Dunkin' Brands Croissant Donut to Tap 'Cronut' Craze - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Oct 29, 6:10PM CDT
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (DNKN) has announced that it will roll out a doughnut-croissant hybrid called the Croissant Donut, next week.
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51), DNKN: 45.75 (-0.63), MCD: 92.73 (+0.13), YUM: 69.61 (-0.60)
Taco Bell Invests in Tech, Launches Mobile Ordering - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Oct 29, 5:59PM CDT
Taco Bell, a division of Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) has recently announced the launch of a mobile app that facilitates food customization, ordering and payment.
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51), MCD: 92.73 (+0.13), DPZ: 88.98 (-0.02), YUM: 69.61 (-0.60)
Final Glance: Restaurant companies
AP - Wed Oct 29, 5:02PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top restaurant companies were mixed at the close of trading:
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51), PZZA: 44.69 (+0.35), CMG: 639.86 (-5.99), DPZ: 88.98 (-0.02), EAT: 52.18 (-0.34), YUM: 69.61 (-0.60), WEN: 8.01 (-0.06), DRI: 50.94 (-1.09)
Starbucks (SBUX) Stock Lower Today Ahead of Earnings Results
at The Street - Wed Oct 29, 1:41PM CDT
Starbucks (SBUX) is scheduled to report its 2014 fourth quarter earnings results tomorrow and analysts are expecting a rise in earnings and revenue.
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51)
INCENTCO(TM) Adds CORT, American Airlines, Starbucks, Nike, L.L.Bean and Shutterfly to Merchant Offerings
Business Wire - Wed Oct 29, 1:07PM CDT
INCENTCO(TM) LLC announced the addition of CORT, American Airlines, Starbucks, Nike, L.L.Bean and Shutterfly to its current merchant line-up. The addition of these merchants expands INCENTCO's offerings to over 30 national brands providing unlimited redemption options for program participants.
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51)
Midday Glance: Restaurant companies
AP - Wed Oct 29, 12:41PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top restaurant companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51), PZZA: 44.69 (+0.35), CMG: 639.86 (-5.99), DPZ: 88.98 (-0.02), EAT: 52.18 (-0.34), YUM: 69.61 (-0.60), WEN: 8.01 (-0.06), DRI: 50.94 (-1.09)
Plug Power To Supply Golden State Foods' New Fleet
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Oct 29, 12:41PM CDT
Plug Power (PLUG) said that it will supply Golden State Foods with zero-emission hydrogen fuel cells and on-site maintenance at the food manufacturer's new Illinois distribution center. Shares of the company rose 0.9% to 4.46 in the stock market...
BLDP: 2.78 (-0.21), SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51), PLUG: 4.44 (+0.02), CVS: 85.19 (-0.01), WMT: 76.39 (+0.04), YUM: 69.61 (-0.60)
Woman wanted Starbucks discs, settles for $250
AP - Wed Oct 29, 12:22PM CDT
OKEMOS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan woman who wanted homebrewed Starbucks coffee — described by her attorney as "gold" — will accept $250 to end a lawsuit over the company's decision to stop making discs for a specific single-serve machine.
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51)
Payment Networks 2.0: The Battle for Tokenization - How Tokens Will Impact The Future Payments Landscape
M2 - Wed Oct 29, 10:50AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/xcn772/payment_networks) has announced the addition of the "Payment Networks 2.0: The Battle for Tokenization" report to their offering. 'Payment Networks 2.0: The Battle for Tokenization' provides a deep dive into how network tokenization operates, starting with the EMVCo specification and a review of the Apple Pay implementation. It provides clarity regarding the technical challenges associated with implementing host card emulation (HCE) and identifies how tokenization will impact the payments value chain and how Apple Pay will impact Google, PayPal, MCX, and Softcard. Expanding beyond the tightly controlled Apple Pay environment into the Wild West of the Android environment will take time, said Tim Sloane, author of report. Tokenization will change the payments industry in interesting ways. The networks have clearly carved out a new business model for themselves, and the implementation of tokens will enable payment providers to enter adjacent markets, such as identity management and loyalty management, if they wish. Indeed tokens offer so many growth paths that determining which path any individual payment provider will follow will likely consume corporate strategic thinking for the next few years. Highlights of the report include: - Discussion of consumer behavior driving the growth of mobile payments and aspects of it that provide merchants an advantage if the networks fail to adjust their business models - Analysis of EMVCo's failure to deliver specifications sufficient to resolve debit routing and ATM usage in its tokenization specification - A detailed process flow for implementing tokenization for Apple Pay and a process flow illustrating the challenges of managing a more complex environment such as that of HCE - A review of banks' responses to Apple Pay so far and recommendations for how banks should be responding to Apple Pay and tokenization going forward - A competitive analysis of how Apple Pay impacts major payment network competitors - A history of the long and winding road