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Coffee Republic struggles with the daily grind

Jim Riley

7th July 2009

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This will be a story that is worth following over the Summer. Leading coffee shop chain Coffee Republic is on the bring of going into administration according to the papers yesterday. A story of over-ambitious expansion, unprofitable growth through franchises, the impact of the credit crunch and a struggle to handle intense competition from from better-resourced rivals such as Starbucks and Costa Coffee. So far as I’m aware, Coffee Republic has never made a profit - though it has long been feted as an entrepreneurial success story…

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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