After 17 months on the job, J.C. Penney last week showed CEO Ron Johnson the door after the former Apple executive failed to turn sales around at the nationwide department store.
While much of the discussion surrounding Johnson's unceremonious firing from J.C. Penney has centered on disappointing sales figures and less than stellar stock performance, the New York Times recently delved deeper into Johnson's somewhat turbulent tenure at J.C. Penney.
The Times found that Johnson never quite meshed
