Empty Metro-area Starbucks shops are brewing fresh doubts
When Alan Swann opened Vintage Coffee at NW 150 and Western in April 2007, he saw an area where the closest Starbucks was more than 10 minutes away.
Times quickly changed. In 2008 a Starbucks opened a short drive north at 15th and Santa Fe in Edmond with another being built at 33rd and Broadway. Before Swann could figure out how the competition might hurt, or help, his business, the shop on Santa Fe closed and ...
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