CNN EarlyStart April 9, 2013 10:25:00
Ron johnson, after 15 months as the ceo of jcpenney, one massive misunderstanding of penney customers, he is out. penney is not apple and he learned the hard way and lost his job. you know, what he did was he did away with sales and coupons, right? he redesigned the store experience. a new logo. he brought in ellen degeneres as a spokesperson. customers, jcpenney's loyal customers didn't get it. didn't get it at all. sales fell 28% last year, including a whopping 40% drop during christmas holiday season! jcpenney's board slashed his salary last week but it wasn't enough for some board members....