Apple Inc. (AAPL): The Company Should Get Ron Johnson Back. Now.

Other tech giants have since tried to emulate Apple’s retail strategy, most notably Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Samsung. Microsoft Retail stores bear more than a passing resemblance to Apple’s. The software giant’s retail footprint remains young, but it continues to broaden its horizons. Microsoft still doesn’t report retail revenue, but did cite the growing network as a contributing factor to its 41% jump in corporate-level expenses last quarter.

Just because Apple should doesn’t mean Apple will
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) should grab Johnson back now. Unfortunately, that may not be likely. It would be uncharacteristic of Apple to ask for someone (other than Steve Jobs) to return to the company, and the whole reason that Johnson left in the first place was to pursue a challenge. Apple Retail is already a proven success, and would hardly represent a challenge for him.

Just because Apple should offer Johnson his old job back doesn’t mean it will, or that he’d even accept it.

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Fool contributor Evan Niu, CFA, owns shares of Apple. The Motley Fool recommends Apple. The Motley Fool owns shares of Apple and Microsoft.

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