Howard Schultz, founder and chief global strategist for the company, said the 1990s fostered the growth of informal gathering places for a populace increasingly confined to eight working hours in front of a computer.

• 星巴克公司的创立人及全球首席策略师霍华德 - 舒尔茨说，20世纪90年代促进了为越来越被八小时坐在电脑屏前工作生活所束缚的人们所提供的非正式的聚集场所的增长。