Analysis: Where Ron Johnson went wrong at JC Penney

Johnson, who formerly ran Apple’s retail arm, wanted to focus on shop-in-shops at  JC Penney, such as those it has with Sephora

Ron Johnson was US retail’s golden boy - until he was ousted from JC Penney last month. Rebecca Thomson looks at what went wrong.

 

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