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Tag: Ron Johnson

Steve Jobs’ Apple Retail Store chief Ron Johnson: ‘Apple is going to win on AI’

Friday, June 5, 2026 4:13 pmFriday, June 5, 20264 Comments

Steve Jobs’ former retail chief Ron Johnson believes Apple is poised to dominate artificial intelligence, largely because the iPhone will be…

How Apple’s push to rule the smartphone industry has made Apple Store employees feel like robots

Tuesday, December 24, 2019 1:14 pmWednesday, January 8, 202028 Comments

In recent years, Apple Retail Store employees have started to feel like the culture and spirit of the Apple Store has deviated…

Two years in, ‘Today at Apple’ is outgrowing Apple Retail Stores

Thursday, May 23, 2019 2:45 pmThursday, May 23, 20191 Comment

The program has evolved so much, in fact, that it is beginning to outgrow the stores…

Former Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts appointed to Airbnb Board of Directors

Thursday, May 16, 2019 2:32 pmThursday, May 16, 20193 Comments

Former Apple retail boss Angela Ahrendts is joining Airbnb’s board, the company announced Thursday…

How Apple Retail Stores lost their luster

Tuesday, May 7, 2019 8:58 amTuesday, December 24, 201939 Comments

Web Smith’s recent experience at his local Apple store in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio…

Angela Ahrendts gives first interview since leaving Apple

Monday, May 6, 2019 12:44 pmMonday, May 6, 20198 Comments

How do you balance calculated decision-making with trusting your gut?

How Apple Retail Stores changed for the worse, says former store manager

Monday, March 18, 2019 11:32 amMonday, March 18, 201930 Comments

When it comes to Apple stores, they’ve long been regarded as a fundamental pillar of the Apple experience…

Apple taking its in-store iPhone push too far by promoting upgrades instead of repairs?

Thursday, February 14, 2019 3:10 pmThursday, February 14, 20196 Comments

It’s no secret that Apple has been pushing iPhone upgrades like never before…

Now is the time for Apple to re-think its retail priorities

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 1:44 pmWednesday, February 13, 20193 Comments

The departure of Angela Ahrendts as Apple’s retail chief is a Rorschach test…

Ron Johnson: Apple Retail Stores ‘are a victim of their own success’

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 1:00 pmTuesday, February 12, 201918 Comments

Apple has the premier retail experience. Under Angela Ahrendts they made significant improvements, but…

Ron Johnson: Apple stock is the best buy you can make ‘for the next decade’

Wednesday, January 16, 2019 5:32 pmWednesday, January 16, 201918 Comments

Apple’s former retail chief, Ron Johnson, told CNBC on Wednesday that the tech giant’s stock…

Claps and cheers: Apple stores’ carefully managed drama

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 1:01 pmTuesday, December 4, 20185 Comments

Bright, uncluttered, and clad in glass, they couldn’t contrast more sharply with the big-box labyrinths they were designed to replace…

Apple Retail’s mission: Embodied values

Thursday, August 16, 2018 5:05 pmThursday, August 16, 201810 Comments

We’ve recently studied Apple retail and believe it is an underappreciated competitive advantage…

Ron Johnson was right about JCPenney

Monday, June 11, 2018 2:28 pmMonday, June 11, 201817 Comments

The latest painful chapter in the JCPenney saga has now been written…

Steve Jobs’ initial reaction to Apple Store’s Genius Bar: ‘That’s so idiotic!’

Monday, March 6, 2017 2:44 pm12 Comments

In 2000, when Apple hired Ron Johnson to create and run its first retail store…

Apple ordered to pay $2 million penalty following retail employee complaints over meal breaks

Friday, December 16, 2016 3:45 pm12 Comments

Apple has been ordered to cut a $2 million check for denying some of its retail workers meal breaks…

Apple retail stores ushered in the post-commodity era

Friday, May 20, 2016 2:28 pmFriday, May 20, 20169 Comments

Fifteen years ago, what the pundits didn’t get about the stores is what they still don’t get about Apple…

Apple Stores are no longer the star of the American mall; top mall operator says slowdown at Apple Stores is drag on overall sales growth

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 11:19 amWednesday, February 3, 201656 Comments

The Apple Store might be losing its place as the king of the American mall, at least according to a mall operator whose properties…

Apple Store co-creator wants to kill its long iPhone lines

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 6:06 pmWednesday, September 23, 201515 Comments

In the 12 years he spent as Apple retail chief, Ron Johnson helped dream up the first Apple Store…

