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Former Apple retail chief joins online retailer Nasty Gal, leads $16 million round of funding

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Former Apple retail chief Ron Johnson is getting back into the fashion game. The man who helped shape the Cupertino company’s retail arm made the jump to become CEO of JCPenney after exiting Apple in 2011, but was eventually removed from his position there as well.

The undeterred Johnson announced today that he would be leading a $16 million round of funding in online women’s retailer Nasty Gal. Johnson has also been appointed to the retailer’s board of directors. Nasty Gal is currently in the process of launching its own physical stores, though it currently only has one location in Los Angeles.

Apple’s ex-exec recently helped raise $30 in funding for online shopping startup Enjoy, and was reported in late 2014 to be working on a gadget delivery service.

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  1. jhulgan - 9 years ago

    A whole $30 in funding for Enjoy. That’s a lot.

    • prolango - 9 years ago

      Yep, Mike was rushed to publish the story again, but never had time to check his typos. 9to5Mac, you guys need to hire an editor for Mike or put him on a development plan.

      • jnuneznj - 9 years ago

        He should just run it through text to speech for a read through. I don’t this all the time when I am about to send out emails at night cause I tend to skip entire words.

      • jhulgan - 9 years ago

        jnunezn,j should have used this with your comment, lol. :p

      • jhulgan - 9 years ago

        Me as well apparently.

      • prolango - 9 years ago

        Excellent advice jnunezni!

  2. spiralynth - 9 years ago

    Call me Mr. Johnson if you nasty, Nasty Gal.

  3. AeronPeryton - 9 years ago

    Ever since he departed it seem like he’s following Apple around at a distance because likes where the company is headed but he’s too proud to ask to come back.

  4. 311sie - 9 years ago

    “removed from his position there as well”
    I don’t quite understand this comment. Where else was he removed from, other than JCP?

    • jnuneznj - 9 years ago

      Exactly! He left Apple. Has Apple been able to fill that position yet? The last guy I remembered came in and wanted to run it like Walmart. Cut overtime even for product releases, reduce work force to part-timers! Clueless MFers! CompUSA would have been around if they had done want Jobs had wanted.

  5. 89p13 - 9 years ago

    I wonder if he’ll tank them like he almost did with JCP?

    • rahhbriley - 9 years ago

      He was doin cool stuff with JCP. But wasnt the person to save a sinking ship.

      • patthecarnut - 9 years ago

        Oh you mean like pissing off all it’s customers because nothing was ever on sale? I think he thought he was still running Apple retail stores. There’s 50 other stores near each JCP that run sales on exactly the same product…seems he was making the hole bigger in that ship.

      • jnuneznj - 9 years ago

        The no sale prices was not the issue that they were making it out to be. He didn’t want to promote that a product was heavily discounted. He didn’t want to shipping out circulars and deal with coupons. He wanted to pull that rotting shit storm from a large dollar store, to a store with a bit of class. It doesn’t have to be A&F but it should not be the Dollar Store either.

        BTW I buy my t-shirts at JCP and the prices are the same as they are now.

  6. patthecarnut - 9 years ago

    Even “I” could raise $30…

  7. resistor003 - 9 years ago

    Hahaha he raised $30!