With softer lighting, warmer greetings, and even ceramic mugs, Starbucks is betting big that comfort leads to loyalty.

Howard Schultz, former chief executive officer of Starbucks, is retiring from the company's board of directors, the company announced Wednesday. Schultz, who has been with the company 41 years ...

Starbucks is introducing premium features, including comfortable couches, warm lighting, and revamped wall art in redesigned ...

Starbucks’ new CEO Laxman Narasimhan has taken over the reins from interim CEO Howard Schultz, about two weeks sooner than planned. Narasimhan was named the company’s incoming CEO on October 1 ...

Senator Bernie Sanders, who has roundly criticized former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz over the company’s blatant attempts to shut down its own workers’ unionization efforts, finally got to ...

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz revealed this week that the coffee giant is shuttering stores due to crime in major cities across the US — the same cities where he turned Starbucks bathrooms into ...

It was a hearing for the history books: Billionaire Howard Schultz, the resolutely anti-union architect of Starbucks, faced Sen. Bernie Sanders, the outspoken champion of the union movement in ...

Howard Schultz did not like the smell of burnt cheese. For weeks in 2007, he stewed about it. At the time, Mr. Schultz hadn’t been in charge of Starbucks for years, and he couldn’t shake the ...

SEATTLE — Howard Schultz, the billionaire founder of Starbucks, stood alone beside the auditorium stage at the company’s global headquarters. The room was packed with 200 of his top executives ...

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz traded barbs with Senator Bernie Sanders and other Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday at a congressional hearing on allegations of union-busting at the coffee chain.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz sat down for a three-hour interview on the Acquired podcast. He revealed new facts about Starbucks' early days, and warned the business is on a bad path.