Starbucks in Russia

Posted on June 15th, 2005 by John Yunker

John is president of Byte Level Research and author of The Web Globalization Report Card. He is based in San Diego, California.

According to the Moscow Times, Starbucks has opened its first retail location in Russia.

No Russian Web site yet, but I have no doubt that one is in the works. That makes it 19 countries (and counting) for Starbucks.

And, after a brief trip to Osaka, I have to say that Starbucks is doing very well in Japan. The chain is not nearly as ubiquitous in Osaka as it is in Tokyo, but it’s getting there…

UPDATE: I stand corrected. There are more than 30 countries around the world that include at least one Starbucks. Here is the current list (Russia not yet included):

Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Canada
Chile
China
Cyprus
France
Germany
Greece
Indonesia
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Oman
Peru
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States

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Tags: Business globalization · China · Russia · Web Globalization

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Margaret 3 years ago 1 point
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Starbucks actually has a presence in quite a few more countries than those which have national pages; over 30 countries as of the beginning of 2005, according to Wikipedia.

Jason Eaton 3 years ago 1 point
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In response to your notation about the first Starbucks in Russia as of June 2005:

As of October 1, 1999 Starbucks had 9 stores in China, per its 1998-1999 Annual Report; as of June 2005, according to the Seattle Intelligence Post Reporter, there are more than 300 Starbucks in China.

Russia will most likely embrace the Starbucks concept, just as China has.