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  "id": 9573555,
  "title": "Starbucks to shutter 250 stores in North America, a year after big wave of closings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/starbucks-to-shutter-250-stores-in-north-america-a-year-after-big",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-24T15:18:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/starbucks-to-shutter-250-stores-in-north-america-a-year-after-big-wave-of-closings"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The company didn't say Thursday which coffeehouses will close, how many are located in the U.S. or how many are unionized.",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Starbucks is closing hundreds of cafes and slashing 900 jobs in $1 billion overhaul",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/starbucks-is-closing-hundreds-of-cafes-and-slashing-900-jobs-in-1",
        "published": "2026-09-24T12:40:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Why is Starbucks closing 250 stores? Inside Brian Niccol’s turnaround strategy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/why-is-starbucks-closing-250-stores-inside-brian-niccols-turnaround",
        "published": "2026-09-24T15:22:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}