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Celebration of Fools: An Inside Look at the Rise and Fall of JCPenney

ISBN: 0814471595
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 177

Authors: Bill Hare

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• Celebration of Fools - An Inside Look at the Rise and Fall of JCPenney
• Introduction
• Part I: The Founder
• Chapter 1: America s Famous Old Man
• Two Quarters?
• Blindsided
• Oh My, What a Judge of Character
• But He Could Never Manage a Store for Me
• Right off the Rack
• Chapter 2: Kemmerer
• A Simple, Great Formula
• Do Not Forsake Me
• Mr. Sams, You Mark My Words
• Chapter 3: Bumpkins in the Big Apple
• The Chance of a Lifetime
• The Cold Hand
• Enter: The Isaacs Brothers
• The Great Watchwords
• Good-bye ...
• Chapter 4: All Their Managers Are Like Masons
• Life of Leisure
• The Crash
• Birth of a Great Manager
• Efficiency, Success, and Sadness
• Chapter 5: The Bailout
• In Denial
• Wiped Out
• The Helping Hand
• Brother, Come Join Us and Know Peace
• Part II: The Visionary
• Chapter 6: Socratic Method
• Sophistication
• Ticket to Ashtabula
• Romance the Trip
• I Know He Is
• Chapter 7: Their Own Thing
• It s a Problem, Jack
• Roses at J. C. Penney
• Chapter 8: Batten s Ascent
• Who Wrote That, Jack?
• Brass Down the Hall
• Good-bye, Earl
• Chapter 9: The Common Touch
• Good Men
• The Test
• The Bombardier
• Mature Beyond His Years
• My Kingdom for a Store
• Albuquerque: Hello and Good-bye
• Chapter 10: A Quiet Man
• The Life
• Hitchcock and Hess
• The Break
• The House of Boxes
• The Man Who Didn t Grow
• Nobody Ever Told Me That Before
• Chapter 11: The Memo
• The Troubleshooter
• I Want Cedar Rapids
• The Prophecy
• Chapter 12: The Transaction Recorder
• The Worst Decision IBM Ever Made
• The Grocery Bag
• Chapter 13: Last of the Good Men
• The Women
• The Kicker
• Symptoms
• Blue Blazers and Haute Couture
• The Future?
• The Revelation
• A Plan
• Part III: The Betrayer
• Chapter 14: New Blood
• Bipolar Disorder
• Bonehead Moves and Other Mistakes
• Wild Horses
• Certainly No Way
• Texas
• Fail Safe
• Chapter 15: Bill Howell
• W. R.
• The Man
• Empty Suits
• Chapter 16: The Taj MaHowell
• The Overproduced Induction Ceremony
• What Is There Not to Like?
• Introduction to the Home Office
• It Never Really Caught On
• Mixed Emotions
• Twin Failures
• Chapter 17: The Designer
• Why Would I Tell Him What to Wear?
• The Fashion Show
• You Knew the Rules, Anthony
• Young and Not Wise
• Money in the Bank
• Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
• Then the Twist
• To No Avail (for All)
• Chapter 18: Showtime
• The Secret Project
• The Stakes
• And I Run This Alone?
• Edwards on the Line
• You re Going to Say That?
• Chapter 19: The Golden Crescent
• Not Bad at All
• Are You Nervous?
• I Think You re Playing God
• The Big Break
• Chapter 20: Onward and Upward
• The Future Looked Great
• The Plan
• The Execution
• Shameless
• Chapter 21: The Speech
• The Show
• Banzai
• Chapter 22: Where Have All the Values Gone?
• Great Inconsistencies
• The National Speech
• I Felt Absolutely Humiliated
• Chapter 23: What If I Talk to W. R.?
• Amazing Grace
• The Successor
• Part IV: The End
• Chapter 24: Jimmy-O the Farmer
• The Farmer
• The End of Camelot
• He Never Gives Up
• The Surprising Script Doctor
• Chapter 25: There s Nothing There
• Sideline
• He Had to Have It
• Synergism
• More Dirty Little Secrets
• Farewell
• Madam Marketing
• You Misspoke?
• Wonder Woman
• Chapter 26: Standing in His Underwear
• What Was Wrong with the Penney Board?
• What About Bentonville?
• The Trouble, in Brief
• Giving Them an Earful
• The Loss-Prevention Manager
• A Rightfully Angry Man
• Chapter 27: The Funeral and HCSC
• Jimmy-O Comes Through
• Good-bye, My Friend
• What If?
• Index
• Index_B
• Index_C
• Index_D
• Index_E
• Index_F
• Index_G
• Index_H
• Index_I
• Index_J
• Index_K
• Index_L
• Index_M
• Index_N
• Index_O
• Index_P
• Index_Q
• Index_R
• Index_S
• Index_T
• Index_U-V
• Index_W-Z
• List of Sidebars