Former Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts to Join Apple Next Week

At a company like Apple, where fashion is as important as function, the executive team gets a stylish boost. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said former Burberry Chief Executive Angela Ahrendts will join the company next week as senior vice president of retail operations. The former head of the British luxury goods company, whose appointment was announced last fall, will oversee Apple’s stores, which are no longer the novelty they once were.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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