A Seattle tour traces the history of Starbucks; during a visit to a Starbucks outlet, a happy employee gushes about being in "the people-touching business."

Within the first two months of operation, Starbucks outlets were already making a profit.

The café scene is surprisingly strong for a city with so many Starbucks outlets.

Locals in Roseburg, a logging town not yet blessed with a Starbucks outlet, seem to like the kaffeeklatsch atmosphere.

Imagine seeing for yourself how many Starbucks outlets open in New York every hour.

The device works with most free and paid Wi-Fi hot spots, including T-Mobile's network, which is available in Starbucks outlets.

Starbucks outlets are home to several of the branches.

It was only available at North American Starbucks outlets until 26 July 2005, when it was made available in other retail stores.

Put another way, Starbucks the company was expanding its market while its individual outlets were losing market share, largely to other Starbucks outlets.

He expects the number of Starbucks outlets to nearly double, to about 10,000, in 2005.