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<title>Ron Johnson fired as CEO of JCPenney; Ullman to return</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/08/former.apple.retail.chiefs.job.just.happens.to.be.open/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/ronjohnson-new.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Former Apple retail boss Ron Johnson is leaving department store chain JCPenney, fired after his plan to remake the venerable business in an effort to update to 21st century buying habits failed to win over customers. Johnson, who put the brakes on endless sales in favor of everyday low prices and remodelled stores to have "store within a store" concepts for major brands, will be succeeded by his ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple Stores still in turmoil, sources claim</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/28/apple.allegedly.pushing.profit.at.expense.of.workers.maintenance/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Apple-CanadianStores-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The labor situation in Apple Stores is still in a rough state, despite promises by the company, according to sources for ifoAppleStore. For example, contrary to statements by Apple retail head John Browett, workers were recently laid off or fired, but later just rehired -- and while interstore transfers are now going through, demotions aren't being reversed, overtime is still limited, and managers...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple's Tim Cook ranks as highest-paid CEO of 2011</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/21/most.pay.locked.up.in.stock.options/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1203/timcook-foxconn.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple CEO Tim Cook was the highest-paid CEO of 2011, according to a study released by the Hay Group and the Wall Street Journal.  Cook's package for the year was valued at $378 million, although most of it is locked up in the form of stock grants issued after he took control from Steve Jobs in August.  The first half of the shares will vest in 2016; the remainder will follow in 2021, contingent on...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 19:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>JC Penney recruits core member of Apple's retail design team</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/26/department.store.fills.with.ex.apple.crew/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1203/applestore-manhasset.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[As a part of a management expansion, JC Penney has hired a core member of Apple's retail design staff, Benjamin Fay, as its new executive VP of real estate, store design and development.  The press release contains a statement from JCP CEO Ron Johnson, who was long the head of Apple's retail division until he left last November.  "Ben is an incredibly creative professional with extraordinary leade...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tim Cook's total 2011 to amount to over $378 million</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/09/most.money.still.relegated.to.stocks/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1203/timcook-foxconn.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In all Apple CEO Tim Cook pulled in about $378 million in 2011, even if most of that money won't be available to him for years, according to the New York Times.  The bulk, $376.2 million, consisted of a one-time stock grant that won't vest unless Cook stays with Apple for 10 years.  In terms of immediate pay, his combined salary, bonuses, and miscellaneous perks during the year amounted to $1.8 mi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>JC Penney CEO Johnson defends choice of DeGeneres</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/10/says.comic.captures.what.america.is.about/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/JCPenney-Johnson-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Former Apple head of retail Ron Johnson, now CEO of JC Penney, has had to defend one of his first decisions in the face of an online campaign to force the company to abandon its new spokesperson, comic and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. Accusing the company of "jumping on the pro-gay bandwagon" by hiring DeGeneres, who is an open lesbian, the 40,000-member group "One Million Moms" posted a note o...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ron Johnson credits Apple retail success to 'the experience'</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/21/apple.clerks.allegedly.not.pushed.to.upsell/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1111/ronjohnson-new.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The success of Apple Stores is attributable to more than just their products, claims JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson in a Harvard Business Review column and a related interview.  Formerly Apple's senior VP of retail, Johnson credits "the experience" he helped to manufacture.  "People come to the Apple Store for the experience -- and theyíre willing to pay a premium for that," he writes.  "There are lots...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ron Johnson formally leaves Apple with no known successor</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/01/leaves.fate.of.apple.retail.chain.in.question/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/ronjohnson-new.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Ron Johnson has now officially left his post as the head of Apple's retail division, but with no known successor, reports note.  Today marks the start of Johnson's new position as the CEO of retailer JC Penney.  Accordingly, a listing for Johnson has been newly removed from Apple's Executive Profiles page....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ron Johnson to take control of JC Penney on February 1st </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/20/three.month.delay.being.official.and.real.control/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/apple-ronjohnson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Ron Johnson, Apple's outgoing retail head, will only be assuming full duties as JC Penney CEO on February 1st, a report says.  Johnson is officially slated to take the CEO title on November 1st, but in explanation JC Penney states that he will initially handle only marketing and merchandising.  The plan is for a three-month transition, with Johnson's predecessor -- Myron Ullman III -- serving as e...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sterne Agee maintains Buy rating after Johnson departure</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/16/deep.bench.of.talent.should.overcome.retail.loss/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/wuonaapl-story-16.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu is offering a positive opinion of Apple's prospects after its loss of retail head Ron Johnson to JC Penney. While the departure is considered a definite loss for Apple, Wu sees a "deep bench" of talent in the retail division, and believes the company's culture and way of thinking is ingrained to the point where it can manage even talented departures well....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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