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You'd think that two Starbucks across the street would cannibalize each other Speaking of that, would they operate as two competing entities? Or would they hel
by itmag 15y ago
You'd think that two Starbucks across the street would cannibalize each other
Speaking of that, would they operate as two competing entities? Or would they help each other out? Ie lend each other supplies, direct overflow customers across the street, refrain from price wars, things like that.
- twoodfin 15y agoFreestanding Starbucks stores aren't franchises, so they have every incentive to coordinate for maximum benefit. I'd be surprised if SBUX management had set up any incentives for it to work any other way.
- itmag 15y agoInteresting. Even if they were franchises, there might still be some game-theory advantage to cooperating. After all, a happy customer at one Starbucks is going to be positive toward all Starbuckses.