From NY Times:
Mr. Johnson dismissed most of the top executives from Mr. Ullmans reign and brought in his own team, largely from Apple and Abercrombie & Fitch.
But few of the top executives he had hired relocated to Texas, instead working there a few days a week, staying quarantined, as a veteran put it. Penney hands used the acronym AAPLE to refer to the newcomers Apple & Abercrombie Paid to Lose Earnings.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/business/how-an-apple-star-lost-his-luster-at-penneys.html
I wonder why Bill Ackman was in love with this guy?