The program has evolved so much, in fact, that it is beginning to outgrow the stores…
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Former Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts appointed to Airbnb Board of Directors
Former Apple retail boss Angela Ahrendts is joining Airbnb’s board, the company announced Thursday…
How Apple Retail Stores lost their luster
Web Smith’s recent experience at his local Apple store in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio…
Angela Ahrendts gives first interview since leaving Apple
How do you balance calculated decision-making with trusting your gut?
How Apple Retail Stores changed for the worse, says former store manager
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?
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
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’
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’
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
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
We’ve recently studied Apple retail and believe it is an underappreciated competitive advantage…
Ron Johnson was right about JCPenney
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!’
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
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
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
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
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
As far back as I can remember, back to Macs in the last century…
How the Apple Retail Store took over the world
It’s kind of crazy that Apple pulled off its unique store strategy…
Apple retail veteran Bob Bridger is leaving; big changes coming
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
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.
A new financial filing shows that Apple made extraordinary financial offers…
Angela Ahrendts looks to revive Apple Retail Stores’ lagging sales
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
Ron Johnson , who helped build Apple Inc.’s successful retail stores…
Why the heck did Ron Johnson leave Apple for J.C. Penney?
As Apple’s retail chief, Ron Johnson walked on water…
6 Steve Jobs stories we learned this month
Apple’s Steve Jobs is a modern icon…
Numbers revealed: Apple retail is all about community
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
Angela Ahrendts, the former Burberry chief executive lured away to revitalize Apple retail…
Apple’s Angela Ahrendts posts personal blog
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
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
Three weeks into her tenure at Apple, Ahrendts is already reshaping…
Can Angela Ahrendts save the Apple Retail Store?
Ex-Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts takes over Apple retail…
Will Angela Ahrendts take Apple back to its core?
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
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
Angela Ahrendts is Apple’s senior vice president of retail and online stores…
Angela Ahrendts’ challenge: Restore retail shine to Apple
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
Some high-profile Apple defectors have already struck out…
Fire Tim Cook? Too little, too late, too stupid
I’m no longer on the Fire Tim Cook bandwagon…
Forrester: Apple falls below Samsung, Microsoft, and Sony in customer service satisfaction
Samsung, Microsoft and Sony passed Apple in a 2014 measurement of customer opinions…
Angela Ahrendts could spark another Apple retail revolution
Apple’s retail business has fallen into relative stasis…
Apple’s incoming retail boss Angela Ahrendts: ‘I firmly believe in following your intuition’
When I joined Burberry in 2006, it was not without a lot of reflection…
Burberry’s Angela Ahrendts makes a smart move to Apple
Angela Ahrendts’ new job as head of Apple retail is her first gig…