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Starbucks, The Tech Sector, And The State Of American "Progressivism"

lengid69 Wrote: Aug 12, 2012 1:03 PM
It want work. As long as perverts tell your business what to do, your profits will never rise again. You can have your employees to stand in the door and shout, " GOLD" it will not help. There isn't and want be as long as you are not nutrual, any gold rush in them thar shops.

Something exciting just happened in San Francisco. And it should pose an intellectual challenge for those who call themselves “progressives.”

Starbucks, the Seattle-based coffee beverage giant, announced that they will soon allow mobile telephone purchases in their stores. Get the new app from San Francisco-based Square, Inc. on your smart phone, order your drinks in the store, and – presto! - pay the bill with your iPhone or Android.

Along with this new approach to sales, Starbucks is also investing $25 million in Square Inc., and Starbucks C.E.O. Howard Schultz (a bona fide “food and beverage revolutionary”) will soon join Square’s...

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