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Starbucks by any other name

‘Local’ is the new ‘green’.
Local food, local goods,’locavores’. Local is fresher. Local burns less shipping fuel. Local keeps the wealth nearby. Yadda, yadda.
So how does a multinational get some local-cred?
They don’t…
Grist tells us, in a bit of sneaky un-branding, Starbucks stripped its name and logo from a Seattle coffee shop and reopened as the rustic [...]

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