In 2004, Starbucks also introduced in select stores a burning service, allowing customers to select tracks to make their own CDs.īut Starbucks in March stopped selling CDs, saying at the time only that it was exploring new options. Starbucks was once seen by the music industry as a great hope for selling CDs, with a selection offered on racks as customers waited for their coffees. Starbucks said it would later roll out the tie-up to stores in Canada and Britain. The partnership will start later this year at Starbucks' 7,000 company-owned stores in the United States. 'Given the evolution of the music industry and the proliferation of streaming technology, it was natural that we would partner with Spotify in offering our customers a new way to engage with their favorite music,' added Kevin Johnson, president and chief operating officer of Starbucks.

Through the two companies' technological capacities, 'we are reinventing the way our millions of global customers discover music,' Howard Schultz, the chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks, said in a statement, released on Monday.

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