Apple Hires Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts as Head of Retail

Apple has hired Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts as Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores, the company has announced

Her duties will include overseeing the "strategic direction, expansion and operation" of Apple retail and online stores

Ahrendts will assume her new position "in the spring," Apple said

Apple has previous ties with Burberry — last month, the two companies partnered, with Burberry using iPhone 5S devices to capture its Spring/Summer 2014 collection debut.

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