Starbucks’ Schultz on Its Via Brand Instant Coffee

Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz talked with Bloomberg’s Mike Firn in Tokyo about the outlook for sales of Via instant coffee as it started offering the powdered mix today in Japan, the world’s biggest market for instant coffee. Starbucks started offering Via several months ago across the United States, where it expects to double distribution to 30,000 locations, including grocery stores, by the end of the 2012 fiscal year’s third quarter.
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Buy.com CEO Neel Grover on the Future of Mobile

As the retail industry progresses with mobile media, Buy.com, a pure-play online retailer — with more than 12 million products in inventory — has been building its mobile clout — including parent company Rakuten’s buy of tablet company Kobo this past year.
[Please note: The full interview is almost 25 minutes.]
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Where to Find Coupons

In this video, Teri Gault, CEO of http://www.TheGroceryGame.com  shows how to find coupons from lots of sources, and where to find the most coupons for the best savings. TheGroceryGame.com is a Web site designed to save not only money, but time!
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