that finally brought tokens into the network world - How MasterCard and Visa have approached mobile payments over time and how they will monetize tokenization using new business units for rolling out token-based services - A deep dive into the EMVCo Tokenisation Specification identifying key components that will have a major impact on the roll-out of mobile payments going forward, including new payment functions with merchant, time, and spend restrictions and how these new capabilities might be tied to the Internet of Things and beacons - Why tokenization as currently implemented threatens the business models of EFT network providers and issuing processors, including a chart showing which business functions will be adopted by the networks, challenging the existing business models of issuing processors - The implications of tokenization on networks that have yet to announce how they will respond, including American Express, Discover, and PayPal - A discussion of why future standards are required if payments innovation is to leverage consumer contextual information effectively Key Topics Covered: 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. Defining Mobile Payments 4. How Apple Pay Works 5. The Long Crawl to Network Adoption of Tokens 6. Network-Branded Mobile Solutions Available Prior to HCE and Tokens 7. Conclusion Companies Mentioned - Amazon - American Airlines - American Express - Apple - AT&T - Bank of America - Capital One - Chase - Citigroup - Deutsche Telekom - Discover - Dunkin' Donuts - EMVCo - Facebook - Google - MasterCard - Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) - Microsoft - NYCE - PayPal - Secure Remote Payment Council - Shazam - Starbucks - The Clearing House - T-Mobile - Verifone - Verizon - Visa - Wells Fargo - Wendy's For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/xc...t_networks
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51), AXP: 88.34 (+0.33), WFC: 52.17 (+0.39)
Early Glance: Restaurant companies
AP - Wed Oct 29, 9:53AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top restaurant companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51), PZZA: 44.69 (+0.35), CMG: 639.86 (-5.99), DPZ: 88.98 (-0.02), EAT: 52.18 (-0.34), YUM: 69.61 (-0.60), WEN: 8.01 (-0.06), DRI: 50.94 (-1.09)
Starbucks Earnings Preview: Can It Execute on These 3 Things?
Jason Hall, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Oct 28, 8:25PM CDT
Starbucks' growth in the coming years is about more than just coffee. Source: Teavana. It's hard to fathom, but at more than 20,500 stores and $16 billion in annual sales, Starbucks still considers itself a growth company. Considering that it...
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51), AAPL: 107.34 (+0.60)
Starbucks Rises 1.42% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Oct 28, 5:00PM CDT
Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $75.88 to a high of $77.07. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.4%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $76.38 on volume of 4.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51)
Starbucks Set to Possibly Pullback After Yesterday's Rally of 1.42%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Oct 28, 4:59PM CDT
Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $75.88 to a high of $77.07. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.4%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $76.38 on volume of 4.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51)
Will Starbucks (SBUX) Surprise Earnings This Season? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Oct 28, 4:47PM CDT
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) is set to report the fourth-quarter and fiscal 2014 results on Oct 30, after the market closes.
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51), RRGB: 53.12 (-0.25), BJRI: 43.73 (-0.29), BKW: 32.13 (+0.13)
3 Ways McDonald's is Trying To Repair Its Disastrous Decline
Jeremy Bowman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Oct 28, 1:08PM CDT
The Golden Arches are looking a bit rusty. McDonald's is facing its biggest challenges in over a decade as a food safety scare in Asia and rising competition have combined to send sales swooning. In the third quarter, global same-store sales...
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51), CMG: 639.86 (-5.99), MCD: 92.73 (+0.13)
1 Quote Fast Food Investors Need To Hear
Jeremy Bowman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Oct 28, 12:00PM CDT
There's no question big changes are afoot in the fast food industry. The rise of the fast casual segment has brought tremendous growth to companies like Chipotle Mexican Grill and Panera Bread, encouraged IPO's from smaller chains like ...
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51), PNRA: 165.42 (-5.58), CMG: 639.86 (-5.99), NDLS: 21.01 (-0.67), MCD: 92.73 (+0.13), PBPB: 13.29 (-0.44), WEN: 8.01 (-0.06), YUM: 69.61 (-0.60)
McDonald's Is the Scariest Investment This Halloween
Rich Duprey, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Oct 28, 9:00AM CDT
McDonald's golden arches have been tarnished by more than a tainted food scandal in China as the malaise has spread throughout the organization. Source: Flickr via Mike Mozart. It's not so much McDonald's reporting dreary earnings yet again...
SBUX: 76.54 (-0.51), CMG: 639.86 (-5.99), MCD: 92.73 (+0.13), YUM: 69.61 (-0.60), WEN: 8.01 (-0.06), BKW: 32.13 (+0.13)