Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts

Re:Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts by alehul on Monday February 25, 2019 @04:03PM (#19249438)

Now that you've pointed out that this process exists, I'm super intrigued to hear the playlists of different stores and compare that with the brand image of said stores.

Maybe if I like 'x' brand, I'll also enjoy their store playlist... could be the key to finding lots of great music.

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Re:Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts by reaperducer on Monday February 25, 2019 @04:12PM (#19249500)

Maybe if I like 'x' brand, I'll also enjoy their store playlist... could be the key to finding lots of great music.

It actually is. My wife has the sort of job where she spends a lot of time in high-end retail stores, and at that level the music is very important so she's very aware of it.

It's not just selecting the right music, but making sure your company isn't playing the same songs as the competition.

CBS Sunday Morning had a nice long piece about this last year.

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Re:Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts by sverige on Monday February 25, 2019 @11:15PM (#19251930)

I stayed at the W hotel in Chicago on a business trip once years ago. The music sampler they provided was like listening to some mix made from my wife's playlist. So yeah, I don't plan to take her to the W, or that will be the only place suitable for the rest of my life. It's pricey and they have expensive stores all around it.

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Re:Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts by chipotle_coyote on Monday February 25, 2019 @06:26PM (#19250486)

Sort of ironically given the linked article's subject, Starbucks used to take music very seriously, to the point of selling CDs in store, setting up CD burning kiosks, and even running their own record label in partnership with jazz/folk label Concord. (There were even standalone Hear Music stores for a few brief years.)

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/02/st...

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Re:Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts by voltagex_ on Monday February 25, 2019 @07:45PM (#19251045)

https://archive.org/details/attentionkmartshoppers - not quite what you're after but fascinating nonetheless.

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Re:Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts by eps on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @05:20AM (#19253218)

I happen to own an oddity in a CD form called Pottery Barn Mix. Mostly jazz/lounge remixes, similar to Verve Remixed. It is really quite nice... except for the disk title :)

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Re:Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts by yarovoy on Monday February 25, 2019 @10:50PM (#19251843)

I actually often go to one chain because I always pick up one or two nice new songs while shopping, and I like their clothes.

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