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The underlying marketing problem that Starbucks has lies in its failure to see that its marketing strategies do not necessarily meet its marketing objectives. It wanted to expand but failed to see that it has not necessarily been meeting the market. Market profile was shifting to characteristics that the brand was not originally marketed for. A high-end [...]

In its first few years, Starbucks found itself in a competitive environment that was not too stiff. The market was largely composed of small-scale coffee chains that were basically regionally-based and not as widely-distributed across the continent as Starbucks has been. There were also thousands of independent specialty-coffee shops that also served [...]