Ron Johnson, retail semi-legend, just gave an open palm slap to Big Data

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The American business culture is often very "What have you done for me lately?" In that sense, you can argue Ron Johnson is a flop. He had big successes in the retail space, most notably with helping Target get into the designed-products arena and then with the Apple Store, but he lasted a…