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<title>Browett says Apple firing was over 'fit,' not competence</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/03/15/downplays.period.of.retail.trouble/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1201/apple-johnbrowett.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In an interview recorded during this week's Retail Week Live conference, Apple's former head of retail -- John Browett -- says he was fired for "fit rather than competency."   He claims to have learned much from working for Apple for six months, and become a "kinder person."  As for &lt;a href="http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/10/29/mansfields.role.defined.others.expan...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cook talks iOS 6 Maps plans, executive firings</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/12/06/claims.executive.shakeup.was.about.collaboration/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1354810586_timcookcloseup.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In the &lt;em&gt;Business Week&lt;/em&gt; interview in which he &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/274844==http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/06/one.mac.line.to.be.us.exclusive.in.2013/" rel='nofollow'&gt;talks about US manufacturing plans&lt;/a&gt;, Apple CEO Tim Cook also addresses several other topics, such as the firings of iOS head Scott Forstall...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple: iOS head Forstall, Retail chief Browett to depart</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple Stores still in turmoil, sources claim</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/08/28/apple.allegedly.pushing.profit.at.expense.of.workers.maintenance/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Apple-CanadianStores-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The labor situation in Apple Stores is still in a rough state, despite &lt;A href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/16/browett.insists.no.one.was.laid.off/"&gt;promises by the company&lt;/a&gt;, according to sources for &lt;em&gt;ifoAppleStore&lt;/em&gt;. For example, contrary to statements by Apple retail head John Browett, workers were recently...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple jumps retail store wages up to 25 percent</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1340230541_appleretail-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple retail store employee wages are being increased by up to 25 percent, effective in July. The employees were told of the raises in face-to-face meetings with managers over the last two weeks, following an internal review ordered by John Browett, &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/259869==http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/05/02/formally.takes.place.as.svp.of.retail/" rel='nofollow'&am...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Apple retail head issues first letter to Apple Stores</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1201/apple-johnbrowett.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's new head of retail, John Browett, has issued an initial letter to Apple Store workers through the company's Retail Me app.  "Team," it &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ifostore/statuses/199822529269997569"&gt;begins&lt;/a&gt;.  "At last I've officially started at Apple, and it's great to be here.  "I've had the chance to meet many of you at stor...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:42:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple grants 100,000 shares to new retail head John Browett</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cook calls new Apple retail head 'best by far'</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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