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Howard Schultz presidential run could be bad news for Starbucks

The Wall Street Journal 01/30/2019

Very few executives are more closely identified with their companies than Howard Schultz and Starbucks. The suggestion by Mr. Schultz that he is considering a run for president of the United States as an independent has a lot of people, particularly those who want to make sure that Donald Trump doesn’t get a second term in office, upset with the might-be candidate. Many of those are willing to express their displeasure, it seems, by taking their coffee drink business to places other than Starbucks.

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