Overview of Electronic Commerce

Abstract

Starbucks is the world’s largest coffee house chain, with about 20,800 stores in 63 countries (see Loeb 2013). Many people view Starbucks as a traditional store where customers drop in, enter an order, pay cash or by credit card for coffee or other products, consume their choices in the store, and go on about their business. The last thing many people think about is the utilization of computers in this business. The opposite is actually true. Starbucks is turning itself into a digital and social company (Van Grove 2012).