Brian Niccol, the former CEO of Chipotle, began leading Starbucks earlier this week. Transforming the coffee shops back into third places will be a tough task.

(00:21) Jim Gillies and Ricky Mulvey discuss:

- The situation that Niccol is coming into at Starbucks.

- Why previous leadership at the coffee giant didn’t work out.

- A sporting goods retailer that may have reached bottom.

Then, (18:22) Robert “Bro” Brokamp kicks off a two-part interview with Dave Hatter, a cybersecurity consultant at Intrust IT, about the Social Security database hack and how to make your personal information more secure.

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Companies discussed: SBUX, ASO

Host: Ricky Mulvey

Guests: Jim Gillies, Robert Brokamp, Dave Hatter

Producer: Mary Long

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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