Dive Summary:

• Rebounding from hiring and subsequently firing John Browett to oversee Apple's retail stores, Apple CEO is looking for someone to continue and maintain Ron Johnson's retail model for the company.
• AllThingsD reports that sources indicate Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts; Victor Luis, the president at Coach's International Group; Jeanne Jackson, president, Direct to Consumer, Nike; John Culver, president, Starbucks Coffee China and Asia Pacific; and Paul Gainer, executive vice president, Global Disney Store may be in line for the job.
• Sources note that big name executives from companies such as Coach or Global Disney may not feel that the job allows them to offer as much as they are qualified for with the retail model already firmly in place.

From the article:

"...So who might Apple look to to fill the shoes of Ron Johnson, the chief architect of its retail strategy, who left the company last year to take the CEO job at retailer J.C. Penney? That’s a conundrum difficult enough to perplex the most skilled of recruiters; recall that it took Apple about seven months to sign Browett, and that was with the help of executive search firm Egon Zehnder International.
An easier task is to determine where Apple might look for candidates with the sort of experience needed to drive its retail ops..."