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Retail licensing is the process of a company brand granting a product retailer written permission to use brand trademarks, logos, characters or other imagery on retail products for sale.

Yes, Starbucks employees (referred to as "partners") generally receive a discount on drinks and food purchased while on shift. The exact discount amount can vary based on the employee's location and company policy, but it is typically around 30-50% off.

Franchises typically work best for service-based businesses, while licenses are more conducive to product-based businesses. A licensee has more control over how they run their business compared to a franchisee, whose business will be dictated by the franchise owner (franchisor).

If it's a corporate store, you walk through a door that says Starbucks on it. If it's a licensed location, you walk through a door that says something else (Harris Teeter, Target and so on) and up to a kiosk counter in a larger store.

In a franchise partnership, the business belongs to the franchisee. The franchisee essentially runs the business for the franchisor, but at a fee. In a licensing partnership, the licensee only pays the licensor for a specific product, for which the licensor may have taken out patent rights.

Licensing gives the licensee a right to operate in cooperation with a brand, gaining access to the brand's intellectual property, brand, design, and business programs. In exchange, the licensee pays royalty fees to the licensor.

Licensed stores Starbucks does not offer franchises instead one can operate a licensed store of Starbucks. In such an arrangement the individual is not the owner of the outlet. This allows Starbucks to exercise greater control over the working of the outlet.