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Celebration of Fools: An Inside Look at the Rise and Fall of JCPenney
Celebration of Fools: An Inside Look at the Rise and Fall of JCPenney
ISBN: 0814471595
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 177
Authors:
Bill Hare
BUY ON AMAZON
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
Celebration of Fools: An Inside Look at the Rise and Fall of JCPenney
ISBN: 0814471595
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 177
Authors:
Bill Hare
BUY ON AMAZON
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