India has been a tea sipping society. But the aromatic wave of coffee culture is wafting across it.
Starbucks opened its very first coffee shop in India, at 10 pm, at an stylish and historic address at Horniman Circle, south Mumbai, adding yet another outlet, and country, to its 18,000 store chain in 60 countries that serves 70 million customers a week.
Starbucks faces two major challenges.
Starbucks plans to open its first store in India by December this year.
Since debuting in India in October 2012, the company has opened 15 Starbucks stores across Mumbai and Delhi.
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