This column brings you the most interesting and useful business and financial commentary on the world of technology every day. AllThingsD Link: Apple Can’t Afford Buyer’s Remorse With Next Retail Hire “‘Apple’s (AAPL) next frontier is to really grow the brand Internationally ’ Neil Stern a senior partner at retail consultancy McMillan Doolittle LLP told AllThingsD. ‘So brands like Nike (NYSE:NKE) Coach (NYSE:COH) Burberry (LON:BRBY) and Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) spring to mind as being ‘models ’ perhaps of where an individual might have that experience.’ “We’ve been asking around for weeks about possible external candidates for Apple’s senior VP of ...