Starbucks Goes Healthy, Opens First Juice Store - Will It Succeed?

By Paolo Gorgo: Jamba Juice's (JMBA) shares declined 13% after announcing Q2 2013 revenues that did not meet consensus. The company delivered a 1.9% Y/Y revenue increase, while income from operations increased 32.1% to $6.6 million and operating margin improved by 230 basis points to 9.9%. The stock is still drifting downwards as we write.

By Paolo Gorgo: After the fake Apple (AAPL) store was highlighted last month, journalists have started reporting about several other Chinese “copycat stores” that resemble western brands.

Jamba, Inc. (JMBA), an Emeryville, California-based company posted financial results for the third quarter (3QFY14; ending September 30 2014). The company posted revenue of $58.3 million, down 5.5% over last year, missing estimates of $59.5 million. The decline in revenue is attributed to the closure of company-owned stores as part of the re-franchising initiative in California with about 114 locations.

By Paolo Gorgo: Highlights for the quarter and the year (click to enlarge) (click to enlarge) Quick summary of Jamba's turn around story Through some relatively easy to read charts, we'll quickly provide a short summary of Jamba's (JMBA) turnaround in the last few years, for those of you who may not be completely familiar with the story.

Specialty tea shops are emerging from a niche market into the mainstream, and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is set on taking advantage of this trend and making Americans into tea drinkers. His plan is to make Starbucks' Teavana brand the face of premium tea across the country in the same way Starbucks became the face of premium coffee.

By Qineqt:Jamba (JMBA) Inc. operates in the $3.4 billion juice business, and has seen 7 consecutive quarters of same store sales gains. CEO White has been praised for his successful turnaround measures.

By Paolo Gorgo: Jamba Juice (JMBA) turn around story may probably be resumed in a relatively simple way: in 2009, the management team decided to reduce the number of company owned locations, and concentrate its growth efforts on franchise-operated stores and licensed consumer products – with both strategies potentially representing very high margin contributors to the company's bottom line.

By Tri Duong:Starbucks (SBUX) recently announced its plans to open 1,000 Teavana locations worldwide, starting with its New York location later this year.