{
  "id": 8061534,
  "title": "9to5Mac Overtime 082: Origins of the Apple Store w/ special guest Ron Johnson",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/9to5mac-overtime-082-origins-of-the-apple-store-w-special-guest-ron",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:10:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "9to5Mac",
    "slug": "9to5mac",
    "url": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/17/9to5mac-overtime-082-origins-of-the-apple-store-w-special-guest-ron-johnson/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Apple SVP of Retail Ron Johnson joined 9to5Mac's Overtime podcast to discuss his new book, Shop Different: How Retail Revealed Apple’s Genius. Johnson shared insights into the early days of the Apple Store, his collaboration with Steve Jobs, the launch of the original iPhone, and his decision to leave Apple to become CEO of JCPenney. He also provided his perspective on the current state of Apple retail and his thoughts on the iPhone Duo. The episode was sponsored by Bitwarden, which offers a free virtual Open Source Security Summit on September 17 featuring cybersecurity leaders David Sanger and Joseph Menn.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}