Starbucks to close 250 stores: 'Difficult decision'
📍 Aftermath
{ "epilogue": "Starbucks made the decision to close 250 stores in North America during a second wave of closures. The nationwide shutdowns affected locations in cities such as Lexington and Seattle, where local businesses subsequently moved into the former spaces.
Following these announcements, the story quieted without a definitive conclusion in the coverage." }
Epilogue added 44d ago, after coverage quieted.
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Starbucks to close 250 stores: 'Difficult decision' Fox Business · 48d ago broke it first
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