Costa opens a brand new concept store with Starbucks to form a differentiation-oriented competition for cafes.

Core tip: this year, the total number of Costa stores in China is 344, and its competitor Starbucks has opened more than 1700 stores. Six years ago, Costa opened 2.5 times faster stores in Beijing alone than Starbucks, and Bosmiao, then president of Costa Asia, claimed that it would open 2500 stores by 2018. From a close match to lagging behind Starbucks (Special Reading)