Back to Starbucks: How Starbucks coffee shops are revitalising community-first third places Partner In bustling cities and quiet neighbourhoods alike, Starbucks familiar green siren often signals more than just a caffeine stop. It represents that essential ‘third place’ – a reliable comfort zone bridging the gap between home and work, a space for quiet focus, friendly catchups, or simply a moment’s pause. But in a world where connection [...]
Starbucks expands Community Stores all over Europe, the Middle East and Africa Partner This content was paid for by Starbucks, and produced in partnership with the City AM Commercial department. A term first coined by sociologist Ray Oldenberg, ‘third places’ are a space outside of a person’shome (first place) or work (second place), that is uniquely for socialising and buildingconnections. Humans are social creatures by nature, therefore these places [...]
