Summary
Starbucks, as a transnational corporation started in Seattle, America's Pike Place market in 1971. Today Starbucks coffee has over 20,000 stores all over the world. Starbucks has grown and developed so much since 1971 and has gone from zero dollars to a 50 billion dollar market value. This is half as much as their current market value goal of 100 billion U.S dollars. They have had financial troubles and dips in the past, but are now full steam ahead to have at least one store in every country in the world. Starbucks is a fantastically Globalised company with stores in 65 countries, including our own, and global advertising with a good reputation.