Starbucks is listening

Walking in to my local Starbucks store, I see the following:

A list of ideas in a Starbucks store

A list of ideas in a Starbucks store

I think this is an excellent idea.  It shows that not only is Starbucks requesting feedback, but they are also listening to it.  Personally I like some of the ideas listed and am optimistic that some of them will be implemented.

I think it could be improved though.  They list a website, but no way to interact physically.  That is a missed opportunity I believe.  They could have a huge idea board in the store and give customers a vote each time they purchase a drink.  You would need to stop vote fixing I suppose, but this would give something tangible to the customer.

The website listed (MyStarbucksIdea.com) is interesting too, but is for the whole of Starbucks.  There are thousands of ideas.  I would like to see local sites where I can change my local Starbucks.  I don’t care what the average Starbucks person wants anywhere in the world.  I want to influence my local store(s) to be the way I want them to be.

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This post was written by john on September 11, 2008

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