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Americans reading the paper, listening to the news every single day, and all you hear is things are getting worse and worse. And that has a psychological effect on consumer confidence. That's what consumer confidence is.

Howard Schultz

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Howard Schultz
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 19
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