'Marketplace' Report: Starbucks Closing 600 Stores The company is yet to announce which stores will close. What sort of opportunities might this create for the competition?

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'Marketplace' Report: Starbucks Closing 600 Stores

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'Marketplace' Report: Starbucks Closing 600 Stores

July 2, 20081:00 PM ET

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Starbucks has announced it will close 600 company-operated stores in the next year. Madeleine Brand talks with Janet Babin about the opportunities these closures present to the competition.