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January 14, 2022

Jony Ive, iPhone designer, announces Apple departure

...Nonetheless, news of another leadership change so soon after retail chief Angela Ahrendts left in April, at a time when trade tensions between the US and China have destabilised iPhone sales, brings yet...

June 27, 2019

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Angela Ahrendts, a clever merchant bids Apple farewell

...“She went back to the vision that [founder Steve] Jobs had for it.” Some say Ms Ahrendts has a knack for timing her entrances and exits....

February 8, 2019

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Bezos complexified

...Flag as Important Ahrendts, rebooted Tim Bradshaw profiles the departing Apple retail chief. Angela Ahrendts was always something of a fish out of water in Cupertino, with its tech-speak and chinos....

February 9, 2019

FT People: Technology

Angela Ahrendts’ departure signals Apple retail shuffle

...Angela Ahrendts oversaw the biggest change in Apple’s retail network since Steve Jobs conceived the idea of opening its own stores almost 20 years ago....

February 7, 2019

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Five things you may have missed from the Apple launch event

...New faces on stage Among the newcomers to the Steve Jobs Theatre this week, two names stood out to close Apple watchers: Deirdre O’Brien and Sri Santhanam....

September 11, 2019

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FT SeriesJony Ive leaves Apple

What will Apple do without Jony Ive?

...He helped retail chief Angela Ahrendts overhaul its stores, from fixtures such as its tree-lined “Genius Groves”, down to simplifying product packaging....

June 27, 2019

Style

Angela Ahrendts: is Apple’s big fashion hire headed to Ralph Lauren?

...Klein, though, isn’t in the market for a CEO (Steve Shiffman has held the position since 2014)....

February 7, 2019

News in-depthUS & Canadian companies

Apple takes on Kanye West in retailing battle on Friday

...Sir Jonathan’s innovations with Steve Jobs, from the iMac to the iPhone, helped turn Apple into the world’s most valuable company....

September 19, 2018

Opinion6 min

Kellaway on years of corporate nonsense

...Possibly though, better still, is Angela Ahrendts. This is when she was CEO of Burberry, and she wrote this in the company's annual report....

July 18, 2017

US & Canadian companies

Apple’s industrial design group loses another veteran member

...In 2015, the group saw its biggest shake-up since the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs when Sir Jonathan was promoted to take a new role as chief design officer, in the process relinquishing day-to-day...

April 3, 2017

News in-depthWeek in Review

John Lewis’s first female MD takes conventional route to top

...They begin on the shop floor, like Steve Rowe, who this year took the top spot at Marks and Spencer....

October 28, 2016

Retail & Consumer industry

Burberry feels chill from ‘rut’ in Asia region

...Steve McQueen, the Oscar-winning director of Twelve Years a Slave, has made adverts for the range, which is said to be selling well....

April 14, 2016

Personal & Household Goods

Ex-Apple executive Rogers fashions job as LVMH’s head of digital

...He had spoken of his role with the iPhone maker as being his “dream job” and even has a tattoo of the NeXT logo — the computer group Steve Jobs started when he was forced out of Apple in 1985....

September 1, 2015

US & Canadian companies

Apple sparks gold rush as pre-orders of luxury Watches sell out

...The launch is the first big test for Ms Ahrendts, after she joined Apple from Burberry a year ago....

April 10, 2015

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Tim Cook stock rewards could exceed $500m

...When he took over from Steve Jobs, Mr Cook was awarded restricted shares, vesting over 10 years....

January 22, 2015

Tech blogRichard Waters

Angela Ahrendts’ touchy-feely arrival at Apple

...It is a sign that she intends to keep her own style, whatever the pressures of running Apple’s retail operations – and also that, under Tim Cook, Apple is evolving further beyond the Steve Jobs era....

June 23, 2014

US & Canadian companies

Apple tests luxury appeal with gold watch

...The high-spec Lisa, which took five years to develop and was overseen by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, sold just 100,000 units and is seen as one of the company’s rare flops....

March 6, 2015

Fund management

The politics of pay pervades the boardroom

...Ms Ahrendts has flitted from the US to the UK and back, while Ms Greene was parachuted in to the Royal Mail from Canada....

June 1, 2014

Andrew Hill

LinkedIn boss is wrong about poaching rivals’ employees

...In 2007 the late Steve Jobs emailed a smiley-face emoticon to one of his HR executives after learning from Eric Schmidt, then Google’s chief executive, that the search engine company had terminated a recruiter...

July 28, 2014

US & Canadian companies

Apple faces big challenge of dazzling consumers with new iPhone

...“I don’t think that needs Steve Jobs to get up on stage and explain it.”...

September 5, 2014

US & Canadian companies

Bold Beats move marks break with Apple’s past

...Mr Cook is widely seen as a shrewd but less impetuous leader than Steve Jobs, his predecessor....

May 9, 2014

US & Canadian companies

Apple shares close at record high

...Analysts said the return to its peak marks an endorsement for Tim Cook, Apple’s chief, and his growing team of executives including former Burberry boss and new retail head Angela Ahrendts....

August 19, 2014

US & Canadian companies

Apple unveils watch, wallet and big phone

...seen a series of new recruits to Apple, including Marc Newson, the designer who has been working alongside Sir Jonathan; Paul Deneve, former chief executive of luxury brand Yves Saint Laurent; and Angela Ahrendts...

September 9, 2014

John Gapper

The control freak formula at Apple and Burberry

...Ms Ahrendts and Mr Bailey are equals to the late Steve Jobs and Sir Jonathan Ive, Apple’s designer, as control freaks....

October 16, 2013

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