Angela Ahrendts out of the Spanish franchise which was then generating 20% of group revenues to stop its unfettered licensing. Ahrendts says she did not model her approach after any other fashion house, but looked to world-class design as an influence, including Apple Inc.. The company value rose during her tenure from £2 billion to over £7 billion. CNN Money reported that during 2012, she was the highest paid CEO in the UK, making $26.3 million. On October 15, 2013, it was announced that Ahrendts would leave Burberry in Spring 2014 to join Apple Inc. as a member of its executive team
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class is a non-fiction work by the British writer and political commentator Owen Jones, first published in 2011. It discusses stereotypes of sections of the British working class (and the working class as a whole) and use of the pejorative term "chav". The book received attention in domestic and international media, including selection by critic Dwight Garner of "The New York Times" as one of his top 10 non-fiction books of 2011 in the paper's "Holiday Gift Guide" and being long-listed for the Guardian First Book Award.