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Ron Johnson Still Believes His Disastrous Strategy Was Right For JC Penney

By | May 19, 2016

Ron Johnson was brought into JC Penney(JCP) by Bill Ackman to be CEO. He was a rockstar on his entrance in 2011, coming off the success of the Apple(AAPL) Store and, previously, success at Target(TGT).  Ackman thought he was getting Steve Jobs but he got Gil Amelio. Seventeen months later, Johnson was out, his reputation more like Vanilla… Read More »