Apple Retail Exec Angela Ahrendts to Visit CBS THIS MORNING, Today
Angela Ahrendts, Senior Vice President of Apple Retail, sat down with CBS THIS MORNING co-host Norah O'Donnell recently in New York. The interview will be broadcast Tuesday, April 25 on CBS THIS MORNING (7:00-9:00 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Ahrendts, who for the past three years has been working on reimagining the retail experience at Apple, talks with O'Donnell about the redesign of Apple stores worldwide, why CEO Tim Cook hired her, her leadership style and more.
During the interview, Ahrendts tells O'Donnell about her goals for Apple's retail stores.
"[A] lot of the big online guys have said they're opening stores," she tells O'Donnell. "Amazon's investing in stores. Google's investing in stores...Starbucks figured it out, you know? Being a gathering place for - right? Meet me at Starbucks, you know? And I've told the teams, 'I'll know we've done a really, really great job if the next generation, if Gen Z says, 'Meet me at Apple. Did you see what's going on at Apple today?'"
