War on Christmas? Starbucks' simple red cups spark online outcry
Summary of article:
The controversial issue on Starbucks red cups this Christmas has caused tension for many customers. The plain simple red cups design has caused an issue that Starbucks has war on Christmas and are not as festive when compared to previous years. Although Starbucks`s executives had no intension that this would cause such a ruckus and stated that they just wanted to have a more simple and subtle design that embraced the holiday season. There were many religious people who had opinions that this was against Christmas and felt it showed disrespect and it created many issues for the company as whole. Laura Ries, the market consultant just felt that this was not such a big issue and felt that this was more that people did not like the change that a Christmas cup can be simple during holiday seasons rather than being so decorated. She said the coffee inside the cup should be more important to consumers
Mae Anderson, The Associated Press
Published Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Source: Ctvnews
http://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/war-on-christmas-starbucks-simple-red-cups-spark-online-outcry-1.2652318