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Starbucks sells majority stake in China business amid competition from local rivals

Starbucks sells majority stake in China business amid competition from local rivals

Update: 2025-11-04
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US coffee chain Starbucks has announced it is forming a joint venture with asset management firm Boyu Capital in China, where the latter will hold a 60 percent stake in the company's local business. China is Starbucks' second-largest market globally and it has recently been struggling with increased competition from local rivals like Luckin Coffee. Also in this edition, we look at OpenAI's blockbuster $38 billion deal with Amazon's cloud services unit.

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Starbucks sells majority stake in China business amid competition from local rivals

Starbucks sells majority stake in China business amid competition from local rivals

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