Apple has an uncopyable secret weapon that customers love

Thursday, July 23, 2015 12:04 pm28 Comments

As far back as I can remember, back to Macs in the last century…

How the Apple Retail Store took over the world

Wednesday, July 22, 2015 8:39 amWednesday, July 22, 20158 Comments

It’s kind of crazy that Apple pulled off its unique store strategy…

Apple retail veteran Bob Bridger is leaving; big changes coming

Tuesday, February 3, 2015 11:28 amTuesday, February 3, 201511 Comments

Apple’s veteran vice president of retail real estate and development Bob Bridger is leaving the company…

Apple VP of Retail Real Estate Bob Bridger to retire amid Ahrendts’ overhaul

Monday, February 2, 2015 5:36 pm3 Comments

The last executive from the Ron Johnson and Steve Jobs era of Apple Retail is leaving the company…

Angela Ahrendts given strong incentive to join Apple Inc.

Saturday, January 24, 2015 12:02 pmSaturday, January 24, 201510 Comments

A new financial filing shows that Apple made extraordinary financial offers…

Angela Ahrendts looks to revive Apple Retail Stores’ lagging sales

Tuesday, December 30, 2014 8:35 am70 Comments

The Apple Store lost a bit of its glow as it went more than a year without a leader…

Apple’s ex-retail chief Ron Johnson leads startup ‘Enjoy’ online shopping curation service

Friday, October 24, 2014 9:58 amFriday, October 24, 201413 Comments

Ron Johnson , who helped build Apple Inc.’s successful retail stores…

Why the heck did Ron Johnson leave Apple for J.C. Penney?

Friday, August 15, 2014 10:28 amFriday, August 15, 201433 Comments

As Apple’s retail chief, Ron Johnson walked on water…

6 Steve Jobs stories we learned this month

Friday, July 18, 2014 12:01 pmFriday, July 18, 20141 Comment

Apple’s Steve Jobs is a modern icon…

Numbers revealed: Apple retail is all about community

Saturday, July 12, 2014 5:35 pmSaturday, July 12, 201422 Comments

From the very beginning, Apple’s retail stores were intended to…

Apple’s Angela Ahrendts finally speaks, and it’s not what you might’ve expected

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 3:29 pmWednesday, June 25, 201416 Comments

Angela Ahrendts, the former Burberry chief executive lured away to revitalize Apple retail…

Apple’s Angela Ahrendts posts personal blog

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:01 pmTuesday, June 24, 201423 Comments

Apple’s Angela Ahrendts has told of her ‘life-altering’ decision to quit the fashion world…

On the 13th anniversary of the first Apple Retail Store, a new chief and new challenges

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 12:00 pm6 Comments

Apple Retail Stores don’t just work, they’ve become the world’s most profitable retail operations…

Angela Ahrendts’ Apple Retail plans: China, mobile payments, revamped experience

Monday, May 19, 2014 3:57 pmMonday, May 19, 201414 Comments

Three weeks into her tenure at Apple, Ahrendts is already reshaping…

Can Angela Ahrendts save the Apple Retail Store?

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 12:58 pm33 Comments

Ex-Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts takes over Apple retail…

Will Angela Ahrendts take Apple back to its core?

Thursday, May 8, 2014 11:58 amThursday, May 8, 201418 Comments

Burberry’s former CEO Angela Ahrendts has become Apple’s new senior VP…

Apple’s new retail chief Ahrendts granted $68 million in restricted stock

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 9:28 amTuesday, May 6, 20149 Comments

Apple Inc granted its new retail chief 113,334 restricted stock units…

Angela Ahrendts now officially Apple’s Senior Vice President, Retail and Online Stores

Friday, May 2, 2014 9:33 amFriday, May 2, 201415 Comments

Angela Ahrendts is Apple’s senior vice president of retail and online stores…

Angela Ahrendts’ challenge: Restore retail shine to Apple

Monday, April 28, 2014 11:29 amMonday, April 28, 201420 Comments

Apple’s getting less bang for their buck…

Google tempted by ex-Apple execs, hires who’ve proved disappointing for companies from Palm to J.C. Penney

Tuesday, February 18, 2014 8:58 amTuesday, February 18, 201424 Comments

Some high-profile Apple defectors have already struck out…

Fire Tim Cook? Too little, too late, too stupid

Monday, February 3, 2014 2:02 pmMonday, February 3, 201432 Comments

I’m no longer on the Fire Tim Cook bandwagon…

Forrester: Apple falls below Samsung, Microsoft, and Sony in customer service satisfaction

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 2:27 pmTuesday, January 21, 201482 Comments

Samsung, Microsoft and Sony passed Apple in a 2014 measurement of customer opinions…

Angela Ahrendts could spark another Apple retail revolution

Wednesday, January 8, 2014 9:20 pmWednesday, January 8, 201455 Comments

Apple’s retail business has fallen into relative stasis…

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