TATA STARBUCKS LTD.A STRATEGIC ANALYSISTABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 4

SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS 4

STRATEGIC INTENT 5

Starbucks Mission Statement 5

SWOT ANALYSIS 8

Internal Factor Analysis Summary (IFAS) 8

External Factor Analysis Summary (EFAS) 9

Strategic Factors Analysis Summary (SFAS) 10

Strengths 11

Weaknesses 11

Opportunities 11

Threats 12

SCANNING THE ENVIRONMENT - PESTEL ANALYSIS 13

Political Factors 13

Economic Factors 13

Socio-Cultural Factors 13

Technological Factors 14

Environmental Factors 14

Legal Factors 15

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS PORTERS FIVE FORCES FRAMEWORK 16

Industry Rivalry 17

Potential for New Entrants 17

Threat of Substitute Products 18

Bargaining Power of Suppliers 18

Bargaining Power of Buyers 18

MARKET ANALYSIS - DAVID AAKER'S 7 DIMENSIONS OF MARKET FORCES 19

Market Size 19

Market Growth Rate 19

Market Profitability 19

Industry Cost Structure 20

Distribution Channel 20 Market Trends 21

Key Success Factors 22

COMPETITOR ANALYSIS - PORTER'S 4-CORNER ANALYSIS 23

Market Share of Major Coffee Retail Chains in India, FY2010 23

Caf Coffee Day 24

Barista 25

Costa Coffee 26

Quiky's 26

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 27

REFERENCES 28

INTRODUCTION

Tata Global Beverages Limited and Starbucks Coffee Company launched a joint ventur between the iconic international coffee brand and the 2nd largest branded tea company in the world. The 50/50 joint venture, named TATA Starbucks Limited, owns and operates Starbucks cafs, branded as Starbucks Coffee A Tata Alliance. The first store has already opened and subsequent stores are in line to be opened at Mumbai in India at the end of October, 2012. The alliance is expected to be very fruitful to both the companies in the long run. The report seeks to strategically assess the viability ofhis t strategic alliance by peeping into its myriads of dimensions.

SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS

India and China are the worlds two fastest growing economies. Starbucks had already ventured into the Chinese market and not surprisingly, their Chinese venture turned out to be much profitable than that of their US business. Thus, they want to replicate their success in Chinese mainland in India. Also, the Indian market is heavily driven by the upcoming youth culture which is totally driven by the western trends. With growing disposable income of Indians, people tend to spend more towards apparels and fast foods. With the success of Indian owned Caf Coffee Day and Barista Coffee, it is a widely proven fact that there is lot of scope for the development of coffee caf culture in India. Thus, Starbucks want to capitalize on this particular opportunity. They are planning to start with targeting the niche upper class segment by opening their outlets in TAJ Hotels and Resorts. Their primary target market is the younger generation of age 16-40years. They will also target the tourists who will be visiting India. Since, most of the tourists coming to India are from the countries of U.S., England, Germany, and Japan who are well aware of Starbucks brand name. Thus, there will not be the problem of brand name recognition among them.

STRATEGIC INTENT

Starbucks Corp. is aiming India as its next major hub for development. Starbucks want to replicate the success they had in USA and more recently, in china. Surprisingly, their venturin China proved to be more profitable than that of US. Here in India, Starbucks entered into a deal with TATA Coffee Ltd, Asia's largest publicly traded coffee grower. This is, in particular, a non-binding agreement between two giants. There are plans to combine the trust and legacy of TATA coffee with the iconic brand image of Starbucks which can move on to development of Starbucks retail coffee chains in other parts of Asia. In addition to sourcing coffee beans from TATAs Indian facilities, the companies will also work towards developing Starbucks stores in retail outlets and hotels.

Starbucks Mission Statement

To inspire and nurture the human spirit one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time.

Starbucks is very quality driven organization ndais passionate aboutethicallysourcingthe finest coffee beans, roasting them with great careand improving thelives ofpeople who

grow them. They call their employees as their partners and treat each other with respect and dignity. They believe in getting engaged with their customers and make connect with them so asto laugh with them, uplift customers' lives even if it is just for moments. They believe in human connection and developing the sense of belonging. They believe in creating good neighborhood and each store is nourished as a community.

Tata has made the cultural fit for Starbucks which willhelpinbuilding corecompetencies of each other. (Tata has met all the stringentstandards and conditions followed byStarbucks such as quality, soil,water, pest, wasteandenergymanagement,forest andbiodiversity conservation to workers welfare, wagesandbenefits,livingconditions,health,safety, etc.)

Starbucks is committed to a role of environmental leadership in all facets of their business.They strive to fulfill this mission by a commitment to:Understanding of environmental issues and sharing information with their partners

Developing innovative and flexible solutions to bring about change

Striving to buy, sell and use environmentally friendly products.

