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Kim Kardashian's private equity fund appoints former Burberry chief as adviser

The Kim Kardashian co-founded private equity firm Skyy Partners has announced the appointment of Angela Ahrendts as a senior operating advisor. Ms Ahrendts served as CEO of Burberry from 2006 to 2014 prior to the more recent role of senior vice president at Apple. Skyy Partners, which describes itself as building a next-generation consumer and...

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Angela Ahrendts exits Apple

Angela Ahrendts is to exit Apple. The California-based technology giant announced its SVP of retail was leaving the company to pursue new opportunities. Ahrends previously was a driving force at Burberry, taking the company from being known for its rainwear and checked logo products to a bonafide catwalk brand and the biggest British luxury...

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Ex-Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts to join Ralph Lauren board of directors

Ralph Lauren Corporation has announced that it plans to add Angela Ahrendts and has appointed Michael George to the company’s board of directors. The company added that the board intends to nominate Ahrendts for election at the annual meeting of stockholders, expected in August 2018, and has appointed George effective May 9, 2018. These...

Fashion

Is Burberry looking for backup for Christopher Bailey?

London - Burberry is said to be mulling over the appointment of a senior manager to offer support to its Chief Executive Officer/Creative Director Christopher Bailey. Bailey has stood at the helm of both the business and creative divisions of the British fashion house since the departure of its former CEO Angela Ahrendts in 2013. However, he is...

Fashion

Shareholders reject Christopher Bailey's pay deal

Christopher Bailey, CEO and chief creative officer at British luxury label Burberry, increased pay package was met with a wall of opposite last week, as the majority number of shareholders voted against the multi million pound deal. During Burberry's annual general shareholdermeeting held last Friday, over half of the luxury company shareholders...

Design

Angela Ahrendts awarded honorary DBE

Business Secretary Vince Cable awarded Angela Ahrendts, outgoing chief executive officer from Burberry an honorary DBE (Dame Commander of the British Empire) during a ceremony held on Monday at the British government's Department for Business, Innovation & Skills. Ahrendts was given the honor for her contribution to British business, as under...

Fashion

Christopher Bailey replaces Angela Ahrendts at Burberry

Burberry’s chief executive Angela Ahrendts is stepping down from her role at the luxury heritage label after eight years to assume a senior role at Apple. In a video announcement, Burberry’s chairman Sir John Peace confirmed that Christopher Bailey will replace her in mid-2014, and that the designer would retain his role as chief creative...

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Fashion names listed in Woman’s Hour Power List

Fashion designers Stella McCartney and Victoria Beckham, Net-a-Porter’s Natalie Massenet, Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman, and Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts have been named as some of the UK’s most powerful women in BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour’s ‘Power List’. The inaugural list, which ranks the 100 women who have the most impact on the country’s...

Fashion

Burberry warns on profit as sales slowdow

Luxury British fashion label Burberry has today warned that its full year profits are likely “to be around the lower end of market expectations” after sales growth slowed during the second quarter. Against strong comparatives last year, in the 10 weeks to September 8, retail sales grew just 6 percent. Of this, new space contributed 6 percent...