“The stores selected for closing will be the ones most exposed to “high homeless traffic”.”
Bingo we have a winner.
As of 2018, the company operates 28,218 locations worldwide.
They are concentrating on national markets and not just the USA.
Example in China they have some 2,800 stores and plan for 5,000
stores by 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks