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Starbucks invades Parisian cafe culture1The beauty industry2Holiday Headache2Arthritis all-clear for high heels3Disney World4Secrets to a Great Life5The 50-Percent Theory of Life6The Road to Happiness7Six Famous Words8Write Your Own Life8Starbucks invades Parisian cafe cultureA form of alien civilisation has finally landed in Paris - unfamiliar green and black signs have appeared on the Avenue de LOpera.It is the first Starbucks cafe to boldly go where no Starbucks has gone before, onto potentially hostile French territory.Its advertising posters on the Champs Elysee announce Starbucks - a passion pour le cafe.But is the company aware of the risk it is taking by challenging the very birthplace of cafe society?I think every time we come into a new market we do it with a great sense of respect, a great deal of interest in how that cafe society has developed over time, Bill OShea of Starbucks says.We recognise there is a huge history here of cafe society and we have every confidence we can enjoy, augment and join in that passion.And he may be right. Despite some sniffiness in the French press, some younger French are expressing their excitement that they will finally be able to visit the kind of cafe they love to watch on the US TV series Friends.In fact, for some, it is an exotic rarity, far more exciting than the average French cafe.Melissa, aged 18, says she can hardly wait: I love Starbucks caramel coffee - its very good and I like the concept that theyre opening in Paris. I think Starbucks will be OK for French people.An American tourist is equally excited when she spots the sign - this could be just the thing to help her get over the occasional twinge of homesickness.I love the French cafes, but Starbucks is so popular in the States and its become part of American culture and now its come to France, and thats OK, she said.But that is the problem for many French, who do not want France to be just like the rest of the world: with standardised disposal cups of coffe