Starbucks to open this year
Starbucks to open this year
Well, you can't say it hasn't been in the offing for a while:
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/s ... ed-kingdom
Starbucks is coming to Cambodia.
The US-based coffee giant will open its first outlet at Phnom Penh International Airport by the end of this year, with plans to open a second store in the city centre by the end of 2016, according to a statement on its website on Thursday.
“Cambodia is a vibrant country with a rich cultural heritage, and we are proud to bring the unparalleled Starbucks Experience to this market,” John Culver, group president, China/Asia Pacific, Channel Development and Emerging Brands, Starbucks Coffee Company, is quoted as saying in the statement.
Despite its absence in the Kingdom, the coffee chain has already made an impression on Cambodia’s youth. Two years ago, Starbucks t-shirts were a common sight among trend-setting teenagers, although many had likely never set foot in a Starbucks.
Hong Kong Maxim’s Group will be the official licensee for Starbucks in Cambodia.
The US-based chain has more 21,000 outlets worldwide.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/s ... ed-kingdom
Starbucks is coming to Cambodia.
The US-based coffee giant will open its first outlet at Phnom Penh International Airport by the end of this year, with plans to open a second store in the city centre by the end of 2016, according to a statement on its website on Thursday.
“Cambodia is a vibrant country with a rich cultural heritage, and we are proud to bring the unparalleled Starbucks Experience to this market,” John Culver, group president, China/Asia Pacific, Channel Development and Emerging Brands, Starbucks Coffee Company, is quoted as saying in the statement.
Despite its absence in the Kingdom, the coffee chain has already made an impression on Cambodia’s youth. Two years ago, Starbucks t-shirts were a common sight among trend-setting teenagers, although many had likely never set foot in a Starbucks.
Hong Kong Maxim’s Group will be the official licensee for Starbucks in Cambodia.
The US-based chain has more 21,000 outlets worldwide.
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Hey playboy - our mate didn't get it. Interesting...
Haha - my money’s on Playboy
Words that they would set up here through the Brown's bros and cannibalize their brand weren't true either.
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How do you know they wont patch over Browns ? That's what i'd do.
Haha - my money’s on Playboy
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I heard from a reliable source they partnered locally with the Blue Pumpkin people..
Bond: "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned."
Q: "That's putting it mildly, 007!"
Q: "That's putting it mildly, 007!"
Makes sense, they're complementary whereas Browns is a direct, head on competitor
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Starbucks should fuck off imho, Blue Pumpkin is one of the few local (even then a expat Belgian owns it) success stories that aren't born out of nepotism or an offshoot of a preexisting conglomerate.James Bong wrote:I heard from a reliable source they partnered locally with the Blue Pumpkin people..
I never understand why expats complain bitterly when a new international chain opens here. People are free to not go to it and there is an irrational arrogance in expats unilaterally taking a view that Cambodians shouldn't have access to products and services that we have in the west. Who made us the arbiters of what is good for Cambodians?
Aren't they giving the license to operate to Hong Kong Maxim's group?Petrol Head wrote:How do you know they wont patch over Browns ? That's what i'd do.
Or does that mean something else?Hong Kong Maxim’s Group will be the official licensee for Starbucks in Cambodia.
Personally, I like the underdogs, when they have heart and are providing top notch products, services and/or experience.scobienz wrote:I never understand why expats complain bitterly when a new international chain opens here. People are free to not go to it and there is an irrational arrogance in expats unilaterally taking a view that Cambodians shouldn't have access to products and services that we have in the west. Who made us the arbiters of what is good for Cambodians?
The East India Company?scobienz wrote: Who made us the arbiters of what is good for Cambodians?
And that's your choice. No problem with that. My point is that many people who complain about incomers are depriving those who have never been to BurgerKing or Dominos or Starbucks or whatever are unilaterally saying the local population shouldn't be offered that choice also.Joon wrote:Personally, I like the underdogs, when they have heart and are providing top notch products, services and/or experience.scobienz wrote:I never understand why expats complain bitterly when a new international chain opens here. People are free to not go to it and there is an irrational arrogance in expats unilaterally taking a view that Cambodians shouldn't have access to products and services that we have in the west. Who made us the arbiters of what is good for Cambodians?
Plus, I'd hardly call the Brown brothers 'underdogs' in a Cambodian context.
Great news!
Can't wait to get Cambodia starbucks mug to add it in my collection.
Can't wait to get Cambodia starbucks mug to add it in my collection.
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