Recognizing that financial responsibility is essential to their environmental future

Instilling environmental responsibility as a corporate value

Measuring and monitoring their progress for each project.

Encouraging all partners to share in their mission

Objective of Tata Coffee behind this Alliance:

The agreement will allow Tata coffee to provide roast coffee bean to Starbucks in India.

Get opportunity to jointly invest in additional facility for export to other markets.

Starbucks will help by providing new technologies for the promotion of responsible agronomy practices.

A long term relationship will be formed with this Memorandum of Understanding with Starbucks. After this deal, Tata Coffee is poised to become Asias biggest publicly traded coffee grower.

Objective of Starbucks Corporation:

To tap huge emerging market of India.

Help increase its profitability due to its declining market and over dependence on US market.

To have access to the high quality Arabica coffee.

John Culver, president, Starbucks China and Asia Pacific on opening up of the first storein India at Mumbai states, This is the first step Starbucks and Tata Coffee Limited are taking toward developing and improving the profile of Indian-grown Arabica coffees around the world by elevating the stature of Indian coffee, as well as improving the quality of coffee through sustainable practices.

Tata Global Beverages is a company known for bringing memorable tea consumption moments to consumers in India," stated Harish Bhat, CEO, Tata Global Beverages. The jointventure is in line with Tata Global Beverages strategy of growing through strategic alliances in addition to organic growth. We are excited about the opportunity to innovate in the retail space and bring new beverage moments to more consumers.

As part of the agreement,StarbucksandTata Coffee Limited will work towarddeveloping and improving the profileof Indian-grown Arabica coffees around the world byelevating the stature of Indian coffee, as wellasimproving the quality of coffee through

sustainable practices and advanced agronomy solutions.Espresso sourced from India will be a hallmark feature of all Starbucks stores in the market, highlighting the quality espresso available in India and Tata Starbucks Limiteds commitment is to deliver a truly unique andauthentic Starbucks Experience to customers throughout India.

Deepening its commitment to community, Tata Starbucks Limited will work to improve the lives of coffee growing communities in the State of Karnatak. The joint venture, through an

initialfinancialcommitment,will work to supportSWASTHA,''a schoolfor children withspecialneeds(in partnershipwith theCOORG Foundation). Additionally,Tata Starbucks

Limited will work on initiatives including thepromotion of responsible agronomy practices and

training of local farmers, technicians and agronomists to improve their coffeegrowing- and

milling skills.

SWOT ANALYSIS

Internal Factor Analysis Summary (IFAS)

Internal StrategicWeightRatingWeightedComments

Forces

Score

Strengths

S1 - Brand Visibility0.155

0.75International popularity of the Starbucks

Brand.

S2 - Ethical and0.103

0.30

Environmental Practices

S3 Marketing Skills0.103

0.30

S4 Access to High Quality0.154

0.60Sourcing Agreement.

Arabica Coffee

S5 JV with Tata Coffee0.154

0.60Tata as a cultural fit for Starbucks will help

in building core competencies of each other.

Weaknesses

W1 - Image of luxury coffee0.104

0.40

outlets

W2 Premium Pricing0.052

0.10High price of coffee is felt as a barrier as per

Policies

capita income is low in India.

W3 Coffee Dominant0.103

0.30Need to diversify.

Business

W4 Rigid Standards and0.053

0.15They apply the same business models and

formulas, regardless of culture and values of

Policies at Outlets

the country.

W5 May affect JV0.052

0.10Tata Coffee also has a JV with Barista.

between Tata Coffee and

Barista

TOTAL SCORES1.00

3.60

External Factor Analysis Summary (EFAS)

External StrategicWeightRatingWeightedComments

Forces

Score

Opportunities

O1 India Huge Market0.154

0.60India is the second most populated country in

the world.

O2 English Speaking0.083

0.24

Market

O3 Increasing Spending0.154

0.60

Power

O4 Young Population0.074

0.28Younger generation is more prone to visit

cafes.

O5 Out-of-home Coffee0.053

0.15Rating for coffee outside home is better than

Drinking Culture catching

tea outside home, specifically in the North

O6 Favorable Cost of0.052

0.10

Labor

O7 Favorable0.053

0.15

Infrastructure and Cost

O8 Skilled Manpower0.023

0.06

Availability

O9 Opportunity to cater0.032

0.06

Tea Drinking Segment

Threats

0.084

0.32Most of the Indians consumed tea at least

T1 Tea Drinking Country

twice a day, in the morning and in the

afternoon.

T2 Competition from0.103

0.30Coffee Caf Day (CCD) pioneered the

concept of specialty coffee in India followed

Homegrown Brands

by Qwikys and Barista Coffee.

T3 Low Per Capita Income0.053

0.15Immense need to offer products at locally

competitive price.

0.023

0.06Campaign worldwide against the high-

T4 Health Consciousness

calorie and high fat products that Starbucks

sells.

