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The first Starbucks memorabilia store is in Seattle Park Market.

Published: 2026-05-16 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/05/16, Starbucks Chronicle in 1971, Starbucks opened its first store in Park Market in Seattle and started the coffee bean business. In 1982, Mr. Howard Schultz joined Starbucks as director of marketing and retail operations. In 1987, Mr. Howard Schultz bought Starbucks and opened the first store to sell filtered coffee drinks. In 1992, Starbucks was in New York.

Starbucks Chronicle

In 1971, Starbucks opened its first store in Park Market in Seattle and started the coffee bean business.

In 1982, Mr. Howard Schultz joined Starbucks as director of marketing and retail operations.

In 1987, Mr. Howard Schultz bought Starbucks and opened the first store to sell filtered coffee drinks.

In 1992, Starbucks successfully listed on NASDAQ in New York, and has since entered a new stage of development.

In January 1999, Chinese mainland entered Starbucks and opened its first store in China at ITC in Beijing.

In 2011, Starbucks celebrated 40 years of global coffee history, officially launched a new brand said.

In 2012, Starbucks gold roasted coffee and Starbucks high-quality espresso machines were launched, and a coffee grower support center was opened in Manizales, Colombia.

Starbucks currently has more than 19000 stores in 60 countries around the world.

Starbucks in China

In 1999, the first store opened in Beijing

In 2000, the first store in Shanghai opened.

In 2005, the Greater China support Center was established in Shanghai.

In 2007, Starbucks began to sell spring merchandise and Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes across the Chinese market.

In 2009, Starbucks celebrated the 10th anniversary of its entry into the Chinese market, with Fengwu Xiangyun coffee beans on the market.

In 2012, Starbucks officially opened Asia's first coffee grower support center in Pu'er, Yunnan Province, and Starbucks' first coffee master store opened in Beijing.

So far, more than 900 stores have been opened in 60 cities in Chinese mainland region.

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