Burberry Burberry check garments being banned at some venues. GUS divested its remaining interest in Burberry in December 2005. Burberry Group plc was initially floated on the London Stock Exchange in July 2002. In 2005, Sanyo-shokai was the Burberry ready-to-wear licence holder in Japan with retail value of €435 million. In 2006, Rose Marie Bravo, who as Chief Executive had led Burberry to mass market success through licensing, decided to retire. She was replaced by another American, Angela Ahrendts, who joined from Liz Claiborne in January 2006, and took up the position of CEO on 1 July 2006. Ahrendts and Bailey
Mike Jeffries (CEO) was ordered to testify by the presiding judge. Male house staff for Jeffries, paid for by the Jeffries Family Office, is provided by the same modeling firm that supplies male staff for the company jet. In a 2006 interview with "Salon", he stated that his clothing line is exclusively for "cool" people. Moreover, he has said he does not want overweight or unattractive people to wear his clothes. The comments, which came to light in 2013, drew negative publicity and criticism for the company. Mike Jeffries (CEO) Michael Stanton Jeffries (born July 15, 1944) is an American businessman. He was