T5 Rare habit of Visiting0.023

0.06

Cafes

0.033

0.09McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts, Burger King,

T6 Competition from

etc already have the infrastructure in place

Other Fast Food Chains

and are instead adding quality coffee to their

menus.

T7 Rising Prices of Coffee0.054

0.20Rising prices of coffee are putting pressure

on the profit margins of the company.

TOTAL SCORES1.00

3.42

Strategic Factors Analysis Summary (SFAS)

Strategic FactorsWeightRatingWeightedComments

Score

S1 - Brand Visibility0.104

0.40International popularity of the Starbucks

Brand could be capitalized.

S4 Access to High Quality0.084

0.32Arabica Coffee is of very high quality and

Arabica Coffee

this could be hot selling products worldwide.

0.084

0.32In addition to sourcing coffee beans from

S5 JV with Tata Coffee

TATAs Indian facilities, the companies will

also work towards developing Starbucks

stores in retail outlets and hotels.

W1 - Image of luxury coffee0.124

0.48Starbucks Coffee outlets have the image of

high end luxury caf and customers may not

outlets

turn.

W3 Coffee Dominant0.103

0.30Need to diversify well.

Business

O1 India Huge Market0.154

0.60India is the second most populated country in

the world.

O3 Increasing Spending0.075

0.35Increasing job opportunities and advances in

services sector with globalization is raising

Power

standards of living in India.

O4 Young Population0.085

0.40Younger generation is more prone to visit

cafes.

0.074

0.28Most of the Indians consumed tea at least

T1 Tea Drinking Country

twice a day, in the morning and in the

afternoon.

McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts, Burger King,

T2 Competition from0.084

0.32etc already have the infrastructure in place

Homegrown Brands

and are instead adding quality coffee to their

menus.

T7 Rising Prices of Coffee0.074

0.28Rising prices of coffee are putting pressure

on the profit margins of the company

TOTAL SCORES1.00

4.05

The Strategic Factors Summary shows that the most important factors overall received a score of 4.05 which is above average. This is positive for the company. They are responding well to their strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. After some recent re purposing it is clear that the company is focusing on its core competencies but has room to improve.

Strengths

High Brand Visibility. (International popularity of the Starbucks brand.)

Ethical and Environmental Practices.

Superb Marketing and positioning skills of Starbucks.

Access to TATA's premium Robusta and Arabica coffees (Sourcing Agreement).

Tata as a cultural fit for Starbucks will help in building core competencies of each other.

(Tata has met all the stringent standards and conditions followed by Starbucks such as

quality, soil,water, pest, waste andenergy management, forest andbiodiversityconservation toworkers welfare, wages andbenefits, living conditions, health,safety,etc.)

Weaknesses

Image of luxury coffee outlets.

High price of coffee is felt as a barrier in the South and the NorthStarbucks.( products were priced at a premium and the per capita income in India is lower compared to other markets where it is already present, there is immense need to offer products at locally competitive price.) Coffee dominant business. (Need to diversify)

Certain rigid standards and policies at outlets. (They applythe same business models and formulas, regardless of culture and values of the country they are operating in like no smoking policy, etc.)

The entry of Starbucks is aimed at the out-of-home coffee consumption market and this may affect the alliance of Tata Coffee with Barista.

Opportunities

India is the second most populated country in the world. Huge Market.

English speaking populations

Growing Middle Class and increasing spending power of Indian Population.

Young Population (Consumers in the age group of2045 years were emerging as the fastest growing consumer group and the average age of an Indian in 2020 would be 29 years, compared to 37 years in China and the United States, 45 years in Western Europe, and 48 years in Japan. Younger generation is more prone to visit cafes as per a research)

Rating for coffee outside home is better than tea outside home, specifically in the North

and the East. (The people in southern states of India largely consume coffee. The people in the northern states are generally not coffee drinkers, but drink coffee and experiment with various flavors as a fashion statement.)

Favorable Cost of Labor

Favorable cost and quality of telecom infrastructure

Fair availability of workforce (Quantity as well as skilled)

Tea-based culture of India could be used asopportunities by offering more teabased-drinks.

Threats

India is a tea-based culture. (The Indian hot-beverage market is dominated by tea. India was the largest producer and consumer of tea in the world and accounted for 29% of eth total production and over 20% of the total consumption globally.60 Most of the Indians consumed tea at least twice a day, in the morning and in the afternoon.) Homegrown brands dominate the retail coffee market. Coffee Caf Day (CCD) pioneered the concept of specialty coffee in India followed by Qwikys and Barista Coffee. Lower per capita income in India. High price of coffee is felt as a barrier in the South and the North. (Starbucks products were priced at a premium and the per capita income in India is lower compared to other markets where it is already present, there is immense need to offer products at locally competitive price.) Increasing Health Consciousness among consumers. (The increasing rate of obesity and obesity related diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart diseases in India.

