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

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Dallas

headquarters facilities in, 165-172, 197, 199-200, 210, 229-230

move to, 149-158, 268-269

The Dallas Morning News , 191

data recovery, 113, 119, see also transaction recorder

Davis, Gary, 250, 261-262

death

of Berta Penney, 33-34

of James Penney, 20

of Earl Sams, 91

of Don Seibert, 280

Department Store of the '80s concept, 143

Derby, Earl, 99

designer clothing

foreign, 148

by Hankins, 175-182, 184-188

Diana, Princess of England, 149

direct marketing insurance, 255n.1

district managers' meeting of 1980, 131-134

diversity, 128-129, 233-234, see also inclusion

drugstore retailing , 255

Duff-Bloom, Gale, 8, 197-207

advancement of, 208-210

and announcement of retirement, 261-264

on career at Penney's, 278-279

and Catalyst Award, 238

and concern about Oesterreicher's abilities , 244

on Dallas facilities, 157-158

and Department Store of the '80s concept, 143

and Eckerd Drug deal, 256-257

financial expertise of, 208

and Hankins as designer, 177-182

and Howell's LPGA speech, 189-190, 192-193

and ideas for changing bureaucracy, 240-243

and inclusion programs, 212-216

and Lenexa shareholders meeting, 271

and loss of Penney Idea, 260

marketing changes made by, 260

on responsibility for company's fall, 159-160

and San Francisco retail conference, 235-237

and sponsorships of St. James, 174-175

Warrington College speech of, 231-235

Dunn, J. C., 131-134