China’s Starbucks challenger files for IPO in US


  • Business
  • Wednesday, 24 Apr 2019

Coffee unicorn: A customer at a Luckin Coffee store in Beijing. By the end of this year, Luckin aims to become the largest coffee network in China in terms of number of stores. — Reuters

New York: Luckin Coffee Inc, the ambitious startup that is challenging Starbucks Corp in the race to dominate China’s growing coffee culture, filed for a US initial public offering (IPO).

The Beijing-based company applied to list American depositary shares on Nasdaq under the ticker LK.

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