| Similar Articles |
|---|
 |
BusinessWeek
November 22, 2004
Stanley Holmes |
First the Music, Then The Coffee Starbucks' new chain of Media Bars is grabbing customers by the ears. Now the Seattle company is making a major push to add new ways of listening -- and buying -- music for its 35 million weekly customers. Collaborating with record labels is just one element of that strategy.   |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Song Remains the Blame Tower Records goes to a liquidator, proving that some companies love misery. Let's see which of the few remaining music retailers make the choice to finally get it right. |
Fast Company
July 2004
Alison Overholt |
Thinking Outside The Cup Surprise! Starbucks barista-in-chief Howard Schultz is making a big, bold push into the music business. He aims to transform the record industry -- and turn Starbucks into the world's biggest brand, period. |
BusinessWeek
June 20, 2005
Stanley Holmes |
BW 50: Strong Lattes, Sour Notes at Starbucks Starbucks' Hear Music media bars aren't playing out as planned. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Trans World's Mournful Tune The CD-store company warns investors that it's not going to earn the $0.65 to $0.70 per share that it was targeting for this year. Instead, the company will muster a profit between just $0.25 and $0.30 a share. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Music's 2010 Overture If traditional radio and the major record labels want to matter in five years, they better make some changes. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
CD Is the New Vinyl As compact disc sales continue falling, the industry must take a stand. In the worst-case scenario for the labels, the distribution power will shift toward recording artists. In the best-case scenario, the exact same thing happens -- just a bit more slowly. Investors, take note. |
Salon.com
December 19, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Music industry in the pits! Record sales are down, no one's seeing concerts, no one's advertising on radio and the stars are revolting... |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Brand on the Run Starbucks wants to bottle a Beatle. As conventional CD shops like Tower are shuttered, lifestyle concepts that bring something new to the listening table, as Hear Music does, are rising from the ashes of perpetually falling compact-disc sales. |
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Star Bucks for Starbucks The prospect of being sold in more than 9,800 domestic Starbucks locations must have Paul McCartney's camp bubbling like a hot espresso. The personalized push on Amazon is paying off nicely, too. |
Fast Company
July 1, 2007
Cora Daniels |
Fast Talk: Coffee Maker Brews Fans Ken Lombard is signing up artists for Starbucks's own record label, Hear Music, which will use the company's stores as a significant distribution channel. The first artist to commit: Paul McCartney. |
Home Theater
June 28, 2007 |
Brits Still Love CDs British music fans were still buying CDs in 2006 at the same rate as in 2005. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2007
Lawrence Rothman |
Trans World Entertainment Skips a Beat It's tough running a record store these days. Investors, take a look at this entertainment-software specialist's latest quarterly results. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Music Industry 2.0 How to invest in what looks like a deeply troubled music sector. Hint: Think outside the CD case. |
The Motley Fool
March 21, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
CD or Not CD? Music sales on disc continue to drop like it's not so hot. Investors at this point need to turn their attention to the ramifications of the death of the CD. |
Reason
January 2008
Michael C. Moynihan |
Big Box Panic Americans have been afraid of chain stores for nearly a century, but independent outlets keep thriving. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Save the Grammy for Grandma You're not too old to invest in the new music revolution. |
Fast Company
July 2004
Alison Overholt |
Do You Hear What Starbucks Hears? Starbuck's chairman and chief global strategist expands on the company's attraction to Hear Music, the importance of the customer experience, and how the partnership could remake the music industry. |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Starbucks at the Movies The gourmet coffee giant hopes to create some buzz over a spelling bee film. The 10,500-unit-strong Starbucks empire would be remiss not to capitalize on its stupendous scale to move more than just muffins and mochas. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Starbucks Nabs Dylan The coffee outfit's exclusive deal to sell a Bob Dylan album illustrates the continued potential of the firm's strategy. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Music for the Masses Sony, the fourth and final major music label to offer downloadable tunes in the unshackled MP3 format, will be available in the virtual aisles of Amazon.com later this month. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple Rocks, As Usual Apple's iTunes is still the top dog in music sales. |
Salon.com
May 23, 2002
Thomas Claburn |
Give it away now Music start-up FightCloud.com offers CDs free, but says it's making a profit. How can that be? |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Music Industry's Next Idol IAC has a winner here, as long as it is able to cash in on the synergies that are available through its growing portfolio of media properties, without alienating the Aguileras and Aerosmiths that it needs to see its dream through. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Starbucks' Russian Rollout, Diminished Data The coffee chain fosters Russian ambitions but stifles same-store sales releases. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hastings Is Upside Down The multimedia retailer likes to get to the bottom of things. It is also an intriguing value as an investment. |
