NEW YORK: Starbucks, bucking a retailer trend focused on beefing up company-owned online stores, has shut its e-commerce site for the United States in an effort to drive more traffic to stores.

Since Sunday, shoppers on the coffee chain’s online store (store.starbucks.com) are being directed to set up an online account for pickup up at local Starbucks stores for drink, coffee beans and equipment orders.

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