Starbucks was said to have been on the target of many consumer health groups worldwide who planned to campaign against the high-calorie and highfat products that Starbucks sold and which could lead to increased obesity risk, heart diseases, and cancer.)

Visiting cafes is not a frequent habit among most of the Indians.

Other fast food chains like that of McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts, Burger King, etc., already have the infrastructure in place and are instead adding quality coffee to their menus to compete with Starbucks.

Rising prices of coffee are putting pressure on the profit margins of the company.

SCANNING THE ENVIRONMENT - PESTEL ANALYSIS

Political Factors

Indias young are becoming world-class consumers, and multinationals are taking note, reads the sub header for an article titled Hey, Big Spenders! in the August 2003 issue of TIME Magazine. This change can be attributed to many factors. For one, the Indian economy went through a massive liberalization under the new minority government of P.V. Narasimha Rao in 1991. Further, the currentgovernments reform measures like approval to FDI in multi brand retail for up to 51% will surely add up to these factors.

Economic Factors

The factors like inadequate infrastructure, bureaucracy, regulatory and foreign investment controls, the reservation of key products for small-scale industries, and high fiscal deficits are constraining economic growth of India. However, the liberalization measures taken in 1 199 opened the economy to foreign investment and trade: it dismantled important controls, lowered customs duties, and devalued the currency: it virtually abolished licensing controls on private investment, dropped tax rates, and broke public sector monopolies. Further, reforms have been seen in retail industry with Indian government's approval on FDI upto 51% on multi brand retail. The country has recently become is a major exporter of software services and software workers, and the information technology sector leads the strong growth pattern. With a world changing from an industrial to an informational economy, India is bound to play a monumental role in the future of the global industry.

Socio-Cultural Factors

As job opportunities increase in India, moneystays in the palms of the Indian consumers enabling them to reinvest in the Indian economy. Attitudes towards money are also changing. The mantra for the average Indian family, as in most of Asia, has always beensaving, but young Indians today, inspired by job opportunities, have switchedspendingto extravagantly. The attitude of the young generation is to enjoy life and spend money.

However, India is a tea-based culture. Most of the Indians consumed tea at least twice a day, in the morning and in theternoonaf. According to market research studies, coffee wasmainly consumed in the urban areas (71%) and to a much lesser extent in the rural areas (29%). The people in southern states of India largely consumed coffee. The people in the northern states were generally not coffee drinkers, but drank coffee and experimented with various flavors as a fashion statement. The consumption of instant coffee and filter coffee was almost equal on the national level. But region-wise, filter coffee was more popular in the south and the proportion of instant coffee was very high in the non-south regions.

Technological Factors

The coffee beans and tea need be bought from local Indian farmers in order to support the local agricultural economy, save money in transportation andtariffs, and gain tax benefits. Indians tend to take more cream in their coffee. The association with the Tata Coffee Ltd for sourcing its Arabica Coffee would surely help in the long run. Further,the skim milk option neednot be offered in India becausedieting is not a commonly accepted practice in the country. Indians will feel that they are being cheated out of their money if skim milk is put in their beverages. Indians also like spices in their tea and coffee, especially ginger and black clove. One

of Indias favorite fruit flavors in mango, and in factthe mango is Indias national fruit. The food segment needs to take care of vegetarians segment as they form the good proportion of the target market. However, Indians specially the affluent and youngclass will be delighted to have fast

and efficient Wi-Fi services at the cafe plus; people here love to be associated with their

traditional and rich heritage as well as its blending with modernity and this may be reflected in

the stores' ambience. The awareness about how varieties of coffee are sourced, roasted, brewed, etc needed to make people more loyal to coffee specially the Starbuck's.

The inventory policy requires keeping the stores stocked but not overstocked to ensure freshness of products. Better gauges of the numerical figures in the inventory policies can be made after observing consumer trends. To begin with policies can be formulated assuming an average of five hundred consumers per day.

Environmental Factors

Starbucks believe in the importance of caring for our planet and working with and encouraging others to do the same. As a company that relies on an agricultural product, it makes good business sense. It engages itself in recycling, energy management, water conservation,green building, and in reducing carbon footprints wherever possibleWith. these integrated environmental responsibilities, the company will obviously build its image in the eyes of Indian Consumers as well. The ecological concerns regarding the farming of Arabica coffeemust also be addressed in order to ensure consistency in productivity.

Legal Factors

Companies may be public or private but the common public is not allowed to buy shares of the company and there can only be up to fifty shareholders. Import duties areiedapplto almost all goods entering India. The tariff system is based on the Harmonized System (HS) and

tariffs are in the 40 to 60 percent range for basic raw materials, 60 to 100 percent for- semi processed goods, and 100 percent and above on finished and consumer goods. Shipments to India require a commercial invoice, a packing list and bill of lading. A certificate of origin is not required on imports originating in the United StatesFDI. approval though has come to relaxation.

