[ichicoro]

I think you're being downvoted because you're wrong and you're being smug about it.

>Starbucks ( ! ) just opened its first ( ! ) and only ( ! ) store in Rome a few months ago.

Uhm, there's 7 (according to Google Maps) in Milan, 2 in Turin, and at least two more someplace else (one being in Rome). Additionally, 1 of the 7 Starbucks in Milan is the only "Starbucks Roastery" in Europe.

>It goes the same for most popular world chains. You'll find UNIQLO in France or Spain, forget about Italy.

There's a UNIQLO store in Milan.

[ananiochita]

I did not know that there is a UNIQLO store in Milan ( 2019 apparently ), thanks for correcting me. The general point stands.

I wrote that there is ONE Starbucks, just opened in 2022 in ROME and that's literally a fact, I can see where you might misinterpret my sentence -- I was speaking of Rome. I do mention this is the third capital of the EU and in a G7 country and this is unusual, Starbucks being what it is. And yes, half a dozen more in all of Italy, again, proving the point. There are more in a single city in many other EU countries.

There's a dozen of them in and around Vienna, a much smaller capital also with a great tradition of coffeeshops, for comparison. But a place with much less aversion than Italy to foreign businesses.

I am not smug or care for karma / rewards / validation. I care for truth and not taking facts as opinions.