SPREADING THE LOVE AT 7TH AND MONTANA ...!

"Will you be my Valentine?"  That was the question at 7th and Montana today as Starbucks unveiled its line of Valentine's Day gifts a month-and -a-half before the Big Day.  And why not?  The promotion of holidays weeks or months in advance has become the Hallmark of a successful Starbucks marketing campaign.  Let's just hope they don't take a page out of Hallmark's book and start inventing their own holidays!