Tuesday 23 November 2010

Burberry’s CEO 16 in Fortune’s Business Person of the Year 23/11/10


Last Thursday, we wrote about Burberry, and how they seem to be experiencing a golden era at the moment. Figures are up, and CEO Angela Ahrendts received two Walpole awards. Well, things are only getting better. She is also 16th out of 50 on Fortune’s Business Person of the Year list. How did Ahrendts and 49 others get there? According to Fortune, ‘we searched for leaders who didn’t just crawl from the wreckage of the GFC, but sprinted from it.’ And this is exactly what Burberry has done. Achieving incredible growth during a difficult time over the past 24 plus months, it just goes to show that true talent will prosper no matter how dire things seem. Burberry has employed deep tissue strategy. They know their customers, and they engage them. In return? They’ve won loyalty. With 3 million facebook users ‘liking’ the brand as of last week, they’re certainly reading the mood right now, so very right.

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