I need to be running Apple. IF so, we'd all be using upgraded iPhone 5's running iOS 6, optimized for 2019, just my way.
I need to be running Apple. IF so, we'd all be using upgraded iPhone 5's running iOS 6, optimized for 2019, just my way.
Under Ahrendts' leadership, Apple ditched the Genius Bar and instead adopted the more casual Genius Grove, cut down on third-party accessory sales, and turned its retail stores into gathering hubs with Today at Apple classes, artist performances, and more.
In a normal store the Genius Bar was crowded, so we’ve separated it. Where we’ve put trees in the new stores it’s an area we call the ‘Genius Grove’. It’s behind a wall so you can hear people and the trees take the noise down.
We didn't want people to see how many people were actually lined up waiting to get broken hardware fixed so we spread them all over the store
Translation: Before Ahrendts people came to the Apple store buy products. After Ahrendts people came to the Apple store to fix products. That doesn't track.I read in a quote elsewhere
Which translates to:
If they fire Jony Ive, you'll know your answer.
I’d take an iOS 12 with a uIX based on decades of refinement and learning instead of based on Jony Ive’s minimalist preferences and unnecessarily-reimagined interface confusions.
I'll never forget the fond memories...
That brilliant debut stage performance when she slipped the word "cervix" instead of service...
Her fashionable appearances at store openings that lasted mere minutes before disappearing back into the void.
The beautiful tree gardens in Apple "squares" - formally known as what they really were, "stores."
Those divine watch counters within department stores... her attempt to turn Apple into a fashion statement.
And finally, her olympic sized stock packages she was given to do absolutely nothing original.
Take care, your excellence. En Taro Tassadar.
This may sound crazy but I'd rather walk into an empty Microsoft store, get service right away and walk out than deal with an overcrowded Apple store. With that being said, why in the heck does Microsoft have retail stores anyway? Nobody buys direct from Microsoft, they'd do better with a station inside Best Buy.
Apple store has not had a problem of connecting customers with positive experience until she came.For the most part, her vision for retail was right. Stores are becoming less about cold sales and more about experiences. The Today at Apple stuff was a great example of how bricks and Mortar retail can stay relevant in a digital age.
I guess the bigger question was, did Apple need it. Did shifting the focus away from traditional retail contribute to the decline in sales? Is that why she’s leaving or did just have enough and want to try something new.
That man jaw. I can't even.
If she had not been rewarded mammoth salary and stock package for doing mundane job while Apple products are so expensive, she wouldn’t have been blamed so much. Cases of high-paid dysfunctional executives like her are always a sign of great corporations falling.I’m older so she always reminded me very strongly of Glenn Close in her youth.
Well these forums will lose their favorite scapegoat. I’ve seen this woman blamed for so many things that had absolutely nothing to do with her position, I had wondered where logic and reason had fled.
I’m waiting for someone to post “Bye, Felicia”.
I can’t say I was a fan of everything she did. But to be quite honest I’m not completely sure myself exactly what successes and failures were hers to own and how much belonged to others.
No, it’s been like that for 10 years or more. If anything, it’s because Apple has more and more devices.The other side of that theory is that maybe the service part also became chaotic when the products started declining in robustness, user-friendliness, accessibility, and intuitiveness, thus necessitating MORE intervention from Apple in some way.
Big mistake in giving her fat stock envelope before she delivers sizable contribution.Sometimes, the CEO can appoint a person to a position that ends up not being a good fit, even if they seem like the right choice at first.
I'm trying to think of another instance this happened at Apple, but drawing a blank at the moment.![]()
It’s South Asians’ purchasing power that have brought more Apple Stores there, nothing to do with her position or her.I don't understand why she left so soon? She did a great job and she have my deepest respect for bringing more Apple Stores to South East Asia. Thank you.
Neither is Mac modular nor the store.Very difficult statement to measure.
I think she was OK, but the stores were a zoo because she failed to separate service and sales. I still think that's a mistake because going into an Apple story is too chaotic. I blame her.