Starbucks opens Nashville corporate hub with $100 million investment
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Updated · The Washington Post · May 1
Starbucks opens Nashville corporate hub with $100 million investment
7 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · May 1
The expansion is expected to create up to 2,000 jobs, while the company recently said it would close five more Seattle stores, including four unionised locations.
The opinion article links the move to Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's anti-business stance and Washington state's new 9.9% tax rate on income above $1 million.
It also says former Starbucks chief Howard Schultz plans to move to Miami and cites Microsoft President Brad Smith's concerns about Washington's business climate.
As its hometown icon downsizes locally and a new tax arrives, is Seattle facing a corporate exodus?
With its ex-CEO gone and a new hub in Nashville, is Starbucks' Seattle love affair finally over?
Can Washington's 'millionaires' tax' fund social programs without driving away the wealth needed to support them?