South China Morning Post:
Luckin Coffee, the loss-making challenger to Starbucks, is doubling down on its store expansion and consumer subsidies this year, with plans to open about 2,500 new outlets in the world’s most populous nation.

That would bring the Xiamen-based start-up’s total number of stores in the country to more than 4,500, according to company co-founder and chief executive Qian Zhiya at a press briefing in Beijing on Thursday. It would also overtake Starbucks’ current total of about 3,600 stores across China.

TechCrunch:
A one-year-old Chinese startup called Luckin is busy waging war against Starbucks as the new year unfolds. At an event on Thursday, Luckin announced that it aims to be the largest coffee chain in China by number of cups sold and outlets by 2019.

Caffeinated drinks are taking off in the tea-drinking nation. Average coffee consumption per Chinese consumer is expected to grow 18 percent between 2014 and 2019, well above 0.9 percent in the U.S. Starbucks is currently the largest player in China’s coffee market, with 3,300 stores as of last May and a goal of topping 6,000 outlets by 2022.

CNN:
After barely a year in business, Luckin Coffee is challenging Starbucks in one of the US coffee giant's top markets.

About 2,000 Luckin outlets have sprung up across China over the last year. That includes a store in Beijing's Forbidden City, the historic cultural site from which Starbucks was famously evicted more than a decade ago.

Luckin plans to have 4,500 outlets by the end of 2019, which would take it ahead of Starbucks to become China's biggest coffee chain. It's luring customers with cheap prices and savvy use of technology, which is forcing Starbucks to up its game.

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