6-21-2018
SEATTLE, Wash. — Starbucks is closing more U.S. stores due to low sales.
The Seattle-based corporation announced Tuesday that 150 underperforming stores will be closed next year.
Starbucks said the recent uproar over the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks may have affected sales.
Stores postponed cold beverage marketing while Starbucks addressed the controversy.
Starbucks has more than 13,000 locations nationwide and eighteen are in Whatcom County.