Tag: Starbucks
The future of the home office
Jump in a time machine and zip back 15 years and you’ll find the average person working from home with a desktop computer, printer and separate phone landline connected to a fax machine. He...
Breakroom: Wake up and smell the waste
It’s no secret that the world is coffee crazy, with over nine billion kilogrammes of it drunk worldwide in 2016 alone. The US is the leading coffee-consuming nation in the world – 64% of...
Take a break
It's a common sight in offices across the globe. A worker takes time out to go on a store run. Whether it's for breakfast, a mid- morning snack, lunch, an afternoon drink, or a...
Golden Blend
The UK, like much of continental Europe and the US, has become a nation of coffee addicts. The phenomenon of Starbucks and its rapid rise onto every street in every city (every square foot...
Case Study: Staples
Staples has been at the forefront of the office products industry's environmental initiatives. Indeed, the declaration of its paper procurement policy in 2002 seemed to kick-start many in the industry to issue green announcements...
Time and place
Last month, Jeff Gardner introduced referrals as a sales tool for growing a customer base. Some advantages include a higher return on time invested (ROTI), a shorter selling cycle, better quality prospects, reduced prospecting...
Dell takes Wal-Mart’s Fortune spot
22 February 2005 - New York (NY): Dell has knocked Wal-Mart off the top spot on Fortune magazine's annual list of most admired US companies, the magazine has announced. The tech giant clinched the...
Big Read
Podcast: Collaboration and change with Mike Gentile
The Big Interview in the special 30th anniversary issue of OPI – which will be published shortly – is none other than Mike Gentile,...