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS PORTERS FIVE FORCES FRAMEWORK

One of the widely held assessment tools of an industrys competitive forces is thefive forces model of competition created by Michael Porter. These five forces are: the competitive force of rivalry among sellers, the competitive force of potential new entrants, the competitive

force of substitute product, the competitive force of supplier bargaining power, and the competitive force of buyer bargaining power (Porter, 1980).

Threat of

Substitutes

BargainingIndustrialBargainingPower ofRivalryPower of BuyersSuppliers

Threat of New

EntrantsIndustry Rivalry

Major competition for Starbucks in India comes from that of Caf coffee day. The abbreviation CCD is known to most of the people in urban parts of India. Their positioning is same as what Starbucks have in US. The other competitors include Barista Lavazza, Quicky's, Barista and Costa Coffee, which are also the multinational brands, and widely recognized. Apart from them, secondary competitors include the Georgia Coffee, served in fast food joints like that

of Mc Donalds and KFC, etc.

Potential for New Entrants

The entry barriers in the coffee retail industry are relatively low in India, particularly for the foreign players. This is possible owing to the fact that 51 % FDI is allowed in India in retail sector. Any large or well-funded company having the thorough understanding of the market can enter into retail sector in IndiaGiven. the fact that Starbucks is a global, it is having its own advantages when it comes to achieving the economies of scale. Starbucks being the global coffee retail chain, they are not going to haveany particular capital related problems. Also, they are having MoU being signed with TATAs for opening their outlets in theirTAJ group of hotels and resorts. India, being the sixth largest producer of coffee in the world is having the largest home grown supply of coffee beans and thus, sourcing coffee in this industry is not going to be much of the problem.

Customer or Supplier Loyalty - Indian market is already being captured by the long established brands like Caf coffee day, Barista, Barista Lavazza and Costa Coffee. Thus, it is going to be pretty much difficult for any of the new entrant to establish its brand name in the Indian market. However, Starbucks being the international brand will definitely help in attracting

the educated Indian crowd.

Market Experience - The existing players in the Indian coffee retail industry have been

here in the market from last 10 years. Thus, their management must be having greater understanding of the Indian markets and Pallets. Therefore, for Starbucks, it is go ingbe t important to first understand the Indian preferences, before making any major move.

Differentiation - Coffee is not the product where there is a great scope for product differentiation. However, it depends on most of the cases on the store ambience, which can act as

the point of differentiation.

Threat of Substitute Products

India has predominantly tea-basedculture thus;awareness about coffeeneed to becreated more and more tea-based drinks in association of TATA coffee needs to be included in

its offerings. Besides tea, other productsubstitutes,here,willinclude otherbeverages,forexample, soda, fruit juices, water, beeror otherliquidand/orcarbonatedbeverages.Since

Starbucks also sells fast foods, other fast food beverages like burgers, etc. The lower end local coffee houses or other snack shops which are less luxurious will also act as substitutes to Starbucks. These are places which provide people with the place to sit, chat and relax atorem affordable rates.

Bargaining Power of Suppliers

In the case of coffee retail, the suppliers, supplying the retailer with the coffee beans are not having much of the bargaining power. This is particularly because of the fact that coffee retailers like that of Starbucks tend to be very big buyers for any of the supplier to lose as a whole. This also gives the Starbucks to dictate terms to the supplier. However, this sourcing would be done on ethical norms of Starbucks and TATA Coffee. Similarly, suppliers of other resources like that

of paper products etc., will not be having much of the bargaining power as there are many sources from which the company can source them. However, this is not valid in the case of the suppliers supplying the technological machinery and equipments as there are not many suppliers

here.

Bargaining Power of Buyers

In the past, buyers in India were not having much of the bargaining power as there were not many food retail giants which were present in the country. However, with the advent of multinational food retail giants in India, like that of Mc Donalds, Barista Lavazza, Caf Coffee

Day and Costa Coffee, consumer is faced with lots of choices. Thus, it will be difficult for

Starbucks to influence the Indian buyers to pay premiumfortheir products. As also the percapita income of Indian Customers is low and their mindsetisnot so affirmative with coffeeculture, however it is catching up among youths, the pricing need to be highly competitive and on zonal basis.

MARKET ANALYSIS - DAVID AAKER'S 7 DIMENSIONS OF MARKET FORCES

Market Size

The recent past has witnessed an upward shift in the per capita consumption of coffee in India, with growing preference amongst the young population. With a young population of about 35% below the age group of 40 spending most of their time at workor outside home, the out of home consumption of coffee is spreading rapidly. Moreover, the increasing spending propensity of the young Indians and their changing lifestyle has increased thedemand for coffee in India. As compared to FY2005 a clear growth can be witnessed in FY2010 in per capita consumption. The per capita consumption in FY2010 increased to 89.3 grams as compared to 70.9 grams in FY2005 due to presence of a strong preference towards instant coffee.

