2025, has announced plans to tie executive pay to diversity goals....
BusinessStarbucks Has Officially Abandoned Plastic Straws For Iced BeveragesDerek MajorSeptember 12, 2020September 11, 2020 by Derek MajorSeptember 12, 2020September 11, 20201862 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....
NewsStarbucks to Pull Ads From All Social Media PlatformsDerek MajorJune 29, 2020June 29, 2020 by Derek MajorJune 29, 2020June 29, 20202876 Starbucks joins a growing list of companies pulling advertisements from social media platforms....
LeadershipStarbucks Prohibits Employees From Wearing Black Lives Matter MerchandiseDana GivensJune 11, 2020June 12, 2020 by Dana GivensJune 11, 2020June 12, 20205360 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 PowerStarbucks CDO Nzinga Shaw Knows There Is No Testimony Without a TestBLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJune 4, 2020June 2, 2020 by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJune 4, 2020June 2, 20203639 Black Enterprise's Portraits of Power series brings you candid insights from exceptional women leaders, such as Starbucks CDO Nzinga Shaw...
BusinessTwo 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, 202012746 Starbucks is using the second anniversary of shutting down 8,000 stores to engage in racial bias training to further its civil rights agenda....
NewsMore Than A Dozen Retailers To Close Stores Amid Coronavirus OutbreakDerek MajorMarch 16, 2020March 16, 2020 by Derek MajorMarch 16, 2020March 16, 2020420 More than a dozen retailers, including Nike and Urban Outfitters, will temporarily close stores to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak....
NewsStarbucks Manager Says the Coffee Giant Discriminated Against White People in New LawsuitSelena HillNovember 3, 2019November 1, 2019 by Selena HillNovember 3, 2019November 1, 2019713 Former Starbuck regional manager Shannon Phillips filed a lawsuit Monday claiming that she was fired from her a job because she is white....
EntrepreneurshipStarbucks Makes $10 Million Investment to Help Spur Loans to Small Businesses in ChicagoJeffrey McKinneyNovember 1, 2019 by Jeffrey McKinneyNovember 1, 2019572 Starbucks is presenting $10 million to four community development groups in Chicago, a move to spur economic growth and loans to small businesses...
LeadershipRosalind Brewer to Sit on Amazon’s BoardBLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsFebruary 8, 2019February 8, 2019 by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsFebruary 8, 2019February 8, 20192315 Amazon has named Rosalind Brewer, the current chief operating officer of Starbucks, and one of the most influential black women corporate executives, to its board....