JCPenny New CEO
Ron Johnson is out as CEO of retailer JC Penney, and Mike Ullman is in. Johnson, received a 2011 stock grant worth $52.7 million when he was hired to reinvigorate the retailer, but received just $1.9 million in his first full year as restructuring left the company struggling. Ref. USAToday
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JC Penney left my market area over a year ago so this is not going to effect anyone around me I believe. Some long time stores are closing because of the big box stores offering everything you can imagine in them. Plus on line sales are making it easier to not leave the house.
J.C. Penney files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, plans to close some stores, as COVID-19 adds to its sales, debt woes. For the department store chain, once a regular destination for middle-class shoppers, bankruptcy marks a fall from grace that could spell the end. Ref. USAToday.
J.C. Penney to reveal more than 200 store closings. Lawyers for retailer J.C. Penney on Thursday are expected to reveal in a court filing which of its store locations will close permanently as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring plan. Source 9i.