Market Growth Rate

The consumption of coffee in India has grown steadily at a historical CAGR of 6.3% during FY2005-FY2010 and is expected to pace at a CAGR of 4.9% in the near future. In FY2010, the per capita consumption has increased to 89 grams from 85 grams in 2005 at a growth rate of 5%. The Indian coffee market has witnessed a steady growth in the past 5 yearsdue to thegrowingpreference for instant and organic coffee amongst the coffee drinkers.Moreover,rising consumerexpenditure and export promotion schemes implemented bygovernment has influenced the growth of the market in India. Thecoffee market in India has alsowitnessed agrowthin thedemand for -ofout-home consumption of coffee because to themajority of time spent by the young adults at work or out-of-home. This potential of the market

and the preference of the young population have led many global players to foray into the domestic market.

Market Profitability

The revolution in the Indian coffee market has changed the tastes of the consumers and overwhelmed them with arietyv of new options. Thus, a change is witnessed in the coffee drinking habits amongst Indians. Today people prefer instant coffee over the traditional coffee,because of the busy lifestyle and changes in their tastes and preference towards instant coffee. The Indian coffee market is dominated by big players such as Nescafe who has a share of 68.8% followed by BRU and Tata Coffee with 13.5% and 3.2% respectively. Marketerstoday see a lot

of potential in the instant coffee segment, which is one of the reason many big companies are adopting various strategies to capture it. The out-of-home coffee drinking culture is also gaining pace.

Keeping all these in mind that the costs for the coming operating years will reduce and revenues will increase, profit is expected to escalate. After the end of the first fiscal year, the company may determine whether or not it should expand in the country of India. If the first year proves to be a success, Starbucks Coffee can open over 200 location in the subcontinent of India, taking advantage of their international partnerships with Sheraton (Starwood) Inn, and Hyatt Inn. Starbucks will also try to win accounts with local airlines companies, so that they may serve Starbucks drink on flight. In three years profits are expected to exceed one million dollars per annum as per the research conducted.

Industry Cost Structure

Competitive pricing is necessary for the success of thevnture; hence Starbucks must take various costs into consideration. Because of the costs involved instartup, transportation and imported goods, the price need to be set at about USD 1 per drink using the concept of zone pricing to make the coffee affordable to the target audience. Exchanges need to be done in rupeesso that would be about 55 rupees. The prices for all goods need to be relative to the others. With the use of this pricing policy, Starbucks prices would be 20% lower than those of the Barista Company. This use of penetration pricing will ease the companys slide into the market place. Though, it is possible to get a cup of coffee formerely 5 rupees in small stalls on the street, the success of the Barista Coffee Companyshow that the customers are willing to pay for better quality, service, and environment.

Distribution Channel

As its distribution strategy, the Starbucks has already started its first store at Mumbai. This flagship store is located at the historic Elphinstone Building, Horniman Circle, Mumbai and marks the beginning of the iconic brands India journey. In addition to the flagship store atHorniman Circle, Tata Starbucks Limited will launch two more stores in near future at Oberoi Mall and the Taj Mahal Palace Annexe in Mumbai. Subsequently, the other stores will be opened

at other metropolitan areas. The urban areas are thus thefirst choice of Starbucks as its both primary market of youths and secondary market of tourists from other countries are catered here.

Market Trends

A major part of the countrys foreign exchange earnings come from the Coffee industry. Since the inception of coffee in India, the production has been rising along with changes experienced in the consumption pattern over the years.

Increasing Per Capita Consumption - Due to the constant increase in population over the period, the per capita consumption hasalso increased from 85 grams in 2009 to 89 grams in 2010.This increase in the per capita consumption has influenced the overall growth of the Indian coffee market.

Evolving Coffee Retail Chain Concept - The Indian coffee market has been experiencing activities in form of increasing coffee retailshops. This has been the result of the growing trend of out-of-home consumption andincreasing propensity of young population to spend. Many coffee parlors or cafes such asCafe Coffee Day (CCD), Barista and Costa Coffee are spreading their distribution network to cater to coffee drinkers across India. There are 1,503 coffee retail outlets across India to serve the out-of-home coffee drinkers across India.

Global players foraying into the Indian market - The increasing disposable income of young Indians and their changing preference towardscoffee consumption have led many global players to foray into the domestic market. For example, Britains Costa Coffee entered the Indian coffee market in 2005. Moreover,Starbucks, one of the leading global players is planning to enter Indian market in the near future.

