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5 min readStarbucks’ profits are down 50 percent after six consecutive quarters of losses. The company has laid off 2,000 corporate staff in the last year and is closing stores. On Asmongold TV, the host watches a video essay about the coffee giant’s decline and then offers his own blunt diagnosis: Starbucks is not failing because of boycotts over Palestine, union disputes, or Donald Trump’s election. It is failing because it is too expensive, and cheaper, more convenient alternatives now exist everywhere.
The original idea that made Starbucks work
Starbucks began in 1971 as a Seattle bean-and-spice shop. The company’s trajectory changed in 1982 when Howard Schultz joined as head of marketing. On a trip to Milan, Schultz saw Italian coffee bars where coffee was a social ritual — something people drank with friends, not just fuel they gulped down. He wanted to bring this “third place” concept to America, a spot between home and work where people could hang out. The original owners rejected the idea, so Schultz left, started his own chain, succeeded, and eventually bought Starbucks outright.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:28) **Starbucks is too expensive - Asmongold's initial take** - Asmongold states his immediate reaction before watching the video: the core problem is high prices and cheaper competition.
- 2 (01:44) **The scale of Starbucks' crisis** - The video outlines the financial damage: profits down 50%, six quarters of losses, and massive layoffs.
- 3 (03:58) **The origin story: Howard Schultz's Italian epiphany** - The video details how Howard Schultz transformed Starbucks from a bean seller into a coffeehouse empire.
- 4 (06:46) **COVID's critical hit to the "third place" model** - Asmongold adds a key insight: the pandemic permanently damaged the public gathering spaces that Starbucks was built on.
- 5 (09:01) **The design psychology: warm colors vs. fast food** - Asmongold explains how Starbucks' interior design was strategically crafted to make people linger.
- 6 (10:19) **The Schultz comeback story** - The video highlights Howard Schultz's dramatic return to save the company during the 2008 recession.
- 7 (11:54) **The pandemic shift: drive-throughs win** - The video explains how COVID permanently shifted coffee culture toward individual, drive-through consumption.
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