What other options are available, short of a Ron Johnson-style radical redesign of the physical store?

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We should also look at our own businesses and ask ourselves whether we should be doing a Ron Johnson on our company, rather than continuing with business as usual as the world changes rapidly around us.

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Such awful results, and the prospect of more lost sales, are a terrible outcome for Ron Johnson, CEO and President for only just over a year.

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