Ken Lombard
Ken Lombard
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I'm not here to comment on anyone else's opinion, ... But I can tell you that our customers have responded in ways that have gone beyond what our expectations have been. We are providing very unique products, music options for our customers that they can't get anywhere else.
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Sergio is not only a music pioneer who frankly introduced Brazilian music to the world 40 years ago; this was just a great CD. From our perspective, there is that timeless quality we knew our customers would enjoy.
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You go through a tremendous amount of emotion, every emotion possible, when you see this film. You're laughing, you're crying. This is a great film we feel our customers are going to love. ... It's what Starbucks is all about.
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Our customers have come in over the years, they've heard music . . . that we've played, and they've asked us where they can find the CD. Frankly, we feel they've given us permission to go beyond coffee.
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A lot of our customers are asking for device fill-up, and going forward we'll do that.
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We are honored to be working with Herbie Hancock and the unprecedented array of talented artists he has assembled to create this truly special event album. Following the success of Ray Charles' Genius Loves Company, Possibilities reflects our ongoing commitment to working with innovative artists and labels to create unique projects which we believe our customers will embrace.
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We're here for those 33 million customers a week worldwide that make up a huge part of the disenfranchised customer base, who don't even know where to buy the music if they hear it. But our customers are not going to walk into their favorite Starbucks store and feel as if it's been converted into a music store.
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We needed to get the permission of our customers to go beyond coffee, and we feel that we got that permission with Ray.
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The goal of our 'Hear Music Debut' CD series is to introduce talented, emerging artists to music fans seeking unique, new music experiences. The incredible response by Starbucks customers to Antigone Rising reflects not only our customers' strong appetite for discovering quality music but also demonstrates Starbucks' ability to leverage our unique marketing and distribution platform to the benefit of sales at traditional retail. We are extremely pleased to be working with Lava to share this special album with traditional music retailers seeking new and exciting music choices for their customers.
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Everyone at Starbucks Hear Music feels a strong emotional connection to Genius Loves Company, ... We truly appreciate the recognition the Recording Academy has given this album and are thrilled by the response the public has shown to this project.
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It was obvious to us that wider distribution was most appropriate.
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We felt this was an exciting project and a perfect fit for what we're trying to provide to our customers,
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We fully intend to find the right book to launch that part of our strategy.