72 Howard Schultz Quotes for You to Enjoy

Howard Schultz

American Businessman

Born: Jul 19, 1953

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When you're building a business or joining a company, you have to be transparent; you can't have two sets of information for two sets of people. Howard Schultz

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I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the economy, commodity prices or consumer confidence as an excuse. Howard Schultz

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Americans reading the paper, listening to the news every single day, and all you hear is things are getting worse and worse. And that has a psychological effect on consumer confidence. That's what consumer confidence is. Howard Schultz

My kids probably started drinking coffee in their late teens. Howard Schultz

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Starbucks has stores in America in many, many communities that are governed by many, many different municipalities. Starbucks cannot dictate to a municipality in Cincinnati or Kansas City or Sacramento how or why or when there should be a recycling program. Howard Schultz

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Our history is based on extending the brand to categories within the guardrails of Starbucks. Howard Schultz

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We live in an age where everything is based on the short term. Howard Schultz

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People ask me what's the most important function when you're starting an organization or setting up the kind of culture and values that are going to endure. The discipline I believe so strongly in is H.R., and its the last discipline that gets funded. Howard Schultz

We need to reinvent food at Starbucks. Less could be more. Howard Schultz

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I despise research. I think it's a crutch. Howard Schultz

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We must restore the emotional relationship that people have to the idea of America, that no matter where you come from, no matter where you live, that you have access to the same opportunities that somebody who is born in privilege. Howard Schultz

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I do think - as self-serving as it sounds - that I was the right person, given the very, very strong headwind we had from the economy and our own issues, to come back and rewrite the future of the company. Howard Schultz

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Starbucks has a role and a meaningful relationship with people that is not only about the coffee. Howard Schultz

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Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home. Howard Schultz

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I think there is probably no better person to aspire to emulate than Steve Jobs and what he has done at Apple in terms of his leadership, his innovation, not settling for mediocrity. Howard Schultz

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When I first discovered in the early 1980s the Italian espresso bars in my trip to Italy, the vision was to re-create that for America - a third place that had not existed before. Starbucks re-created that in America in our own image; a place to go other than home or work. We also created an industry that did not exist: specialty coffee. Howard Schultz

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I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the economy, commodity prices or consumer confidence as an excuse. We must maintain a value proposition to our customers as well as differentiate the Starbucks Experience. That is the key. Howard Schultz

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