Surprisingly, the city with the largest number of Starbucks stores worldwide was found in none of the aforementioned countries. Seoul, in South Korea, had 284 locations as of May 2014. It seems that, for Starbucks, financial success has gone hand-in-hand with global expansion.
The title as âJewel in the Crown, was given to India by the British as they could find some preciousness in this country. In fact they found that India was source of several precious stones like Sapphires, rubies, diamonds, emeralds and many more expensive spices.
These statistics meant that Britain took millions of rupees of raw materials and then sold the transformed materials back to India. Being considered the âJewel in the Crownâ also meant that India was strategically placed. India is in between England and China so it was perfect for the silk trade. England wanted to trade with China, and India is on the way to China as seen on the map below.