date:Apr 28, 2013
Starbucks Corp the dominant coffeehouse chain in China's growing coffee market posted a 26 percent jump in second-quarter profits and raised its full-year earnings outlook, helped by strong sales growth in China and Asia Pacific.
Sales at stores open at least a year rose 8 percent in the region. However, operating earnings remained flat and the profit margin shrank as the United States-based company, whose specialty coffee drinks are popular with China's increasingly wealthy upper and middle