Apple’s retail leader, Angela Ahrendts, will leave the company in April, Apple announced this afternoon. Ahrendts joined Apple in spring 2014, coming over from her position as CEO of Burberry to serve as Apple’s head of retail.
Apple’s current human resources leader, Deirdre O’Brien, will take over as head of Apple’s retail and online store operations. O’Brien will continue to lead Apple’s HR team as well. She’s been at the company for three decades.
Ahrendts was a surprise choice when she joined Apple five years ago, having stepped down as the leader of a top fashion company to take the position. At the time, Apple was moving toward the release of the Apple Watch, which it had initially wanted to pitch as something akin to a luxury…
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