Increasing preference towards Instant Coffee - After Nestle and HUL launched their product in the Indian coffee market, the popularity of instant coffee has increasedrauallyg. Today, people prefer instant coffee over the traditional coffee because of their changing life style and variety of options available in the instantcoffee market. About 23.1% of the market is

captured by instant coffee and is expected toincrease further in the near future with a strong preference among the age group of 20-45years.

Growing preference towards organic coffee - Organic Coffee is usually considered to be normal coffee beans that are produced without theuse of pesticides or herbicides. The growing health concerns and the preference of consumersto consume healthy beverage have led the marketers and producers adapt to organically grown coffee.

Key Success Factors

The Primary target market for Starbucks Coffee Co. in India is the youngboth male and female from the ages of 16-38. This market is well educated and comes from middle class to upper middle class population and out-of-home coffee drinking culture is catching up. The international appeal of Starbucks will add up to the promotion of this culture. The highly trained baristas of Starbucks, its technologies and processes by which it sources high quality coffee, roasts, brews and serves to its customers will surely act as Key Success Factors of the Company. Besides its alliance with Tata Coffee to source high quality Arabica Coffee will also help.

COMPETITOR ANALYSIS - PORTER'S 4-CORNER ANALYSIS

Drivers

Financial Goals Corporate Culture

Organizational Structure

Leadership team background

External Constraints

Business Philosophy

Current Strategy

How the business creates value? Where the business is choosing to invest? Relationships and networks the business has developed

COMPETITORS FUTURE STRATEGY

Management Assumptions

Company's perception of its strengths and weaknesses Cultural traits

Organizational value

Perceived industry forces

Belief about competitors goals

Capabilities

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Market Share of Major Coffee Retail Chains in India, FY2010

The Indian coffee market is passing through an evolutionary phase whereconsumers preference towards out-of home consumption is developing. The exceptional growth of out-of - home consumption of coffee in the coffee chains has been triggered by the young adults. The young adults segment of the population pends major time outside home or at work, which has influenced the growth of the coffee chains in India. The retail coffee market in India is majorly dominated by Cafe Coffee Day with 1,134 chainsacross India followed by Barista with 230

coffee serving chains and Cost Coffee with 74 chains. It is being observed that almost 96% of the coffee retail market has been held by these three players and the rest 4% being held by other small and new players.Overwhelmed by the response in India, coffee retail giantsare expected

to expand their network in India in the near future.

Caf Coffee Day

CCD Mission statement - "To be the best caf chain in the country by offering a world class coffee experience at affordable prices."

Business Overview - CCD, Indias first coffee bar was established in 1996 in Bangalore

by the largest exporter of coffee in India, the Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company (ABCTCL).Dominates the market with a share of 75.5% in 2010 with total retail outlets of 1,034

in over 100 cities.

Products and Offerings - The company offers numerous options in the product offerings such as cappuccino, Espresso, Caf Latte, Cafe Mocha, Irish coffee and Ice teaalong with wide variety of eatables such as sandwich, cakes, burger and others. The products are offered to be

consumed in the cafe as well as in take away format. The company also offers various merchandise products such as coffee mugs, gift vouchers and others.

Geographical Reach - The Company has major presence in Delhi with 121 retail outlets, Bangalore with 172 stores, Maharashtra with 225 stores and AP with 84 stores.

Customer Profile at CCD - Other brands are also promoted in a CCD outlet through innovative and interactive use of posters, cards, danglers, leaflets, contest forms, etc. CCD has tied up with popular television serials and also ran promotion contests for many brands. It had also tied up with some popular Indian movies where CCD was featured in some of the scenes. CCD has six caf formats; Music Cafs, Book Cafs, Highway Cafs, Lounge Cafs, Garden Cafs & Cyber Cafs. Music Cafs provided customers with the choice of playing their favorite music tracks on the digital audio jukeboxes installed in the caf. CCD has been also coming out with more formats like sports Caf, singles caf, and fashion caf.

Speaking on competition with other players, Sudipta Sen Gupta, Marketing Head, CCD said: We dont have any competition because we are not competing with the others. In fact weare aiding each other in creating and growing the coffee culture. All of us have a distinct identity. We sure do!

Barista

Business Overview - Founded in 2000, the company is a pioneer of Indian Cafe culture. The company has positioned the brand as a joint where people canindulge in conversations with

a cup of coffee. The target segments for the company are the youth and young adults, who are aware about the global lifestyles and enjoy new flavors and taste of coffee. Barista is planning to expand its latest chain of cafes Barista Creme Lavazza to more parts of the country. Presently the company owns app. 15 such stores.

Products and Offerings - Along with offering coffee, the company also offers fresh salads, sandwiches, pizzas, pastas and desserts. The company offers in-stores promotions from time to time along with other promotions in commercials and films.

Geographical Reach - Barista has a pan India presence with more than 230 retail outlets. 45 of the top outlets offerWi-Fi availability along with 75 outlets offering Blu-Fi for mobile savvy generation.

