JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson is out of the company, according to CNBC, after just 17 months on the job. His Q4 2012 was probably the worst quarterly performance ever in the history of major retail: same-store sales were down 32 percent, to $3.8 billion. By late February, the stock was down 46 percent on the year. It jumped more than 10 percent today on the news of Johnson's departure. There are rumors of impending mass layoffs at the chain. (And with a sales decline like that, how could there not be...
JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson is out of the company, according to CNBC, after just 17 months on the job. His Q4 2012 was probably the worst quarterly performance ever in the history of major retail: same-store sales were down 32 percent, to $3.8 billion. By late February, the stock was down 46 percent on the year. It jumped more than 10 percent today on the news of Johnson's departure. There are rumors of impending mass layoffs at the chain. (And with a sales decline like that, how could there not be...
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