PC World
April 11, 2002
Tom Spring |
Face the Music: Suits Pending Over Copy Controls Class action suits may spring from consumer complaints of surreptitious CD copy protection... |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Starbucks' Instant Grocery Gratification The coffee giant's instant coffee Via is coming soon to a great many grocers near you. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Maybe It's Just You, Starbucks Starbucks somehow feels that its recent woes are related to the "myth" of $4 coffees. Not true. |
Salon.com
May 30, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
The death of music retail as we know it? Confronted by an apocalyptic mix of blank CDs and Napster, the record shop faces extinction -- in 12 months. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Fool Looks Back Eastern breezes and musical codas were passing ships fit to be featured this past week. Let's take a closer look: Like a bull in a China shop... While my CD retailer gently weeps... |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Let's Check Entertainment Retail's Oil If you ever want to check the dipstick of entertainment retail, all you need to do is lift the hood on Hastings Entertainment, because this media store does it all, from renting out DVDs to selling CDs to selling refurbished Apple iPods. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Brand XM XM Satellite Radio makes some nifty moves in the spirit of brand ambassadorship. Investors, take note. |
Salon.com
June 5, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
All over the MAP Why record execs are furious at the FTC and the press. |
Entrepreneur
December 2007
Chris Penttila |
Breaking the Fall Is your industry in big trouble? Don't despair - just look for new ways to grow. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Good Riddance, Major Labels Last week, Radiohead announced that it's going solo and releasing its next album digitally, without the helping hand of a major label. Nine Inch Nails followed suit this week. Oasis and Jamiroquai may be next. |
The Motley Fool
March 21, 2007
Jason Ramage |
Imagine No Prices; It's Easy If You Try A business with a surprising social experiment. This ain't your regular Starbucks knockoff. At Terra Bite Lounge, menu prices and cash registers are suspiciously absent. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Buy, and Buy Again As digital downloading grows ever more popular, perhaps music distribution -- particularly the physical CD model -- will have to evolve into a niche where there is an emphasis on collectibles rather than commodity. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Starbooks? Rather than tracking which CD or book Starbucks uses to grab headlines, investors would be better advised to track overall coffee and food growth, same-store sale trends, new store openings, and free cash flow generation, all of which are currently impressive. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw This Stock Away Warner Music Group is part of an archaic industry that has been suffering in recent years. Is it time to get rid of this stock? |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Quick Take: Free Apple Slices at Starbucks To launch iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store at select Starbucks locations, the bean-brewing giant is teaming up with Apple to give away as many as 50 million free digitally downloaded songs. |
The Motley Fool
May 22, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
This Week's 5 Dumbest Stock Moves Let's take a look at five head-spinningly dumb financial events from the past seven days: Wal-Mart won't sell Green Day's new CD... Rough year for GameStop... Another hot retailer coming to a grinding halt is Hot Topic... Napster up to its old tricks... Bad news from H-P... |
Salon.com
November 27, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
Is Napster hurting record sales? No, say the numbers. Business is looking good, even if the Backstreet Boys don't reclaim their rightful world supremacy... |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Starbucks Isn't Slacking Are the coffee giant's second-quarter results grounds for dismissal? Think twice. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2010
Adrian Rush |
Will Starbucks Score a Goal? Just last week, a new Starbucks store opened on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, and now the company is selling its java in South Africa -- just in time for the World Cup. |
Entrepreneur
September 2003
Elizabeth Goodgold |
Talking Shop Wonder what makes shoppers tick? 5 retail superstars reveal how to please customers and, more important, how to keep them coming back for more. |
Salon.com
July 19, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
What's wrong with the music biz? Napster's out of the picture, but for the first time in a decade, album sales are down -- and ticket sales are sagging too... |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Starbucks: Grounds for Exuberance? The coffee giant still has plenty of work to do. |
The Motley Fool
November 26, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is the Recording Industry Worth Saving? Warner holds up better than its peers, but it's still down. |
Salon.com
August 7, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
Napster vs. the record stores Is the file-sharing craze bruising retailers? |
