Can Brian Niccol turn Starbucks around?

World Changing Ideas

Aug 22, 202461:56Business

Last week in a major shakeup, Starbucks announced the appointment of Brian Niccol as its new chairman and CEO. Niccol, then CEO of Chipotle, will succeed Starbucks’s Laxman Narasimhan, who is stepping down immediately fr...

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