Overseeing almost every aspect of the designs themselves (very Tom Ford), Giannini is credited with keeping a tight control on the universal appeal of the brand from the advertising to the store design to social media and e-tail.

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Score said accommodating the new tablets would be relatively easy thanks to a revamped store design.

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They helped design Click Bricks, to arrive on store shelves in July.

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The Apple attitude allowed Ron Johnson and the Apple team to throw out the conventional retail playbook that dictated store design, location, and staffing decisions.

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The design makes use of solar panels to create a pergola, and the battery would store unused solar electricity for use at night or during a blackout.

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