The comments are as fascinating as the post:
http://www.asymco.com/2012/11/09/minding-the-store/
http://www.asymco.com/2012/11/09/minding-the-store/
Yeah, I always wondered why Apple was so slow at expand their retail operations abroad, in China and elsewhere, particularly since so much of their cash is stashed abroad, doing little. Clearly Ahrendts is suited for that role.mattCR said:She's wildly controversial but truly successful in getting products traction in the Asian market, where apple is actually struggling a bit right now
http://9to5mac.com/2014/05/19/angela-ahrendts-plan-for-the-future-of-apple-retail-china-emphasis-mobile-payments-revamped-experience/Ahrendts has also been touring many of Apple’s stores in the areas surrounding Apple’s Cupertino, California campus. Ahrendts is said to have visited the new Stanford store and multiple stores in San Francisco. Employees who have met with Ahrendts describe the new retail chief as “warm and genuine,” “honest,” and “passionate.” As one senior-ranking Apple retail executive put it, “she is so Apple.”
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As Ahrendts told some Apple retail managers, “I got my MBA at Burberry, but I will get my PhD at Apple.”