Starbucks Corp. will close thousands of stores on a May afternoon to conduct antibias employee education, in the coffee giant’s latest response to a recent incident that embroiled it in a social-media maelstrom.
The chain said Tuesday that its more than 8,000 U.S. company-owned stores will be shut on the afternoon of May 29 for the training, after concerns arose that some of the company’s front-line employees improperly treated black people. A customer’s video posted online this past weekend showed several police officers...