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On Sunday evening, Benzinga asked its followers on Twitter what they were buying at the open on Monday. From the replies, Benzinga selected one ticker for technical analysis. William Muscato @wmuscato is buying Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX ). On March 8, Starbucks announced it would suspend the business activity of all 130 licensed stores in Russia and stop all shipments of its Starbucks products to the country following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The multinational coffeehouse chain employs about 2,000 Russians and although the restaurants have been closed temporarily, Starbucks’ licensed partner will be providing the employees with support. On March 4, Starbucks announced it would donate the royalties it receives from its Russian locations to the relief efforts in Ukraine and it had contributed $500,000 to the Red Cross and the World Central Kitchen for humanitarian relief efforts. Starbucks'' stance on the war in Ukraine is unlikely to affect the stock, which has lost about 35% of its value since July 23, 2021, when it reached an all-time high of $126.32.

Starbucks is taking action to eliminate "points of exclusion" for customers across the globe, and connect more with consumers, and their communities.

War: Bigger Inflation & Recession Shocks, Rate-Hikes Are Smaller Authored by Patrick Hill via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, (The Ukraine War) “means a bigger inflation shock, a smaller rates shock, and a bigger recession shock.” - Bank of America Corp. chief strategist Michael Hartnett, 3-4-22 The war triggers a huge surge in oil prices, consumer sentiment is already falling, and the Fed is likely to raise rates slowly because of the war. We examine how: economic sanctions can cause inflation during wartime, consumer sentiment declining, real retail sales under pressure, GDP is weakening, and a unique oil price ratio to 10 – 2-year bond spread indicates a coming recession. Severe Economic Sanctions Against Russia Enacted After weeks of planning, as the Russian forces massed on the Ukraine border, it became evident to Western leaders that they must act. During the first few days of the war, the European Union and the U.S. set in motion economic sanctions, including freezing significant oligarch assets in western banks, including Vladimir Putin’s assets, freezing four important Russian bank assets in the west, and cutting off Russian access to the inter-banking SWIFT system.

The invasion of Ukraine has placed Russia on the verge of bankruptcy. Interest rates have doubled, the stock market has closed, and the rouble has fallen to its lowest level ever. The military costs of war have been exacerbated by an unprecedented level of international sanctions, sustained by a large coalition of countries. Russian citizens, now unable to spend at IKEA, McDonald''s or Starbucks, are not allowed to convert any of the money they do have into foreign currency. Generous estimates suggest the Russian economy could shrink by 7% next year, instead of the 2% growth that was forecast before the invasion. Others say the drop could be as much as 15%. Such a fall would be bigger than the 1998 crash of the Russian stock markets - a major shock to an economy which has hardly seen any growth in the last decade, and failed to diversify away from exporting oil and gas. Meanwhile the European Union is planning to drastically decrease its energy dependency on Russia, while the the US and the UK have begun to phase out their own, more limited, imports.

A witness said a Florida man pleasured himself inside a Miami Beach Starbucks for 10 minutes until police arrived.

The invasion of Ukraine could pitch Moscow, and the world, back into financial crises that had seemed part of history The big western brands showed Vladimir Putin how to do it. While the Kremlin’s army was getting bogged down in Ukraine, Coca-Cola and Starbucks lost no time in closing their doors to Russian customers. But the most emblematic move of all came from McDonald’s, which has shut all 850 of its outlets in Russia. The availability of Big Macs in the Soviet Union was seen in 1990 as evidence that the west’s old cold war foe was turning its back on communism, but the past fortnight has rekindled memories of the bad old days. There were queues outside McDonald’s when it first opened in Moscow. Last week, Russians queued for one last burger before the pull-out began. Continue reading…

Eating (or drinking) out has become more expensive in most parts of the country. The Consumer Price Index rose 7.9% in February compared to the same month a year ago. This is the highest rate of inflation in four decades. The price increases are unlikely to slow. Many of the items with the largest jump […]

Last summer, Ralph Lauren launched its inaugural collection of digital apparels on Zepeto, where customers can select from 50 items to dress their avatars in the brand’s signature prep-school look.There were colourblock hoodies, Polo T-shirts, teddy bear sweatshirts and even two unique skateboards that exist only in the digital realm. Within weeks, more than 100,000 pieces sold for between US$0.57 and US$2.86 each to customers who were eager to embrace and explore the frontiers of virtual…

Shares of several companies in the restaurants and leisure sector, including Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX ), Shake Shack Inc (NYSE: SHAK ) and Dutch Bros Inc (NYSE: BROS ), are trading lower amid continued uncertainty from the Russia-Ukraine conflict which has weighed on stocks and economic sentiment. As the Russia-Ukraine conflict persists, the … Full story available on Benzinga.com

The Czech cybersecurity firm, Avast, has halted the accessibility to their products in Russia and Belarus just like McDonald’s and Starbucks. The group’s marketing and sales operations have also been terminated with boiling geopolitical tensions. In 2021, Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus generated around 1.5% of Avast’s total revenue. Avast is continuing and expanding their offerings in […] The post Avast suspends business in Russia and Belarus appeared first on UK Investor Magazine .

Europe and US have called for Russia to lose its ''most favoured nation'' status.

Nestlé USA has announced it will invest $675 million to construct a new beverage facility in Glendale, Arizona, in a move to strengthen its market position and manufacturing network. The 630,000-square-foot site will produce Nestlé’s creamers, including the Coffee-Mate, Coffee-Mate Natural Bliss and Starbucks brands, with the ability to expand to additional beverages in the […]

Victoria''s Secret is among the major brands to be closing stores in Russia. Earlier this week, McDonald''s, KFC, and Starbucks also shuttered doors.

"Leaving Is Not An Option" - Deutsche Bank CFO Defends Decision To Remain In Russia At this point, dozens, if not hundreds, of western multinationals have abandoned their business in Russia, some of them have walked away from assets worth billions of dollars . Just the other day, McDonald''s and Coca-Cola "temporarily" abandoned their own businesses in Russia (for the duration of the war). Starbucks and Pepsi have made similar moves. But amid reports about their heavy IT reliance on St. Petersburg (not to mention the German economy''s massive dependence on Germany natural gas and oil), German banking giant Deutsche Bank has decided to defend its decision to continue operating in Russia during the war. Speaking during a Thursday interview, DB CFO James von Moltke defended the bank''s decision to stay, saying it hinged on its duty of care to clients that still operates in the country. The decision comes as other major banks make moves to pull out of Russia, notably Goldman Sachs said Thursday that it was winding down its business in the country, while HSBC on Monday told employees to cease their dealings with Russian banks.

Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech said on Friday the Russia-Ukraine conflict had not impacted the company''s supply chains so far. Unlike several Western companies including McDonald''s, Microsoft, Coca-Cola and Starbucks that have stopped sales or operations in Russia, no Indian company has publicly withdrawn from the region.