{"id":74515,"date":"2019-02-07T00:04:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T16:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/?p=578180"},"modified":"2019-02-07T00:04:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T16:04:56","slug":"making-sense-of-angela-ahrendts-departure-and-the-future-of-apple-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/07\/making-sense-of-angela-ahrendts-departure-and-the-future-of-apple-retail\/","title":{"rendered":"Making sense of Angela Ahrendts\u2019 departure and the future of Apple retail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday, Apple announced<\/a> that 30-year company veteran Deirdre O\u2019Brien<\/a> has been named senior vice president of Retail + People at Apple, a newly created role that merges employee relations responsibilities with retail experience management. Angela Ahrendts, the company\u2019s current senior vice president of Retail, will depart in April after five years at Apple.<\/p>\n

News of Ahrendts\u2019 departure came as a surprise to the industry, leading Apple watchers and enthusiasts to speculate on the terms of her departure and Apple\u2019s retail health. As the most senior member of leadership directly connected to Apple\u2019s service and support channels, Ahrendts\u2019 decisions are often analyzed through the emotional lens of customers frustrated by technical difficulties with their products or a stressful trip to the mall. But Apple makes decisions for long-term growth, not based on short-term impulses. So what does this executive shakeup say about the future of Apple retail?<\/p>\n

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Yesterday, Apple announced<\/a> that 30-year company veteran Deirdre O’Brien<\/a> has been named senior vice president of Retail + People at Apple, a newly created role that merges employee relations responsibilities with retail experience management. Angela Ahrendts, the company’s current senior vice president of Retail, will depart in April after five years at Apple.<\/p>\n

News of Ahrendts’ departure came as a surprise to the industry, leading Apple watchers and enthusiasts to speculate on the terms of her departure and Apple’s retail health. As the most senior member of leadership directly connected to Apple’s service and support channels, Ahrendts’ decisions are often analyzed through the emotional lens of customers frustrated by technical difficulties with their products or a stressful trip to the mall. But Apple makes decisions for long-term growth, not based on short-term impulses. So what does this executive shakeup say about the future of Apple retail?<\/p>\n

more…<\/a><\/p>\n

The post Making sense of Angela Ahrendts’ departure and the future of Apple retail<\/a> appeared first on 9to5Mac<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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