Apple Retailing Genius After Johnson Daunting for Outsider: Tech
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For Apple Inc. the hunt is on for its next retailing genius. Finding another one like Ron Johnson, though, won’t be easy.
When Johnson announced plans in June to leave Apple for Plano, Texas-based J.C. Penney Co., he left behind a powerful legacy -- creating Apple’s retail strategy with Steve Jobs, then launching more than 350 stores infused with a look and experience that customers adore, centered around the stores’ now legendary Genius Bars.