22 Mar 09 Senseo® Sundays ::: Schiller :::

Let it all go… Time for a new Senseo episode on Sunday march 22nd 2009 - with crystal clear sounds from Germany: hi-quality productions by Christopher von Deylen aka Schiller. This music must be played at high volume for sure! No kidding - the blend of pop, electronic and ambient is hard to resist and asks for bigger speakers and heavier sub woofers Schiller was rewarded five gold records, received the 2002 Echo-Award, the DVD Champion Award for best music DVD and the Opus Award for BEST SOUND DESIGN. Performances with a wide variety of international artists; Klaus Schulze, Sarah Brightman, Kim Sanders, Ana Torroja, Jaël, Mike Oldfield, Moya Brennan, Anna Maria Muehe, Jette von Roth (todays show!), Thomas D. (todays show!) and many others…. Todays music can be seen and heard @ Schiller-tv.com

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Starbucks shuts 300 more stores… Thousands of baristas are to lose their jobs as Starbucks shuts stores to cope with dwindling sales of lattes, cappuccinos and frappuccinos as cash-strapped consumers lose their thirst for coffee.The Seattle-based chain tonight revealed a 70% slump in quarterly profits to $64.3m and announced that it intends to shed 6,700 employees this year. It is closing 300 stores, two thirds of which will be in the US, on top of 660 shutdowns last year.

As the global economy turns sour, appetite for Starbucks’ premium-priced drinks appears to be waning. Like-for-like sales fell by 10% at American stores and dropped by 3% elsewhere in the world - including a decline in the UK during the three months to December.

Starbucks’ chief executive, Howard Schultz, is joining in the belt-tightening by asking the company’s board to cut his basic salary from $1.2m to $10,000. Schultz, 55, dropped off Forbes’ list of the world’s billionaires last year as the value of his stake in Starbucks plunged. In a statement, Schultz blamed the “weakening global consumer environment” for Starbucks’ problems. He said the company was following a “well developed plan to strengthen our business through more efficient operations and by preserving the fundamental strengths and values of our brand”.

Analysts say Starbucks’ market has been eroded by improved coffee offerings at fast-food stores such as McDonald’s which typically charge much lower prices. Starbucks has 16,875 stores globally. It once boasted of an ambition to have 20,000 outlets in the US and a further 20,000 overseas, although expansion plans have since been radically scaled back.

SOURCE: Andrew Clark in New York - guardian.co.uk - Wednesday 28 January 2009 23.12 GMT

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