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As an aside, that was a startling hire in the first place. Curry’s electronics stores, at the time, were the polar opposite of the Apple Store experience.
by mprev 8y ago
As an aside, that was a startling hire in the first place. Curry’s electronics stores, at the time, were the polar opposite of the Apple Store experience.
- Marazan 8y agoJohn Gruber trying to convince himself at the time it was a great hire was hilarious. A completely inexplicable decision.
- kovek 8y agoWhere do we hear about these stories? Did people interview Gruber and were these interviews published? Was it on the news?
- scarface74 8y agohttps://www.cultofmac.com/198726/why-scott-forstall-and-john-browett-got-fired-from-apple-today/ https://www.cultofmac.com/198726/why-scott-forstall-and-john...
- SyneRyder 8y agoI think they're referring to Gruber's blog on the hiring at the time (and maybe his podcast & Twitter, but that's harder to search): https://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/01/31/browett https://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/01/31/browett "You don’t see many executives trading up from CEO of one company to senior vice president of another. That Browett is from Europe is a pretty good signal that international expansion is a top priority for Apple retail." He was already hedging his bets a couple of days later, though: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/02/dixons-sucks https://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/02/dixons-sucks "I'm not implying that Browett was hired to or intends to Dixons-ify the Apple Store experience — just pointing out that it’s a curious hire, also given how rarely Apple hires executives from outside the company."
- scarface74 8y agoThe first quote wasn’t really complimenting Browett. It was more of a statement that for someone to take a “demotion” from being a CEO to VP says a lot about the Apple store.