“Apple has just made another significant hire from the global fashion industry: Yves Saint Laurent’s Europe President and Retail Head Catherine Monier,” Mark Gurman reports for 9to5Mac.
“Sources say that Monier left the Paris, France-based fashion icon earlier this summer and that she started at Apple within the last few weeks,” Gurman reports. “The sources added that former Yves Saint Laurent CEO Paul Deneve, who joined Apple last year to work on ‘Special Projects’ under Apple CEO Tim Cook, was behind the hire and that Monier will work on Deneve’s team.”
Gurman reports, “Sources say that Deneve’s team at Apple has been working on new strategies for Apple’s official retail stores in order to make the stores more capable of selling and marketing fashion and wearable goods.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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