Coffee and other products at Barista were priced high and its target audiences were youth from the upper-middle-class segment. The coffee at Barista was made with high-quality Arabica coffee beans and baristas (brew masters) were invited from Italy to emaknew blends. Brotin Banerjee, Vice President of Marketing, Barista, said, Our inspiration was the traditional Italian Espresso bars where the idea is to create a home away from home." In 2001, Barista entered into a strategic alliance with Tata Coffee Ltd. (Tata), the largest coffee producer in India. Tata later acquired a 35% stake in Barista. The alliance allowed Barista to enlarge its distribution

network and set up outlets in the Taj Group ofhotels owned byTata anditsother alliedbusinesses.

In 2004, Amit Judge, its promoter, sold65.4%take sof thecompanytoan NRI

businessman, Sivasankaran (Siva), who later in 2004 bought the remaining stakes from Tata as well. After the acquisition, Siva revamped the chain, opened more Barista outlets in Southern cities, and began franchising its outlets. It started opening up a new outlet every 10 days. A newlook was given to its outlets by makingchanges in its seating arrangements,-storeinmerchandise, and providing a better youthfulambience of the storerew.Themastersb

maintained friendly relations with the customers and called them by their first names.

Barista joined with specialty retailers suchas the music retailer Planet M, the bookretailer Crossword, and the Taj Group of hotels for setting up espressocorners in their premises.

It also launched a concept called BanCafe, a coffee shop within the bank premises and joined with the bank ABN AMRO.

Costa Coffee

Business Overview - Costa Coffee was incorporated in India in 2005 with a tie up with Devyani International Limited, head quartered in New Delhi, the Company serves the coffee lovers across India. Company inaugurated its launch with 4 cafes in Bangalore. The company commands a share of 4.9% in the Indian coffee market in 2010.

Products and Offerings - The Company offers different variety of coffee such as Espresso, cappuccino, cafe latte and others. Some of the premium offerings which the company offers are muffins, cakes, desserts, sandwiches, wraps and pastas. The company operates with nearly 74 stores across India.

Geographic Reach - The Company is planning to focus on the prominent cities such as Pune, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. The company is planning to predominantly expand in the metros.

Quiky's

Two software engineers, Shashi Chimala and Shyam, opened the first Qwikys outlet in Chennai in 1999. They were inspired by the specialty coffee bars in the United States. The menu

at Qwikys included varieties in hot Italian coffee, Indian coffee, specialty hot coffee, cold coffee, frappes, milk shakes, tea, other beverages, desserts, and snacks. It targeted youths in the

age group of 18 to 30 years. By 2002, the annual revenues of Qwikys were 43 million INR.

Qwikys had three types of formats; Qwikys Coffee Pubs were stand-alone coffee bars, Qwikys Coffee Islands were outlets within big stores, multiplexes, and movie theatres, and Qwikys Coffee Xpress were coffee kiosks. By 2006 it had over 20 outlets in nine cities in Indiaand one franchise in Sri Lanka. Qwikys had plans to open more outlets inropolitanmet and large cities in India and abroad through franchising its business. It had joined with retailers such as Lifestyle, Music World, and Ebony to open store-in-store outlets.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Starbucks is another industry stalwart to enter the dianIn markets due to vast potential and the huge untapped market. Indian market is always influenced by the traditions followed in the Western counterparts hence the success of Mconalds,D KFC, etc to name a few. With access to Hollywood movies where thesebrands are flashed quite often, the aura surrounding brands such as Starbucks scale new heights.

Indian consumers have always welcomed change when it comes to their taste buds. Cappuccinos, Latte have eclipsed the traditional Espresso filter coffee. Filter coffee seems like

an archaic notion, only restricted to the elderly people. In fact the coffee shops have itself undergone a tremendous transformation, with them replacing a hang-out joint for the teenagers.

The timing of their entry could not have beenbetter. With Barista, Caf Coffee Day and Costa coffee almost losing their sheen, Starbucks comes in like a breath of fresh air. The future outlook of any company is not complete without an analysis of the industry in which it operates.

The coffee industry of India is the sixth largest producer of coffee in the world, accounting for over four percent of world coffee production, with the bulk of all production taking place in its Southern states. India is most noted for its Monsooned Malabar variety. It is believed that coffee has been cultivated in India longer than anywhere outside of the Arabian Peninsula.

Tata Starbucks Limited, the 50/50 joint venture between Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) and Tata Global Beverages Limited is bringing an unparalleled experience to Indian customers. Both companies have a history of delivering product innovation and the highest quality experience to customers around the globe. They are delighted to come together today and transform the coffee experience for consumers across India, while providing a

community gathering place to connect with family and friends. Thus, Coffee culture is poised to be deeply in-grained into Indian culture in the near future, if this strategic alliance succeeds.

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