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Retail SVP Angela Ahrendts Discusses Apple’s Retail Strategy in New Interview
In a new interview with Vogue, Apple's Retail SVP Angela Ahrendts says that retail is broken and stores need to rethink their approach to compete with online shopping. The retail sector is in trouble in the United States — almost 10,000 have closed their doors in the country since 2017. Apple's solution to this problem, according...
Angela Ahrendts Announces New App Prototyping Event Coming to Future ‘Today at Apple’ Sessions
Today at Apple is a program that Apple offers for all customers that brings educational and inspirational sessions into their retail stores. In a new tweet, Apple's retail VP Angela Ahrendts announced that the company will be adding a new type of session to its offering. The new session will be aimed at those who...
Apple Exec Angela Ahrendts’ Retail Overhaul Detailed in New Profile
A new Buzzfeed profile of Apple's retail chief Angela Ahrendts provides a look into the executive's move from Burberry, her partnership with Apple's design head Jony Ive, and the various inspirations for her retail approach from late Apple CEO Steve Jobs. When Ahrendts was first chosen to head up Apple's retail operations, she recalled that Apple design...
Angela Ahrendts Talks About Apple’s New In-Store Initiatives [VIDEO]
Angela Ahrendts, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Retail, was interviewed by Daniel Roth of LinkedIn about the future of retail and the new Today at Apple concept. Retailers have been failing at an increasing rate in the US, in part due to competition from online stores. The tech giant recently launched a new initiative, called “Today...
Apple Retail VP to Join Will.i.am at #WheresTheLove Video Screening
It’s been 13 years since the Black Eyed Peas released their hit single Where is the Love?, and it’s back for 2016 in a new remake, to address the challenges the world is facing, from terrorist attacks to natural disasters to police brutality and more. Apple has announced senior vice president of retail Angela Ahrendts...
Apple SVP Angela Ahrendts Treats All Retail Store Employees as “Executives”
Angela Ahrendts appeared recently in an interview with Charlie Rose of 60 Minutes in which she invited Rose and viewers inside Apple's store of future. Ahrendts then told Rose that she holds meetings in that mock-up store every week to discuss potential changes to retail design and more. Fast Company's Rick Tetzeli sat down with...
Charlie Rose Enters Jony Ive’s Secret Design Lab This Sunday on CBS
60 Minutes has previewed Charlie Rose's next interview on Twitter, which will certainly be of interest to all Apple fans. Rose will take us into Apple's headquarters and chat with the company's head of retail, Angela Ahrendts, as well as Jony Ive in his secret design studio (via Re/code). As you can see from the...
Angela Ahrendts Tops Bloomberg’s Pay-For-Performance Index of Female Leaders
Apple head of retail Angela Ahrendts tops the list of the highest-paid female executives in the United States for 2014, according to data compiled and posted by Bloomberg. You may already know that Apple hired away Ahrendts from Burberry. To be able to do that, the iPhone maker had to put an attractive offer on...
Apple Confirms Online-Only Apple Watch Sales at Launch, No Store Sales
Apple has today confirmed that Apple Watch pre-orders will kick off on Friday April 10th, alongside the in-store preview. Customers in nine countries — Canada included — can walk into an Apple Store and try the Apple Watch on, but can only pre-order it online, starting on April 10 at 12:01 am PDT. Apple’s retail...
Angela Ahrendts Encourages Customers to Place Orders Online, Avoid Stores at Product Launches
Apple's new retail chief, Angela Ahrendts, brings a significant change in mindset to how customers can buy products. In a memo sent out to staff members and obtained by Business Insider, she encourages retail employees to direct customers to the Apple Online Store to purchase the Apple Watch and 12-inch Retina MacBook, because the "days...
How Tim Cook Lured Ex-Burberry Chief Angela Ahrendts to Apple
In an interview with Fortune, Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts has shared how she met Apple CEO Tim Cook, her thoughts about his leadership skills and and how he lured her to California. She recalls that the first time they both met was not at the Apple office, but somewhere else in Cupertino. She was CEO...
Here’s How Much Apple Executives Were Paid in 2014
Apple's new head of retail, Angela Ahrendts, received more than $73 million in cash and stock last year. By comparison, company CEO Tim Cook received "only" $9.2 million in 2014, so there is a huge gap there. Why? The SEC filing and Fortune's Tom Huddleston Jr. reveal the answer. When Ahrendts decided to join the world's biggest...