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enjoy voting for Shultz, then. i would prefer that he run in the Democratic primary like everyone else. the idea of some billionaire asshole acting as a spoiler for the other billionaire asshole is not appealing to me.
That does not excuse all of your assuming and your not paying attention and your acting like a jerk.
Here is all you are going to get for an answer:
I dont know that Howard was pushed out at Starbucks but was clearly time for him to go. Kevin took the Com and immediately had board support for a full reorganization to include letting lots of people go, firing Friends of Howard who had been coming up short for years, and changing the business mix. The plan to enter Europe was aborted on the grounds that it would be expensive not not likely to work, The Roasteries have been a disappointment and has been scaled back, Princi likewise. Kevin has done some other things too. The company is deep into China and if that goes bad this company is up **** Creek, but they cant do much about that. It already is looking bad, China same store sales were up just 1% at last read, and they are still opening a new store every 15 hours...that is all Howard.
In the end Howard became a celeb both inside and outside the company, with poor judgment and with a lack of willingness see truth.....Ideology took over his brain.
He would not make a good President.
EDIT: BTW Starbucks is setting up needle boxes in bathrooms now to protect its workers after inviting all non customers to use them, which might be all Howards fault as well.