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The Tragic Fall from Specialist to Generalist: Starbucks, the Latest.

In the CEO Afterlife

Last week, legendary brand positioning expert Al Ries weighed in on Starbucks reported desire to move away from its powerful ‘specialist’ strategy. But I hate seeing Starbucks surrender ‘brand specificity’ in order to add a bunch of non-coffee products to their roster for the sake of bigness. Human Resources.

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