48. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
(A) Starbucks’ business in Seattle in the early 1980s was not lucrative.
(B) Around two thirds of Starbucks’ stores are outside of North America.
(C) The first Starbucks location outside of North America was in France.
(D) Starbucks’ expansion into the Midwest and British Columbia in the late 1980s was not very profitable.