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J.C. Penney gets busted juicing its Google results
...and now has to deal with the repercussions from Google. The NYTimes did an expose over the weekend on a name brand company who apparently outsourced their Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to a shady...
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The man who built the Apple Stores leaves for J.C. Penney
Ron Johnson, who came to Apple from Target, is headed back to his retail roots Among the senior vice presidents on whom Steve Jobs depends to run Apple (AAPL), three stand out: Tim Cook, the master of...
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What's wrong with this picture?
Hint: See the head shot, center row left, in the current "Apple Leadership" page Jean-Louis Gassée, who worked for Apple from 1981 to 1990 and once held Steve Jobs' job as head of Mac development, was...
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A new boss at the Apple Store
Tim Cook taps John Browett, CEO of Dixons, to head his retail empire Ron Johnson, the former Target (TGT) whiz kid who built more than 300 Apple Stores for Steve Jobs, left a gaping hole in Apple's...
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Former Apple retail chief Ron Johnson fired from J.C. Penney
Fixing a broken retail business turns out to be a lot harder than building a new one. FORTUNE -- Ron Johnson, the former Target (TGT) manager who tried to save the ailing J.C. Penney (JCP) using...
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J.C. Penney: Call it a comeback?
FORTUNE — J.C. Penney’s JCP first-quarter earnings, announced today, showed a dramatic improvement, with same-store sales up 6.2% — more than expected — and its gross margin rising to 33.1%, the...
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Judge rules J.C. Penney interfered with Macy’s Martha Stewart deal, but won’t...
J.C. Penney’s JCP 2011 deal to build out stores-within-a-store selling lower-priced Martha Stewart home products interfered with the tastemaker’s exclusive arrangement with Macy’s M , New York State...
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Earnings analysis: Is J.C. Penney back from the (near) dead?
J.C. Penney JCP , the beleaguered retailer, posted 4th quarter and full-year 2013 numbers today that were officially not terrible. For the punching bag of a stock that is JCP, that counts for great...
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A 4-point guide to fighting Bill Ackman
Bill Ackman. Groucho Marx used to famously argue that he would “never join a social club that would accept him as a member.” And that’s exactly what the remaining members of the J.C. Penney board of...
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Ron Johnson: Retail’s new radical
He’s the guy behind the Apple Store and Target’s cool cachet. Now he wants to fix J.C. Penney. Who is Ron Johnson, and will his high-stakes makeover really work? It’s been a long time since Manhattan’s...
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Transcript: JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson
[cnnmoney-iframe src="http://fora.tv/program_landing_frameview?id=16174&type=clip&autoplay=0" w=614 h=384] JENNIFER REINGOLD: Good morning, everybody. Good morning, Ron. RON JOHNSON: Good...
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Coke, PepsiCo among most respected U.S. brands; Best Buy, Penney laggards
If it is true that it is better respected than to be liked, then Coca Cola KO and PepsiCo PEP can celebrate their position atop CoreBrand’s 2014 list of America’s most respected brands. The consulting...
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More bad news for retailers: back-to-school sales expected to dip
It might still be mid-July, but retailers have already turned their attention to back-to-school, and they have a new reason to worry: an industry group forecast suggests that U.S. consumers will...
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Why Ron Johnson is paying for the privilege of running J.C. Penney
He could have had any job he wanted. Or he could have stayed at Apple, where he was sitting on $50 million of restricted stock — and, should the company continue its record of innovation, untold...
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Jackson Hole and housing data — five things to watch for in the week ahead
Hello, friends and Fortune readers. This week market watchers will keep close tabs on Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellens comments at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas Citys conference on the economy...
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J.C. Penney plots e-commerce comeback
J.C. Penney JCP was once an e-commerce trailblazer. And now the department store operator, still recovering from a catastrophic sales decline in 2012, says it has a plan to reclaim that mantle. The...
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J.C. Penney’s tough slog ahead
J.C. Penney’s sales may be recovering gradually after the department store’s disastrous experiment with trendier offerings and store displays in 2012. But they are rebounding too slowly for Wall...
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J.C. Penney taps Home Depot’s Marvin Ellison as next CEO
J.C. Penney has decided who will succeed Mike Ullman as CEO when he steps down next year. The department store operator said Monday morning that the role will go to Marvin Ellison, currently executive...
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5 things the next J.C. Penney CEO will absolutely have to do
After a year-long search, J.C. Penney JCP finally named a new CEO on Monday: Marvin Ellison, the executive in charge of Home Depot’s HD U.S. stores. Ellison, an operations and logistics expert...
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How next J.C. Penney CEO’s pay package stacks up to Johnson, Ullman
J.C. Penney’s JCP incoming president and soon-to-be CEO Marvin Ellison stands to get a less lavish, but steadier annual compensation package than his two predecessors got. Ellison, who last year had a...
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